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Solar wafer test system helps in yield and efficiency improvement

To enhance higher yield and also to produce high-efficiency solar cells, Applied Materials has made available a new solar wafer inspection system, which does 100 percent in-line wafer inspection and automatically predict wafer cell efficiency through photoluminescence (PL) technology. “The Veri

Solar PV Module is forecasted to grow by 30% in 2014

The solar industry is becoming very active in the year 2014. There are a lot of positive news and trends to indicate even bigger growth is expected within 2015. Worldwide the solar power generation is gaining speed. The market researcher NPD Solarbuzz has reported the top 20 Solar PV module sup

Solar PV prices to remain stable due to growing demand, TrendForce

TrendForce reported stability in the price solar PV is due to stronger China makers shipment, high-volume shipment in Japan market, economy improvement in Europe and mainly postponement of US DOC's initial verdict on anti-dumping. Below is the further analysis shared by TrendForce' analysts: “Q

Solar PV micro inverter kit supports MPPT and grid-tied DC/AC inverter

Instead of running thick heavy copper wires to harvest low voltage DC power from multiple solar photovoltaic panels in a solar farm, the smart, energy efficient and cost saving option now is to use micro solar inverters embedded below the solar panel itself, so that the stepped-up AC voltage from th

Sharp ranked as top vendor of solar PV module in Q1 2014

NPD Solarbuzz ranks Japan based Sharp Solar as number one solar photovoltaic (PV) module vendor in 1st quarter of 2014. Sharp said to have overtaken First Solar and Chinese-based solar PV suppliers. “The first quarter this year was the first time a non-Chinese module supplier has taken the l

Thin-Film Silicon solar PV share to fall in short-run

Solar PV market study firm EnergyTrend sees with the closing DuPont's silicon thin-film operations by the end of 2014 with gradual shut down, Silicon thin-film market share is likely to keep falling in the short run. “Judging from recent price quotes, silicon thin-film price quotes is at US$0.58/

Efficiency of crystalline silicon-based solar PV touch 25.6%

Panasonic has achieved a conversion efficiency of 25.6% is in its crystalline silicon-based solar PV cell development, breaking its own previous record of 24.7 %. This achievement is at research level, where Panasonic has used heterojuntion technology to improve conversion efficiency. Panasonic has

Solar PV equipment market up by 6% in Q42013, as per SEMI

SEMI has reported that for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, worldwide photovoltaic manufacturing equipment book-to-bill ratio remained below parity, at 0.61, for the eleventh consecutive quarter. Bookings levels improved some in the quarter to reach the highest value since the first quarter of 2

High efficiency solar PV in more demand, as per EnergyTrend

EnergyTrend has reported the solar PV polysilicon contract prices continued to decline in April 2014. In fact, contract prices dropped to US$ 21-22/kg after hitting US$23/kg in March. “Due to growing mono-si wafer demands , manufacturers have started to focus on high-quality polysilicon in Apri

Test services by UL for solar power plants

UL is offering test services to Solar PV operators in managing the risks associated with building and operating Solar PV plants. The services cover from design stage to the commercial operation date (COD) and throughout the in-service lifetime of a PV plant, factors such as performance, energy yie

Stand-alone Solar PV electricity generator from Panasonic

Panasonic has developed the "Power Supply Container", a complete unit of solar PV based electricity generator for remote areas where connecting to power-grid and laying power transmission line is difficult. The Power Supply Container has high efficiency solar PV modules, lead-acid batteries, and pow