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Better Materials Mean Better Solar Cells
Sep 1, 2013 — Innovation in materials research is revealing a future in which solar power is inexpensive and efficient, and sunlight-harvesting thin films cover everything from airplanes to buildings. Crystalline silicon, or c-Si, is the dominant photon-absorbing material in conventional solar cell technology; it made up nearly 90 percent of the modules produced globally in 2012. Although no other material comes close to replacing plentiful, inexpensive c-Si – thin film is a distant second – th...
First Solar Acquires GE’s Thin-Film Solar IP
SCHENECTADY, N.Y., and TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 8, 2013 — First Solar of Tempe has acquired General Electric Co.’s thin-film solar technology in exchange for 1.75 million shares of its common stock. The partnership is expected to accelerate cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar module performance and...
First Solar to Acquire TetraSun
TEMPE, Ariz., and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 10, 2013 — First Solar Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire solar photovoltaic technology startup TetraSun from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and other investors, including TetraSun management, for an undisclosed amount.
Invest in Photonics shows VCs the money
BORDEAUX, France – With a global market that experts predict could grow 8 to 10 percent annually to reach €480 billion by 2015, photonics is on the rise – and the recent Invest in Photonics convention revealed just where venture capitalists and industry...
Lasers Help Fabricate Solar’s Future
Mar 1, 2013 — Etching, scribing and isolating are essential functions in solar cell manufacturing, and lasers play a large part in each. Solar cells turn light into electricity. So it’s fitting that electricity converted into light – a laser –...
Photonics Companies Go Green, Naturally
Mar 1, 2013 — Optoelectronics firms worldwide are going green by recycling, reducing energy use and even installing solar panels to be good to the planet and their communities while helping their bottom lines. It’s only natural. Sustainability is a growing...
Invest in Photonics Shows VCs the Money
BORDEAUX, France, Dec. 26 — With a global market that experts predict could grow 8 to 10 percent annually to reach €480 billion by 2015, photonics is on the rise — and the recent Invest in Photonics convention revealed just where venture capitalists and industry...
Zeiss, Philips, Samsung Execs to Speak at Invest in Photonics 2012
BORDEAUX, France, Nov. 8, 2012 — Top executives from Carl Zeiss France, Philips Lighting and Samsung Ventures Europe will address several fast-growing photonics markets next month at Invest in Photonics — an event that has helped to raise €37 million ($47 million) to date.
Nanosolar Adds Three Execs
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2012 — Nanosolar Inc. has hired three new executives to lead its thin-film solar cells and panels sales and marketing initiatives in the US, Europe, Asia and beyond, it announced.
Global PV Demand Up 54% in Q2
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2010 — Global photovoltaic demand rose to 3.82 GW (an increase of 54 percent) in Q2 from a much weaker first quarter in 2010, according to a report issued by Solarbuzz, an international solar energy market research and consulting company. The photovoltaic...
First Solar to Expand German Plant
FRANKFURT, Germany, June 11, 2010 — First Solar, a sustainable energy solutions company that manufactures photovoltaic modules, announced its intent to expand its German manufacturing plant in Frankfurt, doubling local production capacity and creating several hundred new jobs. ...
Solar Tech Industry Rises in East Asia
Mar 18, 2010 — The People’s Republic of China is home to one-third of the world’s solar manufacturing capacity, according to a study by the Breakthrough Institute of Oakland, Calif., and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation of Washington,...
Pushing the envelope: Trends in green research and technology
Jan 4, 2010 — Raising efficiency while lowering costs is the trend in solar as well as solid-state lighting. Researchers have been working toward this end in both areas for decades, and there ar...
First Solar Taps New Executive VP
Dec 11, 2009 — First Solar Inc., a Tempe, Ariz.-based manufacturer of photovoltaic modules, announced that TK Kallenbach has been appointed executive vice president of marketing and product management. Kallenbach comes to First Solar from Honeywell Aerospace,...
Make green energy, not war
Oct 2, 2009 — A solar farm under construction near the towns of Lieberose and Turnow-Preilack, near Cottbus in Germany’s federal state of Brandenburg, has become the world’s second largest solar power plant– and Germany’s biggest– with the installation of the...
The road to solar cell supremacy
Oct 1, 2009 — The silicon traditionally used to make solar panels is costly and inefficient at converting sunlight into electricity, experts say, yet it remains the material most commonly used to make solar panels. “This sounds rather ugly, but silicon is the...
First Solar Taps Fitzgibbons
Mar 27, 2009 — First Solar Inc. of Tempe, Ariz., has named Dennis Fitzgibbons as vice president of federal affairs. In this new position, he is responsible for leading the company’s federal government affairs activities in the US. He will report directly to Mike...
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