Press Releases
Luvata records first official Lean status
Finnish photovoltaic-wire facility receives Lean certification Luvata, a world leader in metal solution manufacturing, heat-transfer technology and engineering and design services, announces its PV solar ribbon manufacturing facility in Pori, Finland has received its Lean certification. Lean is a world-renowned production philosophy made famous by Toyota, which focuses on minimizing waste in the pursuit of… Read more »
MECASOLAR exceeds 400MW supply of solar PV trackers
* The multinational has hit this record in the first half of 2013, with solar trackers installed in all five continents.* MECASOLAR got orders for 200MW and expects to reach 600MW installed by the end of fiscal year 2015.* Europe, America and Australia are, in this order, the markets where MECASOLAR is operating at present…. Read more »
Prysmian To Strengthen Product Offer For Shipboard Marine And Offshore Applications.
SEAFLAMETM, A NEW RANGE OF ULTRA FIRE-RESISTANT CABLES WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE FOR SPECIALIST SITUATIONS. Milan, 16 July 2013 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has strengthened its product offer to deliver new levels of performance and safety for the world’s leading marine businesses, both in shipboard and… Read more »
Tpedge Modules Decorate A Faade In Freiburg
Neuhausen-Hamberg (Germany), July 15, 2013. The official inauguration of the new laboratory building at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg took place at the beginning of July. Prior to this the first ten of an eventual 250 TPedge solar modules were put in place and now decorate the façade of the… Read more »
New Record Efficiency for Dye Solar Cells
Sydney, Australia, 11 July 2013 – Announced today in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, is a paper by a team led by the ‘Father of DSC’ Professor Michael Graetzel describing a new deposition process to create the light harvesting pigment for solid-state dye solar cells. Cells fabricated using this technique and incorporating Dyesol’s key DSC… Read more »
SCHMID Group: Tin Rear Side Contacts Prove Themselves in Photovoltaics Production
First TinPad systems delivered for mass production Successful module certification for cells with tin rear contacts Freudenstadt. The SCHMID Group announces the delivery of the first TinPad systems for the application of tin contacts on the cell rear side in photovoltaics mass production. The certification of modules with the silver-free contacts has already been passed… Read more »
Swiss Investor is acquiring Nanosolar GmbH
New strategy focuses on production of cSi utility panels for Swiss Investor projects and innovative niche products for residential BIPV Luckenwalde, Germany – July 10, 2013 – Nanosolar GmbH today announced that a Swiss Investor has signed an agreement to acquire Nanosolar GmbH, the highly automated ISO certified module factory of Nanosolar situated in Luckenwalde… Read more »
DuPont Adds New Energy & Electronics Capabilities to Silicon Valley Technology Center Expansion to Extend Innovation & Collaboration with Several High Tech Sectors
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 8, 2013 – DuPont today announced the expansion of capabilities within its Silicon Valley Technology Center to include new innovations and collaborations in the fields of energy and electronics. The company plans to use this center to further accelerate product and process development, as well as increase application support to customers around… Read more »
Joint Forces for Solar: The Future of the American Market.
On 10th July 2013, Joint Forces for Solar would like to invite visitors of the Intersolar North America trade fair and conference to take part in a networking event. In a series of expert’s speeches and discussion rounds, the event aims to examine the potentials of the American solar market and to highlight and discuss… Read more »
aleo solar AG reports drop in revenue in the first half of 2013
Oldenburg, Prenzlau, 8 July 2013. aleo solar AG [ISIN: DE000A0JM634] today announced that, based on preliminary calculations, it expects to have closed the first six months of 2013 with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of approximately EUR -29,4 million (prior-year period: EUR -23,5 million). Revenue is expected to amount to EUR 68.3 million (previous… Read more »
