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SINGULUS thin film solar cell tool cleans rear and sides in 1 step
The new tool simultaneously cleans back-sides and edges of thin film solar cells in a single step. It protects the active layer from etch by process hoods and performs pencil and rear side etching with brushes and chemicals.
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Top 10 public solar companies
SolarPlaza compiled a list of the top ten publicly traded solar energy companies and their market capitalization.
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LayTec in-line metrology tool inspects CIGS, CdTe at production speeds
LayTec will unveil the in-line metrology system PearL at Intersolar Europe 2011. The optical in-line monitoring system measures photoluminescence spectra of CIGS thin-film modules in production lines, and a product option for CdTe absorbers is also available.
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DuPont's CdTe flexible substrate nears glass-based PV efficiency levels
DuPont is developing Kapton colorless polyimide film for use as a flexible superstrate for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules. The film was used by Swiss research institute Empa to reach CdTe conversion efficiency of 13.8%. The efficiency is near to that of glass-based ...
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PV manufacturing in the cross-hairs at Intersolar North America
The second annual North American PV Fab Managers Forum, organized by SEMI in conjunction with Intersolar North America 2011 on July 11, will put the PV solar manufacturing supply chain in the US under the microscope.
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Organic Electronics Workshop, Day 2: Pushing organic PV performance
Organic photovoltaic devices' march toward competitiveness more sessions on organic semiconductors split Day 2 of the Organic Microelectronics & Optoelectronics Workshop in San Francisco, reports Techcet's Michael A. Fury.
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Intersolar North America: US solar PV pain points and promise
Bettina Weiss, executive director, PV Group, at SEMI, noted Intersolar North America's top themes: pulling the manufacturing supply chain back from the brink, and making sure that favorable policies and incentives are strengthened and not capped.
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Solar PV installs shift globally
As manufacturers approach near-term limits on cost reductions, German demand will begin to decline. As a result, demand will shift to Asia and North America and the solar market will grow in terms of megawatts installed, but revenues will stay flat as price declines outpace volume growth.
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FSLR scores $4.5B DoE loan guarantees for 1.3GW CA projects
The US DoE has pledged $4.5B in loan guarantees to First Solar, covering three of the CdTe giant's projects in California with 1.33GW of combined capacity.
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GE crashes CdTe party with record panels, US capacity, M&A
GE is pledging a major commitment to solar PV with a $600M investment into solar technology and commercialization involving acquisitions, hundred-megawatt manufacturing capacity, and record CdTe panel efficiencies -- and hints that it could keep pace in the relentless cost/W trail blazed by another
