Ferro Awarded $1 Million Grant for Solar Cell Research

Ferro Electronic Materials, a leading supplier of materials forfabricating photovoltaic solar cells, has been awarded $1 million bythe Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) to develop advanceddurability sealing systems for solar cells. In this project,Ferro will engineer a vitreous frit system to provide reliableair-tight and water-tight seals for second- and third-generationthin-film solar cells. Ferro will collaborate [...]

SpectraWatt selects Camstar for state-of-the-art solar cell manufacturing plant

Camstar Systems Inc. announced that SpectraWatt Inc., a manufacturer ofadvanced silicon photovoltaic cells for the solar industry, hasselected Camstar’s SolarSuite, configured for the solar industry on theCamstar Enterprise Platform, to support its manufacturing and qualitygoals into the future. “SpectraWatt is focusing on innovativesolar cell technologies that will dramatically reduce the cost of solarenergy generation in [...]

Air Liquide signs 13 new contracts with c-Si solar cell makers in China

Air Liquide recently confirmed its leading position in the PV marketwith the recent signature of 13 new contracts with crystalline-Silicon(c-Si) solar cell manufacturers in China. The Group has expandedits supply to Chinese market leaders JA Solar and Yingli Green Energy.Air Liquide will invest over €10 million to meet the needs of thesecustomers. China is already [...]

Pulsed PV cell and module testers market registers growth despite recession

Notwithstanding the global economic meltdown, the world photovoltaic (PV) cell and module testers market has remained buoyant. During2008, PV had witnessed tremendous growth with an installation increasein excess of 100 percent. The pulsed testers segment has beenprogressing steadily with sales primarily driven by additions inproduction capacity. Though the industry is in oversupply,capacity additions are still [...]

Pulsed PV cell and module testers market maintains positive momentum despite recession

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost &Sullivan’s new report "2010 High Growth Market Opportunity -Photovoltaic (PV) Cell and Module Testers" to its offering. Pulsed PV cell and module testers market maintains positive momentum despite recession Notwithstandingthe global economic meltdown, the world PV cell and module testersmarket has remained buoyant. During 2008, PV [...]

Krayden Offering ECM Solar Cell Conductive Adhesives, Inks

Denver-based Krayden Inc., a distributor of engineered materials, has introduced Engineered Conductive Materials’ (ECM) solar cell conductive adhesives and inks for the solar industry. ECMSolAg series silver inks and adhesives have repeatedly proven superiorin damp heat and thermal cycle aging, according to Krayden. The leadingfailure modes that limit a PV module’s operating life areelectrochemical corrosion [...]

Comtec Solar, Neo Solar Power to supply ‘perfect wafer’ embedded in ‘perfect cell’

Comtec Solar Systems Group Ltd, a PRC-based leading manufacturer ofmonocrystalline solar wafers and Neo Solar Power Corp., a Taiwan-basedleading solar cell manufacturer, have jointly developed and launchednew products “Perfect Wafer” embedded in “Perfect Cell”. Solarmodules made of “Perfect Cells” were demonstrated by NSP during theexhibition at Anaheim, USA in October 2009 and were highly appreciatedby [...]

Heliatek Receives $27M for Organic Solar Cell Development

Germany’s Heliatek GmbH,a developer of organic solar cells, has raised $27 million in a secondround of financing led by the European venture capital fund WellingtonPartners. The round also included industrial investor Bosch and the corporateventure capital investors RWE Innogy Ventures and BASF Venture Capital,the High-Tech-Gründerfonds, eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners AG, theTechnologiegründerfonds Sachsen Start-up GmbH & Co. [...]

Singulus Technologies Delivers First Solar Cell Coating Machine

Singulus Technologies, based in Kahl am Main, Germany, has deliveredits first Singular machine – an inline coating machine that supplies ananti-reflective coating on silicon solar cells – to a Europe-basedmanufacturer of silicon solar wafers. This product fullyautomates the production of the anti-reflective layer. According to thecompany, the anti-reflective layer provides improved light transmissionand passivation properties, [...]

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