Posts Tagged ‘solar cells’
13 January 2012
US photovoltaic thin-film component developer AQT Solar has secured Series B venture funding worth $18.7m to expand production of its copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) solar cells.
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1 December 2011
A Q-Cells subsidiary has reached a new record in thin-film efficiency, with the Solibro Q.SMART reaching a module efficiency of 17.4 per cent.
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29 November 2011
US photovoltaic cell developer Solar3D has appointed Nadir Dagli as chief scientific adviser to guide the development of the company’s technology and prototype.
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13 October 2011
Chinese polysilicon and photovoltaic wafer producer GCL-Poly has signed a five-year letter of intent to supply 1GW of wafers to PV cell manufacturer Tainergy Tech, based in Taiwan.
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13 October 2011
US solar cell innovator Silveo has raised $33m through a fundraising round led by new investor New Margin which joined existing participants GSR and DT Capital as the company left stealth mode.
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13 September 2011
US solar cell developer Konarka has formed strategic alliances with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, Lapp Kabek, Bischoff Glastechnik and the Fraunhofer Institute.
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15 August 2011
Shareholders of Nasdaq-listed Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates have voted in favour of a merger with solar technology provider Applied Materials.
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10 August 2011
German photovoltaic cell manufacturer Q-Cells generated revenue of €316m for the second quarter of 2011 but still recorded an overall loss.
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8 August 2011
Photovoltaic component producer JA Solar’s board of directors have approved a share repurchase programme authorising the company to reacquire up to $100m of the company’s American Depositary Shares.
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26 July 2011
US photovoltaic component developer BioSolar has announced its intention to make an initial public offering (IPO) on a US stock exchange.
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20 July 2011
Photovoltaics company Pyron Solar has appointed Duncan Earl as chief technology officer and Joe Bentley as chief engineer.
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8 July 2011
Industrial gas company Praxair has signed a multi-year deal with Hemlock Semiconductor to supply high-purity hydrogen for a new $1.2bn polysilicon manufacturing facility in Tennesse, US.
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6 July 2011
US-based Pyron Solar said it has developed a concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology with a per cell output 19 per cent more efficient than its nearest rivals.
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13 April 2011
India’s solar ambitions are continuing apace and have sparked a Rs410 investment by energy company PLG Power to build a 120MW solar cell manufacturing facility.
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5 April 2011
JA Solar, a Chinese manufacturer of solar cells, has entered into a two-year strategic partnership with the Florida-based electronic product solutions company, Jabil Circuit.
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12 November 2010
German solar cell manufacturer Q-Cells has taken advantage of strong demand and stable pricing in the third quarter to generate sale of over €400m, up 20 per cent from the second quarter and more than double 2009’s third quarter results.
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25 May 2010
Professor Fred Schubert, Wellfleet senior constellation professor of physics at the Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York, US, has joined Magnolia Solar's technical advisory board.
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21 January 2010
Metals company SMG Indium Resources has closed a private placement of class A shares and five-year warrants for $5,818,000 and also plans to file for an initial public offering (IPO) on a major US exchange during 2010.
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13 January 2010
Solar cell coating systems developer Sono-Tek Corporation's sales increased 25 per cent in the final quarter of 2009, compared to the previous year, according to its recent results.
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15 October 2009
Merck and Dyesol have agreed to collaborate together in order to develop electrolytes for use in next generation dye solar cells, according to a statement.
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