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KREMPEL offers rear-side contacting backsheet material

Features, Product Reviews
June 27, 2013
By Mark Osborne
Designed for solar modules with cells for rear-side contacting, ‘AKACON BCF’ PV backsheet is being offered by the KREMPEL Group and is ready for volume production. The backsheet comes with a copper layer and is structured according to customer's design for back-contact cells.
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Massachusetts’ emergency turns out well for solar

Editors' Blog, Features
June 25, 2013
By Felicity Carus
Massachusetts' solar programme has been massively oversubscribed. Felicity Carus reports on how emergency measures to extend the programme have benefited the state.

Would the leading PV equipment supplier please stand up?

Features, Guest Blog
June 4, 2013
By Finlay Colville
It is hard to imagine any marketing scenario in which citing leading ranking metrics would be off the radar. But just think for one minute: when was the last time a PV equipment supplier announced leading ranking status with any fanfare? Or proclaimed a purchase order that would catapult revenues beyond fiscal year guided levels?
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Solar crowdfunding pushes way beyond the social network

Editors' Blog, Features
June 4, 2013
By Felicity Carus
Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular tool in the US for raising capital for solar installations. Felicity Carus asks what all the hype is about.

UK solar PV demand reached 520MW in Q1 2013

Features, Guest Blog
June 4, 2013
By Finlay Colville
The rush to build large-scale ground-mount projects to qualify for the 2ROCs incentive rate has pushed cumulative UK demand to 2.5GW. NPD Solarbuzz’s Finlay Colville looks at a record quarter for the UK.
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Camera system from VITRONIC provides retrofit solar cell colour classification

Features, Product Reviews
May 30, 2013
By Mark Osborne
VINSPEC solar VCOFLC1 camera system from VITRONIC enables exact and reliable front print and color inspection.
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PURPA blends net metering potential with community solar

Editors' Blog, Features
May 28, 2013
By Felicity Carus
Electricity legislation introduced in the US in the 1970s has untapped potential for encouraging renewables, says Felicity Carus.
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Virtual Industries new WAFER-VAC wafer handling system offers wide applications

Features, Product Reviews
May 23, 2013
By Mark Osborne
Virtual Industries, a supplier of manual vacuum handling solutions, has made available its new general-purpose wafer vacuum handling tool, ‘WAFER-VAC’ system with 8" molded wafer tip (WV-9000-MW8).
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Mexico offers tantalising prospect of a dawning major market

Editors' Blog, Features
May 21, 2013
By Felicity Carus
Mexico has all the right conditions for a solar boom. Felicity Carus investigates what it will take to turn promise into reality.
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SwissINSO adds colour to building-integrated solar

Editors' Blog, Features
May 17, 2013
By Julia Chan
In a 24 hour whirlwind trip to Switzerland, I visited the headquarters of technology start-up firm SwissINSO, where I was able to see first hand the development of a new technology that is set to bring more colour to the PV market, specifically the BIPV and solar thermal sector.

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