A Bangladesh firm, Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy has ordered an advanced module manufacturing line with a capacity of 20MW from Spire Corporation. The modules made at the new facility will be used for rural applications.
Project developer, relatio has selected Satcon Technology to provide 39 PowerGate Plus 500 kilowatt (kW) solar inverters for a 19.5MW solar park, dubbed Tauberlandpark.
Swiss-based PV equipment supplier, Komax has signed a cooperation agreement with Yingkou Jinchen that will see Komax acquire a majority stake (51%) in newly formed Komax Jinchen. The move by Komax is to penetrate the Chinese market and add more laminators to its product range.
Showa Shell Sekiyu subsidiary Solar Frontier has begun the commercial ramp of its new advanced, fully-automated CIS (copper, indium and selenium) thin-film solar module production plant, located in Miyazaki, Japan. Initial production capacity is claimed to be 600MW and is planned to reach a nameplate capacity of 1GW in 2012.
Dutch research organisation TNO spin-off company SoLayTec has received an investment from Rena and Brabant Development Agency (BOM) to bring its atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology for volume manufacturing of c-Si solar cells to commercialization. Financial details were not disclosed.
With the acquisition of Solarfun and its recent name change to Hanwha SolarOne, the PV manufacturer is to change its NASDAQ ticker symbol to ‘HSOL.’ This will take effect when the market opens on February 15, 2011.
German-based Schletter GmbH has developed a novel cleaning system for PV module rooftop installations. The PVSpin is designed to be operated safely by one person and employs a twin rotating brush heads fed with water through a central nozzle.
Taiwan-based solar cell producer Neo Solar Power (NSP) has posted its 10th consecutive month of increased revenue, reaching a new record high of approximately US$84.1 million (NT $2.44 billion) for January, which represented a 5.74% increase month-over-month, and 150.06% year-over-year. NSP has raised its capacity expansion target to 1.3GW in 2011, up from the 1.2GW previously guided.
Avago Technologies has introduced a new precision optical isolation amplifier for motor control and current sensing applications. The ACPL-790B, ACPL-790A and ACPL-7900 devices improve the accuracy and response times of the Avago isolation amplifier portfolio,
Preliminary financial results from SolarWorld show the integrated module manufacturer posted revenue of €1.3 billion in 2010, a 29% increase over the previous year, when revenue of €1.01 billion was reported. Shipments of wafers and solar modules also increased over the previous year, reaching 819MW, up 42% over figures logged in 2009 when shipments reached 578MW.
