U.S. performance warranty insurance devised for SolFocus CPV panels
Munich Re has introduced what it says is the first U.S. insurance solution to provide an effective performance warranty for solar panels.
Conergy launches own power consumption solution
After what it says was a successful test run, Conergy has announced the launch of its own power plants VisionBox, which can now be installed on rooftops in Germany.
Spire produces CPV solar cell with 42.3 percent efficiency
Spire Semiconductor, LLC, a subsidiary of Spire Corporation, has produced a concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar cell, with a “world record” efficiency of 42.3 percent.
Advanced Energy to start manufacturing its inverters in Ontario, Canada
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. is to manufacture its Solaron and PV Powered PV grid-tie solar inverter products in Ontario, Canada.
Flexible solar modules used for refrigerated vehicles
Offering up an alternative for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) modules, Fahrzeugwerk Bernard Krone GmbH presented a refrigerated semi trailer equipped with flexible PV modules, provided by Germany-based Solarion AG, at the 63rd IAA Commercial Vehicles show, held last week in Hanover, Germany.
Conergy investing 5 million in new production installations
Germany-based Conergy is investing 5 million in new production installations for solar cells at its Frankfurt (Oder) factory. In doing this, said the company, it will be able to increase the efficiency of its solar modules and further expand its manufacturing capacities.
Change of focus for Applied Materials
According to a newspaper report, due to greatly reduced demand for thin film silicon modules, U.S. photovoltaics (PV) company Applied Materials is going to concentrate on silicon solar cells in the future.
First Solar hits back at Wuppertal Institutes call for industry to refrain from using CdTe in PV
First Solar has issued a statement relating to the use of cadmium telluride (CdTe) in photovoltaics (PV) modules following the Wuppertal Institutes call for PV to be placed under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.
Professor Green: I would like to see a date fixed for RoHS-compliance
Following the news that the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy has called on the European Union (EU) to include photovoltaics (PV) under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS), Professor Martin A. Green has told pv magazine he would like to see a fixed date for RoHS compliance.
Research: New way to funnel solar energy "100 times more concentrated than PV"
Using carbon nanotubes – hollow tubes of carbon atoms – Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineers say they have found a way to concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic (PV) cell. Such nanotubes could reportedly form antennas that capture and focus light energy, potentially allowing much smaller and more powerful solar arrays, according to Chinese news agency, xinhuanet.
