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Suntech supplies one of the world’s largest BIPV Systems
09 May 2008
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. has signed an agreement with Hanau Energies SAS to supply a 4.5MW building integrated PV system (BIPV) to a farm located in Alsace, France.
The 4.5MW installation is anticipated to be completed by January 2009 with an additional 1MW already being planned.
Read more >>Yingli Green Energy to supply 35MW of modules to IBC Solar
08 May 2008
Yingli Green Energy has said that it has entered into a new sales contract with IBC Solar AG to deliver a minimum of 35 MW of PV modules to IBC from May 2008 to December 2008 for use in projects based in Germany.
Read more >>Honeywell develops harsh climate backing material for PV modules
08 May 2008
Honeywell has introduced a new backing material for the protection of photovoltaic solar cells used in modules that will be located in harsh or humid type conditions. Honeywell’s ‘PowerShield’ PV325 has a traditional five-layer design that includes two outer protective layers...
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White Papers
Large area thin film solar module lamination
12 February 2008
By David Tanner, Fang Mei, Jeff Sullivan and Gene Choi, Applied Materials, Inc., California, USA;
Francois Koran and Mark P. Gold, Solutia, Inc., Massachusetts, USA
ABSTRACT
The thin film solar industry is entering a new phase of explosive growth. Large scale automated factories will use 5.7m2
superstrates to achieve lower photovoltaic (PV) module production
costs. This paper summarizes recent advances in encapsulating these
large modules and providing high-quality environmental protection using
polyvinyl butyral (PVB)-based packaging.
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