Solar PV Technology news Last update: 15 Jun 2016
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SunEdison completes the 2nd over-the-canal solar PV installation in India
Panasonic expanding domestic solar PV production capacity
Solar PV capacity growing massively allover the world
Solar PV semiconductor fab in Gujarat, India by SunEdison and Adani
Is 2015 a big year for global Solar PV; Analysis by IHS on Chinese suppliers
Cost of solar PV modules to reach 0.4/W and 0.5/W by 2016
Solar PV technology roadmap for next five years is defined by efficiency
Quite a big jump in solar installations in fourth-quarter 2014
Solarnomics: By 2016, solar pv energy to offer best value for money
Solar powered sustainable home built by IIT shunya team
KYOCERA to produce 1.4GW solar modules and has given the world 5GW
Solar PV Module is forecasted to grow by 30% in 2014
Solar PV prices to remain stable due to growing demand, TrendForce
Sharp ranked as top vendor of solar PV module in Q1 2014
Thin-Film Silicon solar PV share to fall in short-run
Efficiency of crystalline silicon-based solar PV touch 25.6%
Solar PV equipment market up by 6% in Q42013, as per SEMI
High efficiency solar PV in more demand, as per EnergyTrend
Solar PV farms in the range of 250 KW- 5 MW account for half of undergoing projects
Fuji Electric to sell its solar PV cell business to FWAVE
Opinion: US complains on China and want India not to restrict US on Solar PV
India based Moser Baer sells 100 Cr worth solar PV modules in Japan
Easy-to-make-polymer researched for improving organic solar PV efficiency
TERI: 100% renewable energy by 2050 in India is possible
Double-digit growth predicted for solar PV market in 2014
Efficiency, energy-storage, and acquisition are top trends in solar PV for 2014
NPD: Thin-film solar PV production declining to 8.9% in 2014
Organic solar cell efficiency boosted by researchers at UNIST
Heat converted to infrared to increase solar PV efficiency
Patents filed in Solar and wind rises sharply in 2012 and 2013
Solar PV cell efficiency taken to new levels
Japan saying no to nuclear and big yes to solar
Solar PV cost dependent on automation, not on cheap labour
IHS: Solar PV microinverter shipments to grow 4x times by 2017
Solar PV industry stops hurtling-down and starts growing
Scientists at Stanford exploit disorders in plastic solar cell to improve performance
Solar PV event: SOLARCON India 2013 from 1-3 Aug at Bangalore
SEMI: Quarterly solar PV equipment billing drop by 41% in Q12013
Solarbuzz forecasts 22% y-o-y growth for solar PV in 2nd half 2013
NPD Solarbuzz: Solar PV wafer production to grow by 19% in 2013
NPD Solarbuzz: Top-20 solar PV suppliers capture 70% share in 1st Q 2013
Sharp claims development of a Solar PV cell with record efficiency of 37.9%
ABB to acquire solar PV inverter maker Power-One
NPD Solarbuzz: Solar PV module revenues to reach $32 Billion by 2017
Delta designs its solar inverters using Cree SiC MOSFETs
Shake up in Solar PV vendor ranking, India's L&T in top-10, as per IMS
The rise-and-fall analysis of Suntech by iSuppli
M-Cells to use of SINGULUS' solar PV equipment for the passivation of cell
Solar PV tech: Zinc oxide nano wires infiltrated with lead-sulfide quantum dots for efficiency
SMA completed acquisition of majority stake in Zeversolar
Japan's solar PV market to grow by 120% in 2013, as per iSuppli
Power-One sold more than a million solar PV inverters
Global demand for solar PV to reach 31 Gigawatts in 2013, as per Solarbuzz
Panasonic's new solar PV factory in Malaysia starts shipping
Intevac to ship its Ion Implant equipment to a solar PV customer in 1Q2013
SERIIUS: Joint Solar PV research by US and India
SOLARCON India 2013 to be held in Bangalore on Aug 1-3
Low cost Organic Solar PV, the opposite of OLED reaches efficiency of 12%
Flexible sheet-like solar PV cells research by NREL and Stanford University
Companies in solar PV industry to plunge by 70% this year, predicts iSuppli
Solar PV market 2013: Drop in revenue, growth in installations
Panasonic started HIT solar module production in Malaysia
Solar Polysilicon price falls steeply in October
Solar International awards SoloPower with Solar Industry Award
Concentrated PV (CPV) to grow swiftly to reach 1.2 GW in 2016, expects IHS
PV Taiwan 2012 to showcase latest trends and technology in solar PV manufacturing
Imec and Solvay achieves organic photovoltaic module’s efficiency of 5.5%
Taiwan’s domestic solar demand weakened by the steep dive in FiT, says TrendForce
SOLARCON India 2012 in Bangalore on 3rd Sept
Solar PV Inverter growth estimates by IMS: 25% shipment and 3% revenue
China's new solar PV target boosts solar market
Imec uses cost-optimized process to make 20%+ efficient solar PV cells
Panasonic bagged IEEE corporate innovation award for HIT solar technology
SEMI: 1Q12 Solar PV manufacturing equipment billings declined
Price of polysilicon for solar decline in May 2012, fall is expected in June too: IHS
Researchers create slimmer thin-film solar cells with Nanoscale-sandwich technique
Applied Materials survey on solar finds lack of consumer awareness
22.68% efficient Heterojunction Solar Cells developed by Imec and Kaneka
VLSI research rewarded Applied Materials as the top PV solar equipment supplier
US antidumping taxes could defer 45% of solar module shipments to North America, says IHS
Solar PV cell from Sharp with world record conversion efficiency of 43.5%
Solar power components jointly developed by eSolar and Sanmina-SCI
SMAP spacecraft powered by EMCORE solar panels for 2014 NASA mission
Solar PV shade conditions simulated by NREL in repeatable test for arrays
IMS releases PV System Integrator rankings for 2011: BELECTRIC is number one
Polysilicon price may reach US$ 20/kg in 2012, predicts TrendForce
Nanotube electrodes to make dye sensitized solar PV cells cheaper
Flexible PV solar panel production plant in Germany opens
Moser Baer enhances its solar semiconductor tech for scaling up effeciency to 21%
CdTe photovoltaic PV solar module efficiency of 14.4 % by First Solar
Flamac and imec are partnering to develop new materials for solar PV cells
Solar PV manufacturing equipment market continue to decline in 2011
Imec achieved 8.3% effeciecy for organic polymer based solar PV cells
Researchers develop a better dye to enhance solar cell efficiency
Kaneka and imec develops 21% efficient solar cells using copper instead of silver
Panasonic to invest in Malaysia to manufacture solar wafers, cells and modules
Abundant opportunities for solar companies in rural electrification market
European research group aims to achieve 9% efficiency in organic solar PV module
Solar inverter maker AEG inaugurates factory in Bangalore
Solar powered crop harvesting robot wins Intel prize
Design concept for transformer-less Solar Inverter
SOLARCON India partners with IIT Bombay to conduct solar training course
Vivek Sharma of ST explains role of semiconductors in green energy
MEMC acquires Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Inc
SEMI publishes standard to specify silicon feedstock for solar PV manufacturing
Solar PV panels cost to reach $1 per watt sooner
Samsung Electronics transfers its solar cell business to Samsung SDI
IMS finds record build up of solar PV module inventory
BTU receives multiple solar cell rework furnace orders
SEMI along with CTM identifies cost reduction in solar PV manufacturing
Frost & Sullivan: North American residential solar market to reach $3.42B in 2017
Research: Solar PV installation in India to grow at 134% CAGR during 2009-2013
Concentrated solar PV growing strong
CENTROSOLAR to supply solar modules to TSMC
Breakthrough research by U.S. scientists lead to a 35 % up in solar cell power generation
Solar PV semiconductor equipment book-to-bill dips in 3rd Q 10, says a study
IMS estimates solar inverter shipment grew by 50% to reach 7.3GW in Q3'10
Chinese companies racing to expand PV cell and module manufacturing
Moser Baer to develop Copper Indium Gallium Selenide semiconductor based solar cells
Researchers reveal method to store solar thermal energy
Toshiba to set up a 1MW solar photovoltaic project for Hokuriku Electric Power Company
BHEL wins contract to set up Grid-Interactive solar power plants in Lakshadweep
Thin film solar PV production capacity to cross 2.7 GW by the end of 2012, says IMS
iSuppli predicts a strong and bumpy ride for solar PV in 2011
3M to begin high-volume production of solar film for flexible PV modules
Kyocera's 210W solar module passes a series of sub-tests by TUV Rheinland
National Semiconductor and Suntech join forces to develop 'Smart Panel' technology
Global solar photovoltaic demand up by 54% in Q2'10
TSMC begins building its solar semiconductor research and manufacturing facility
Corning and Oerlikon Solar acheive 11.9% stabilized conversion efficiency in silicon-tandem solar cell
Cree demos 150mm SiC substrates to enhance productivity
JDSU introduces CPV cells to generate electrical power
Multi-crystalline solar PV module from AU Optrinics obtains carbon footprint verification
IMS estimates Suntech beaten First Solar in solar PV modules shipments
IMS: Solar microinverters and DC/DC power optimizers' revenue to reach $1.5 billion in the next 5 years
IMS forecasts China as the world's largest Solar PV market by 2014
TÜV PV lab in Bangalore simulates sun inside the lab
AUO's solar reliability lab obtains UL WTDP certification
Enel, Sharp and ST join hands with aim to build Italy's largest Solar PV factory
New tech in enhancing Solar PV module performance
Worldwide PV market to almost double in 2010 reaching 14.6GW
Panasonic's lithium ion batteries to power solar cars in solar car race 2010
Solarbuzz: PV market in Asia Pacific to grow by about 85% in 2010
New Products
Dilute nitride based high efficiency 4-J Solar PV cell by 2016, by Silicon Junction
99.1% power conversion efficient solar PV inverters
Solar based power source for electronic systems monitoring crop production
Solar wafer test system helps in yield and efficiency improvement
Solar PV micro inverter kit supports MPPT and grid-tied DC/AC inverter
Test services by UL for solar power plants
Stand-alone Solar PV electricity generator from Panasonic
Cloud powered rooftop solar PV power estimation tool from TERI
Films for solar PV panels protect against degradation
CZTSe -based thin film solar cell with 9.7 percent efficiency
Concentrator triple-junction compound solar PV cell efficiency reach 44.4%
Cool bypass switches from STMicro for solar PV modules
Solar modules from Kyocera withstands high-voltage stress test
10.7% efficiency on 1.1 cm2 - a world record by Heliatek for organic Solar PV
Quality shield-glass adds up to the solar PV cell efficiency
3600 wafers/hour solar PV metalization equipment with ramp rate up to 200 Deg C/Sec
Polyester labels for solar panels from TE are now UL recognized
Solar cell battery charging IC for mobile phones
80V power MOSFETs from ST for solar micro-inverters
300W Micro-Inverter and DC/DC Power Optimizer for solar power conversion
Set of IC chips for solar PV inverter design optimizes power conversion
EMC Filters for solar PV inverters up to 1500Amps
Murata offering software and hardware for a smart LED lighting system
