PV Manufacturing

Natcore Planning Prototype Demonstration With Major Solar Cell Manufacturer

March 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

CTO Dennis Flood to Direct R&D Program; Director of Research & Technology David Levy resigns ROCHESTER, N.Y.: Continuing its new focus on an accelerated prototype development program, Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) is pleased to announce that a major global solar cell manufacturer has accepted the Company’s exclusive invitation to demonstrate its Natcore […]

PV Manufacturing

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Reports Annual Consolidated Results for 2017

March 29, 2018 Anand Gupta

Sales increased by 32.6 % Gross margin significantly improved to 28.1 % First orders for automotive and medical technology Additional prepayments received for major CIGS project Substantial increase in sales expected for 2018 Positive EBIT in mid-single-digit million range forecast for 2018 Kahl am Main – The SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG was able to increase sales […]

PV Manufacturing

Reich Brothers Announces Purchase of State-of-the-Art Panasonic Manufacturing Facility in Salem, OR

March 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

This former Panasonic Class-A Manufacturing/Warehouse facility will be repurposed to generate jobs and stimulate the Salem, OR economy NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES and CHICAGO: Reich Brothers is pleased to announce the acquisition of a state-of-the-art 129,850 square foot , production and warehouse facility located on 19.66-acres in Salem, OR. The facility was constructed in […]

PV Manufacturing

Natcore Planning Prototype Demonstration With Major Solar Cell Manufacturer

March 28, 2018 Anand Gupta

PV Manufacturing

Solliance and ECN take major step in improving tandem solar cells

March 26, 2018 Anand Gupta

Solliance develops a perovskite solar cell with 93 % average near infrared transparency. ECN shows 26.3% tandem cell efficiency when combining the perovskite solar cell with its 6 inch industrially processed c-Si cell. On March 19th, 2018, at the Silicon PV/nPV conference, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Solliance announces that it has achieved a major milestone in […]

PV Manufacturing

Spire extends access to space with DHV Technology solar panel partnership

March 23, 2018 Anand Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO — Spire and DHV Technology have announced a joint partnership to offer Spire’s solar panels to the space industry. Spire’s double deployable panels will now be built and sold through DHV Technology to developers looking to improve satellite reliability and performance and boost overall mission success. Demand for access to satellites continues to […]

PV Manufacturing

Meyer Burger – Fiscal year 2017 results; Change in the Board of Directors

March 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

• Incoming orders +23% to CHF 560.7 million • Net sales +4% to CHF 473.3 million • EBITDA reported was CHF 12.4 million; EBITDA adjusted CHF 46.5 million • Net result reported of CHF -79.3 million; Net result adjusted CHF -3.1 million • Cash flow from operating activities of CHF +12.8 million • Solid balance sheet with equity ratio of 51.7% […]

PV Manufacturing

Monocrystal unveils silver paste for HJT solar cells

March 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

104

Monocrystal, a leading global supplier of synthetic sapphire and PV metallization pastes, today announced the release of its new MX-1801 low temperature silver metallization paste for heterojunction (HJT) solar cells. Heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer cell technology (HJT), being a relatively mature technology, can provide >23% cell efficiency. HJT requires fewer process steps than even PERC […]

PV Manufacturing

Astronergy upgrades production line in Germany

March 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

Efficiency increased by 40% Frankfurt (Oder) – The solar module manufacturer Astronergy has upgraded the first of its five production lines to enable significantly higher throughput. This will allow the company – a subsidiary of the Chint Group, a leading international manufacturer of industrial electronics – to cut the unit costs of its modules and […]

PV Manufacturing

SunPower: Tariff Exclusion Would Free Funds to Open New US Solar Manufacturing Facilities

March 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

Tom Werner said SunPower’s plan to establish new U.S. manufacturing plants—if granted a tariff exclusion—would create “hundreds” of jobs. Solar industry stakeholders filed applications with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last week seeking exclusions from the Trump administration’s 30 percent tariff on importedsolarproducts. Requests were due Friday night and a total of 55 […]

Share this video