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Heliatek raises an additional 15 million Euros to speed up market entry

Heliatek raises an additional €15 million .New and existing investors increase financial resources to accelerate development and speed up worldwide market entry. Dresden, Germany – 12th October 2017 – Heliatek, a world leader in organic photovoltaic and a manufacturer of solar films, announced today that it has raised €15 million from new and existing investors. […]

First Solar Comes Out in Favor of a Section 201 Trade Case Remedy

The thin-film solar manufacturer has joined with trade case petitioners Suniva and SolarWorld. -by Julia Pyper First Solar, the largest U.S.-based solar panel manufacturer, has been relatively quiet about the controversial Section 201 trade case brought by U.S.-based crystalline silicon PV manufacturers Suniva and SolarWorld Americas. That is, until now. This week, the company broke […]

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES enjoying continuing success with production systems for high-efficiency cells

New orders for SILEX II systems from China and USA. 1.Over 30 machines sold since market introduction 2.Production capacity of 6,400 wafers per hour possible 3.Ozone-based process yields significant cost savings 4.Leading market position in field of high-performance solar cells 5.First projects for vacuum coating systems in preparation. Kahl am Main, 10. October 2017 – […]

N-type bifacial cell technology, a most efficient electricity cost-effective solution

Introduction With the increase in the proportion of distributed PV system in the PV market and the promotion of high efficiency single crystalline solar cell technology, more and more institution and enterprises focus on the bifacial structure based on N-type silicon substrate. N-type bifacial cell and module show excellent performance in the regions of highly […]

TUV Rheinland expands in India with new 2.5 million Euro Bangalore facility

Purpose-built 14,000 sq.mt. building puts TUV Rheinland India’s state-of-the-art laboratories under one roof to offer customers a complete solution and dramatically reduce turnaround time BANGALORE, India, Oct. 6, 2017 — TUV Rheinland India, a subsidiary of the TUV Rheinland Group, Germany, a worldwide leader in testing, training, inspection, consulting and certification, has expanded its footprint […]

In the race for cost reduction are you thinking about long term performance of your PV projects?

In the race for cost reduction are you thinking about long term performance of your PV projects? Source solar panels with the right bill of materials to help ensure solar PV systems produce power reliably for their expected lifetime  – Rahul Khatri, Technical Manager, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions, South Asia India set a record in 2016 in […]

Center for High-Efficiency Solar Cells – Cornerstone laid for a new laboratory building at Fraunhofer ISE

For more than 30 years, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been one of the world’s leading research institutes for solar energy. In the field of photovoltaics, which focuses on converting sunlight into electrical energy, the institute has repeatedly set world records for efficiency for various solar cell technologies, thereby helping to […]

Innovative Double-glass Bifacial PERC Modules by JA Solar Proven to Yield Additional Energy Cost-effectively for PV Systems

The implementation of passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) withAl2O3/SiNx dielectric passivation stack and localized contacts on the backside of main-stream p-type Si solar cells has become the prevailing technological approach to achieve high energy conversion efficiency for Si-wafer based solar cells in the PV industry for the past few years since JA Solar broke […]