|
May 7th |
DuPont To Ramp Up Solar PV Research And Manufacturing |
|
DuPont will soon begin constructing a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the solar photovoltaic energy industry - particularly the amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin film market.
More |
|
|
May 7th |
Sunovia Raises $12M for Cadmium-Telluride Solar Cells |
|
More |
|
|
May 7th |
SVTC's Laetz tips solar growth work, plans |
|
Solar capacity is rapidly expanding, with a lot of new players rushing into the market. More silicon supply is about to come online too, enabling more solar manufacturing, and increasing/speeding the likelihood of a market shakeout. "If you're a manufacturer with no R&D resources to lower manufacturing costs, and a shakeout occurs, you'll be one of the people at the bottom of the pile," explained Kurt Laetz, managing director, strategic marketing, SVTC Technologies, in an interview with WaferNEWS. Many companies will be in need of a facility for development services, he summed, and SVTC says it can service them, both startups and large existing companies.
More |
|
|
May 7th |
German Semiconductor Firm Enters Solar Market Through Joint Venture |
|
Qimonda AG (NYSE: QI), a memory supplier with a diversified DRAM product portfolio, has entered the solar market through a joint venture with Centrosolar Group AG (C30.DE) to produce crystalline solar cells.
More |
|
|
May 2nd |
Thin-film solar startup Sunovia raises $12M to compete with First Solar |
|
More |
|
|
May 2nd |
Can OptiSolar Make Thin-Film Dreams Real? |
|
With more than 700 megawatts of projects in its pipeline and at least $71.7 million in funding, Optisolar has big plans for thin film. So why have you heard so little about them?
More |
|
|
Apr 30th |
Update on LDK Solar, Applied Materials Thin Film Deal |
|
Since our last report from the PV conference in Munich, LDK Solar (LDK) has completed a financing of $400 million of convertible debt, $200 million of which is to be used for buyback of shares. The upcoming Q1 conference call will provide an opportunity for LDK to provide additional details around this deal.
More |
|
|
Apr 30th |
Dow invites CIGS leader Global Solar to SAI dance, leaving Miasole's prospects in doubt |
|
More |
|
|
Apr 30th |
Germany's PV Industry Securing its Position as World Leader |
|
More |
|
|
Apr 29th |
Goldstone forms JV with TF Solar, Jusung |
|
Hyderabad-based Goldstone Infratech (formerly Goldstone Teleservices), the country's largest manufacturer and supplier of composite insulators, has formed a joint venture with TF SolarPower and Korea-based equipment supplier Jusung Engineering to set up a Rs 2,800 crore thin-film photovoltaic panels (PV) manufacturing unit in Hyderabad.
More |
|
