EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

SOLAR EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS ARTICLES

PV tool demand plunges in 3Q11, no visibility yet

12/14/2011 Demand for PV manufacturing equipment sunk again in 3Q11 as bookings fell through the floor, and things look bleak for at least the next six months...

Parity, pricing, and solar schadenfreude: Why 2012 could be a correction year

12/13/2011 Paula Mints from Navigant Consulting discusses the "illusion" of grid parity while PV manufacturers themselves are underwater, and huntin...

Solar PV glass production ramps at Ducatt

12/13/2011 Ducatt began production of its "ultimate solar glass" this week. The glass, a mixture of sand and recycled glass, has 95% transparency an...

BTU metallization tool withstands 60-million-cell test

12/12/2011 BTU International tested its TRITAN HV90 dual-lane metallization firing system in production of more than 60 million cells, saying that the maratho...

Oerlikon Solar plans PV tech development with China's CRES

12/09/2011 Oerlikon Solar will work with the International Cooperation Center for China Renewable Energy Society (CRES) to develop thin-film silicon solar cel...

WFR-edge roughness: MEMC trimming 20% of workforce, taking $700M charges

12/08/2011 A $700M haircut, 20% layoffs, and big capacity cutbacks hope to stem the tide of relentless silicon pricing pressure -- but there might be more pai...

GSMC Al paste creates c-Si solar cell BSF on thinned wafers

12/06/2011 Giga Solar Materials Corp. (GSMC) launched its Back Surface Aluminum Paste for uniform, high quality back surface field (BSF) on mono and multi-cry...

Oerlikon Solar inks gas supply deal to cut PV module fab costs

12/01/2011 Oerlikon Solar has formed individual agreements with major global gas suppliers Air Liquide and Linde, enabling Micromorph thin film silicon PV pan...

SOLAR INDUSTRY NEWS

Apple tips plans for 20MW solar site at NC data farm

An updated Apple environmental report reveals more details about the company's renewable energy plans for its new 500,000sq.ft. data center in Maiden, North ...

SRC to advance PV and smart grid technologies

Hydro One Networks, NEC and ON Semiconductor join SRC’s global Energy Research Initiative, expanding the focus to include finding new materials, devices and ...

Stop the solar industry's self-destruction over grid parity

Downward price pressure has haunted the solar industry from the outset -- but cost and efficiency improvements, and reasonable margins, are needed at all lev...

First Solar (FSLR) Antelope Valley Solar Ranch crimped by DoE loan delay

First Solar's Antelope Valley project seems to be running into some headwinds. Construction has been proceeding, but "an outstanding construction permit...

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Powering The Solar Revolution

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Measuring: The Key Component For Optimizing Your Solar Simulator

Measurement of a solar simulator is a very important task and should be completed at least every 3 months. Lamps and power outputs of simulators ch...

PHOTOVOLTAICS WEBCASTS

FREE WEBCAST: Solar Simulator Spectrum Measurement and Calibration

This free webinar discusses the classification and need of measuring a solar simulator.

FREE WEBCAST: Advances in Materials Converting and PSA Tapes, Including Bus Bar Tapes, for Solar Manufacturing

In this FREE webinar, you will learn about new materials, adhesives, and the converting capabilities, including advances in PSA’s for bus bars, that&nbs...

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