PV Manufacturing

1366 Technologies Direct Wafer Product Achieves New Performance Records in Customer Trials

October 31, 2015 Anand Gupta

1366 Technologies recentlyannounced a series of new performance records for its kerfless, drop-in 156mm multi-crystalline wafers, including a champion result of 19.1% on an industrial line. The result was independently verified by the Fraunhofer ISE. Customers using 1366’s proprietary Direct Wafer™ technology and passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) cell process achieved an average of 19% […]

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WACKER Achieves Strong Sales Growth in Q3 2015 with Earnings Below Previous Year due to Lower Special Income

October 31, 2015 Anand Gupta

WACKER’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) in Q3 2015 amounted to €264.3 million (Q3 2014: €347.5 million), corresponding to an EBITDA margin of 19.5 percent (Q3 2014: 28.2 percent).The main reason for this strong, almost 24-percent decline in EBITDA was lower special income from advance payments retained and damages received from solar-sector […]

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DuPont Solamet PV76x Metallization Paste Facilitates REC TwinPeak Solar Panels

October 31, 2015 Anand Gupta

DuPont Microcircuit Materials (DuPont) recently collaborated with REC, a leading global provider of solar energy solutions, on its high-efficiency, award-winning TwinPeak solar panels. The metallization grid of the solar cells powering the TwinPeak solar panels is made using DuPont Solamet PV76x photovoltaic metallization paste, an advanced front side silver material designed specifically to enhance Passivated […]

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1366 Technologies Direct Wafer™ Product Achieves New Performance Records in Customer Trials

October 29, 2015 Anand Gupta

1366 Technologies today announced a series of new performance records for its kerfless, drop-in 156mm multi-crystalline wafers, including a champion result of 19.1% on an industrial line. The result was independently verified by the Fraunhofer ISE. Customers using 1366’s proprietary Direct Wafer™ technology and passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) cell process achieved an average of […]

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Ground breaking for largest CIGS solar module production in China. AVANCIS provides CIGS technology for 1.5 GW factory in Bengbu.

October 23, 2015 Anand Gupta

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CNBM, China’s largest building materials group and parent company of German CIGS module manufacturer AVANCIS, has celebrated ground breaking for one of the largest solar modules production lines in China. With the gradual installation leading to an annual capacity of 1.5 gigawatts covering a total area of 270,000 square meters, the largest and most technologically […]

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