Technology News

Honeywell's PowerShield line of backsheets now includes PowerShield PV270, which is 30 percent lighter than traditional backing systems, while providing the same level of protection and insulation as traditional backing materials.

Enables non–stop full line speed inspection of 3,600 wafers per hour.

Virtual Industries’ ESD–safe Push Button Wand Kit is ideally suited for handling substrates such as individual photovoltaic cells during the manufacturing process.

This 15.5 mm by 52 mm junction box distributes DC power to a solar panel in a convenient, compact design that offers the least amount of visibility on the back of a panel. 

SCHURTER presents the new compact high grade EMI–Filter, the new FMBB NEO series for one phase systems.

Spire Corporation introduced its SPI–Line™ 20 megawatt (MW) per year module assembly line at the 25th European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) in Valencia, Spain.

New jettable solar technology provides enhanced cell and production efficiencies at lower cost.

Solutions provide photovoltaic module manufacturers with cost–effective, efficient, and long–lasting options.

State–of–the–art PV module combining 3–bb cells, HT float glass and high aesthetics.

GP Solar introduces one of the first fully integrated quality measuring systems to the market.

As a result, H.C. Starck’s molybdenum targets have extremely low levels of oxygen, are fully dense with refined microstructures optimized for improved sputtering.

Implementation of Eyelit MES, completed in just eight weeks, drives manufacturing process improvements for SEMATECH’s Mask Blank Development Center in Albany, New York.

Fraunhofer ISE is the first and currently the only laboratory in Europe where manufacturers can commission certification, in accordance with the medium–voltage grid codes that have applied since July 1st 2010, of inverters with a power rating of up to one megawatt.

Tests conducted by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) confirm that SkyFuel’s parabolic trough solar concentrator meets the highest standard for efficiency in its class.

Heraeus has released SOL9383, specially formulated and designed to make excellent contact on P+ surface of N–Type Cells.  

Intertek's Dallas, TX facility provides testing and certification for faster access to North American market.

Global Solar Energy today unveiled its flexible building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) module: the PowerFLEX™ BIPV. Specially designed for commercial and industrial rooftops, PowerFLEX BIPV modules can deliver more power per rooftop than any other solar solution.

Heraeus has released SOL9383, specifically formulated for n–Type monocrystalline cells. This new Silver paste is specially formulated and designed to make excellent contact on P+ surface of N–Type Cells.

The Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit has begun introduction of a new line of front side silver pastes, the SOL9400 Series, that provides greater performance over Heraeus' current industry leading pastes for crystalline photovoltaic cells.

P. ENERGY introduces in the market a new series of tabber & stringers TS GOLD series.

Bentek Solar, a leader in the design and manufacture of optimized Configure–To–Order solar combiners and re–combiners, recently launched the new Bentek Solar Re–Combiner Configure–To–Order (CTO) Configurator.

Construction is set to begin this week on Evolution Solar’s (EVSO) photovoltaic demonstration project at Texas Southern University's campus in Houston.

Researchers from Germany's ZSW produces a thin–film solar cell with 20.3 percent efficiency, by which they better their own record. So, backlog to multi–crystalline cells almost cleared.

In an apples–to–apples comparison between a fixed–tilt rack and PV Trackers (PVT) dual–axis tracking systems in Northern California, independent data shows the PVT site producing almost 50% more energy over a 3 month period.

Solimpeks Corp., a solar company based in Turkey, has released the Volther hybrid solar collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously.

Madico takes pride in testing its products to exceed industry standards. Most recently Protekt has undergone new testing to meet UL certification in the area of flame resistance and electrical insulation.

Microcrack detection is an important tool for wafer, cell and module production. With the new ANTARES system, a reliable tool for automatic detection of cracks in single wafers and cells is available.

GoSolarUSA disclosed today that the Company has scheduled initial tests to verify design parameters of the newly acquired "Solar Forced Air Furnace" technology.

BioSolar, Inc. reported on another beneficial characteristic of BioBacksheet, high surface energy, that lowers the manufacturing cost of PV panels by eliminating the backsheet surface treatment process.

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES provides completely automated solutions for polysilicon etching as well as treatment of Si wafers and cells in standard and high–efficiency production lines and AR coating systems for both current and future PV cell production.