All Modules news

View article
Markets & Policy
ArrayPower's CEO talks integrated AC modules and solar survival strategies In an interview with pv magazine, ArrayPower’s CEO, Wendy Arienzo discusses the company’s three-phase sequenced inverter, and explains why she believes the technology has reached a deeper level of integration than its peers. She also talks survival strategies and how this year’s turbulent market has served to underpin ArrayPower’s value proposition.
pv magazine
Dec 08, 2011
View article
Applications & Installations
India: Tapan Solar Energy begins PV module production Tapan Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. has begun manufacturing crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules in India’s Neemrana, Rajasthan, under the brand name Elecssol.
Becky Beetz
Dec 08, 2011
View article
Markets & Policy
Soltecture reaches 13.4 percent CIGSe efficiency Berlin-based CIGSe thin film manufacturing and system solutions provider, Soltecture, has produced what it says are the first 100 Watt photovoltaic panels with an efficiency of 13.4 percent.
Becky Beetz
Dec 07, 2011
View article
Research & Development
Roth & Rau reaches 21 percent wafer efficiency Roth & Rau AG says it has reached a new milestone, having achieved 21 percent efficiency on a 156 mm wafer. The company expects the heterojunction technology to be ready for mass production “in the near future”.
Becky Beetz
Dec 05, 2011
View article
Markets & Policy
PV inverter market suffers falling revenues, but still set to grow The third quarter (Q3) of 2011 was not kind to the photovoltaic inverter market. According to new research, revenues fell by 20 percent year on year. Germany has been identified as the main culprit behind the declining figures. Short-term price stabilization and a growing market provide some relief, however.
Becky Beetz
Dec 05, 2011
View article
Technology & Products
LDK’s PV modules to be manufactured in Ontario Under a new agreement announced today, OSM Solarform Corp. will manufacture around 20 megawatts worth of LDK Solar’s photovoltaic modules at its Welland-based production line in Ontario.
pv magazine
Dec 01, 2011
View article
Markets & Policy
Copper for silver cell swap expected to be commercialized "sooner" than expected Imec and Kaneka have developed a silver-free heterojunction silicon solar cell, with a conversion efficiency of over 21 percent. Imec speaks to pv magazine about the achievement and states that the use of copper in commercial cell production could come sooner than many think.
pv magazine
Nov 30, 2011
View article
Applications & Installations
Panasonic plans 300 MW Malaysian solar factory Global electronics giant, Panasonic Corporation has unveiled plans to open a 300 megawatt (MW) vertically-integrated solar manufacturing facility in Malaysia.
pv magazine
Nov 24, 2011
View article
Research & Development
First Solar hits 5 GW production milestone Proving its thin film prowess, First Solar has announced its cumulative photovoltaic module production has reached five gigawatts (GW). It is the second solar company in the world to do so.
pv magazine
Nov 16, 2011