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altE Enters into Manufacturing Portable Solar Power Generators

May 2, 2018 Anand Gupta

First orders of portable solar power systems reach Puerto Rican relief efforts. altE Store, the Boxborough, MA based renewable energy equipment distributor, is now manufacturing a proprietary line of portable solar powered generators. The company announced the new product line of in response to increasing demand for portable and semi-portable solar power equipment. The need […]

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Alta Devices Launches New Generation Solar Cell Designed to Empower Autonomy for UAVs and Other Vehicles

May 2, 2018 Anand Gupta

Alta’s Newest Generation Technology Provides a 160% Improvement in Power-to-Weight Ratio. SUNNYVALE, Calif.: Alta Devices, the world-record holder for single junction solar cell efficiency, announces the launch of its fourth-generation solar cell technology (“Gen4”), which weighs significantly less than the previous generation technology (“Gen3”) and results in an improved power-to-weight ratio of 160 percent. This […]

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Yingli Green Energy Announces Update in Relation to Long-term Polysilicon Supply Contracts

April 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

BAODING, China: Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), one of the world’s leading solar panel manufacturers, today announced that one of its long-term polysilicon suppliers (the “Supplier”) filed a request for arbitration of its claim against the Company described below with the London Court of International Arbitration […]

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Meyer Burger enters into Preferred Partnership Agreement with Mondragon Assembly to collaborate on module equipment development and outsource the manufacture of its SWCT™ equipment

April 27, 2018 Anand Gupta

Gwatt (Thun): Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) announces that it has entered into a Preferred Partnership Agreement (PPA) with Mondragon Assembly Group, a global specialist in the development of automation and assembly solutions and an internationally recognized producer of equipment for the manufacture of solar modules. Both Meyer Burger and Mondragon view […]

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SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Reports Receipt of Additional Double-Digit Million Euro Prepayment for CIGS Production Machines

April 27, 2018 Anand Gupta

Continued success of CIGS production machines Order intake for CIGS in 2018 exceeds € 40 million Total order backlog currently above € 130 million Kahl am Main: The SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES) has received the agreed prepayment from its customer China National Building Materials (CNBM), China, with respect to the contract signed on December […]

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First Solar to build new U.S. panel factory in win for Trump policies

April 27, 2018 Anand Gupta

First Solar Inc will spend $400 million to build a new solar panel factory in Ohio, creating 500 jobs, the company said in a statement. New Delhi: First Solar Inc announced it will expand its domestic manufacturing, the second such announcement by a U.S. solar firm this month that has been an apparent knock-on effect […]

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Meyer Burger awarded contract for about CHF 16 million from an existing Asian customer for its MAiA® and FABiA® cell coating equipment

April 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) today announced the successful conclusion of a repeat order for its high performance MAiA® platform and the first industrial order for its integrated FABiA® system from a major Asian customer. The MAiA® and the FABiA® both deliver an impressive throughput of over 4,800 wafers per hour for […]

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Swedish Team Improves Flaws of Organic PV Cells With Active Polymer

April 25, 2018 Anand Gupta

Swedish universy LiU has successfully developed a new printing process capable of improving the flaws of organic PV cells, in addition to cutting cost, further brightening the prospects of such PV cells, which promise substantial potential, thanks to the merits of softness and low cost, the latter resulting from low-cost materials and simple printing technology […]

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Fraunhofer ISE and teamtechnik Demonstrate Industrial Maturity of Electrically Conductive Adhesives for Silicon Solar Cells

April 25, 2018 Anand Gupta

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE and teamtechnik, an international leader in production technology, report that it is now possible to connect high efficiency solar cells using electrically conductive adhesives in series production. The results of the joint research project »KleVer« show that the adhesive technology is ready for the market and can […]

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Meyer Burger will take patent infringement lawsuit regarding its Diamond Wire Management System (DWMS) technology to the next level of jurisdiction

April 24, 2018 Anand Gupta

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange: MBTN) has been informed that the Nanjing Intermediate Court has made a first instance judgment to dismiss Meyer Burger’s litigation claims regarding the patent infringement lawsuit which Meyer Burger (Switzerland) Ltd filed against Wuxi Shangji Automation Co, Ltd. claiming that Wuxi Shangji Automation’s wire saw WSK027BL infringes Meyer […]

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