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- Soitec secures financing for 50-megawatt HCPV power plant in South Africa
- SOLON has suspended module production in Carmignano del Brental, Italy
- SUMCO is leaving the solar wafer business
- Alta Devices solar panel based on GaAs-cells receives NREL verification of 23.5% efficiency
- MiaSolé achieves new efficiency milestone for CIGS product
- Semprius sets world record for solar module efficiency
- HCPV system provider Amonix Achieves ISO 9001-2008 and IEC 62108 certification
- Save the date for the PV Fab Managers Forum
- Eastman to acquire Solutia
- AQT readies In-free CIGS for commercialization
Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, has secured financing from Investec Bank Ltd., one of the leading investment banks in Africa, to build the companys planned 50-megawatt solar power plant in Touwsrivier, Western Cape, South Africa.
SOLON S.p.A., the Italian subsidiary of SOLON, has announced it has suspended module production at its plant in Carmignano del Brenta, in the northern Italian region of Veneto.
SUMCO Corporation decided to dissolve and liquidate its consolidated subsidiaries, SUMCO Solar Corporation and Minamata Denshi Co. Ltd. at a meeting of its board of directors.
Alta Devices' most recent solar panel has been verified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at 23.5% efficiency.
MiaSolé, the manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, announced that the company achieved a 17.3 percent champion device result, while the manufacturing process for 14 percent efficiency is now in production at its facility in Silicon Valley, California.
Semprius, Inc., an innovator in high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has set a new world record for photovoltaic module efficiency, reaching 33.9 percent (active area).
Amonix Inc., the leading designer and manufacturer of utility-scale concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems announced that they have received ISO 9001:2008 and IEC 62108 certifications.
From 25 to 27 March, 2012 in Hotel Kempinski Bristol, Berlin (Germany).
Solutia supplies polymer materials for solar (fast cure EVA), automotive, building and other industries
AQT Solar, a developer of low-cost CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells, announced that it has achieved near world record efficiencies using an even lower cost and production friendly sputter deposited CZTS (copper-zinc-tin-sulfide) thin-film solar cell.
Technology Review Energy News
- Tesla's New Car: A Luxury SUV, with Wings
- Fisker's Woes Put A123 Systems at Risk
- Concentrated Solar Startup Sets a New Efficiency Record
- Tough Times for U.S. EV Battery Makers
- Device Could Drive Down Solar's Cost
- In the Developing World, Solar Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels
- Startup Makes Peel-Off Solar Cells
- Fracking Quakes Shake the Shale Gas Industry
- Photosynthesis Fuel Company Gets a Large Investment
- New Process Makes Heat-Harvesting Materials Cheaply
The Model X will help Tesla compete better with large automakers.
Both the plug-in hybrid startup, and the company that supplies its batteries, appear to be in trouble.
Semprius makes solar modules using tiny cells that need less cooling.
Companies need more consumer demand for electric vehicles to grow rapidly.
ArrayPower says its "sequenced inverter" will cut the cost of solar by more than 10 percent.
Advances are opening solar to the 1.3 billion people who don't have access to grid electricity.
Astrowatt's wafer-making method could mean cheaper solar power.
Well shutdowns prompted by fracking-induced seismicity may inspire technology tweaks.
Joule Unlimited will build a production plant for turning sunlight and CO2 into liquid fuels.
Such materials could be used to cool computers and buildings, and harvest waste heat in cars.
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