Tag Archives: equipment
Lux Research: Solar Manufacturers Invest in Equipment
The last couple years have been hard on solar panel manufacturers and many might not have a lot of capital for equipment upgrades, but they will have to pony-up to compete, according to a report from Lux Research. The research and analytics firm released its “Turning lemons into lemonade: Opportunities in the turbulent photovoltaic equipment [...]
Micro Inverters: What You Need to Know
Are you thinking about installing solar panels on your home or business? You may just want to update your current system and add value to your investment. There are two types of inverters that you can install on your solar panel array. These may be either an array inverter, which will convert the DC current [...]
University of Albany Grabs $20M for Next-Gen PV Manufacturing Equipment
Under a new partnership with the U.S. Photovoltaic Consortium (PVMC) and Ceres Technologies the University of Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Albany NanoTech Complex CNSE will work towards developing the next generation of PV manufacturing equipment. The $20 million is supported partly by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) SunShot Initiative. But it’s [...]
Non-Residential PACE Rebounds in Los Angeles
It has been nearly a year since we last wrote about PACE, or Property Assessed Clean Energy, a means by which an assessment against a parcel’s property tax is used to pay for Clean Energy improvements, including solar. At that time, PACE for residential properties had been dealt a mortal blow by Fannie Mae and [...]
SEMI: Solar Equipment Supplier Slump to Continue
For the third straight quarter the sales of new manufacturing equipment for solar photovoltaic has slipped, showing there’s less new PV manufacturing coming online, according to a new report from SEMI, a semiconductor industry trade group. While it doesn’t necessarily mean manufacturers are cutting back their production, it does show that the growth of the [...]
Micron Chooses E3 Equipment from Applied Materials $MU $AMAT
Micron Technology, Inc. announced today that it has started thedeployment of the Applied Materials E3 framework within its 300mmfabrication facilities. Applied E3 is an integrated engineering system that allows sophisticated controlstrategies aimed at increasing product performance, raising productyield and improving quality. Applied Materials offers software packages for automating the operation of complex manufacturing environments. These [...]
Applied Materials Solar PV Equipment Innovator
The President of Applied Materials’ Solar division, Dr. Charlie Gay, isfeatured in a Q&A article in the August issue of the globalphotovoltaic business magazine, InterPV. The following is a brief except of the article. Applied Materials was founded in 1967 and has since become the leadingsupplier of manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor, display andmore recently, the [...]
Hitachi Cable Develops New Production Equipment For PV Wire
Hitachi Cable Ltd. says it will introduce new production equipment at Hitachi Cable (Johor) Sdn. Bhd. ofMalaysia, a new production facility to take its place alongside HitachiCable Fine-Tech Ltd. and Hitachi Cable (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. The newequipment is being built in response to growing demand for the NoWarpphotovoltaic wire (solder-plated rectangular wire) used in solar [...]
GT Solar Begins Crystalline Growth Equipment Installation
GT Solar International Inc., aprovider of polysilicon production technology, crystalline ingot growthsystems and related PV manufacturing services, has beguninstallation of its new DSS450HP crystalline growth systems at GCL’s new wafer manufacturing facility. The new crystalline growth systems are part of a large purchase agreement reflected in the company’sfiscal-year 2010 year-ending backlog, GT Solar notes. SOURCE: [...]