Features

Features, Product Reviews
January 19, 2011
By Mark Osborne
Enercon Industries Corporation is introducing the new ‘Plasma4’ in-line atmospheric plasma surface treatment system for the cleaning and functionalizing of roll-to-roll materials used for fabricating photovoltaic systems.
Features, Product Reviews
January 18, 2011
By Mark Osborne
GT Solar International has announced the commercial release of the ‘DSS650,’ multi-crystalline ingot growth systems for the solar PV industry. The DSS650 can grow significantly larger silicon ingots averaging 625 kg - resulting in 25 percent more output.
Features, Product Reviews
January 7, 2011
By Mark Osborne
There was a significant increase in the number of new products announced throughout the PV supply chain in 2010, compared to previous years. A key trend has been products focused on the utility-scale market, such as central inverters and technologies designed to cut the balance of system (BOS) costs for installations. In our review of the Top 10 most viewed products on the PV-Tech website, the diversity in the list is refreshing and covers a wide-range of subjects from solar cell metallization pastes to modules and inverters.
Features, Product Reviews
December 22, 2010
By Mark Osborne
Evonik has introduced a highly transparent and also weathering-resistant barrier film based on polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) that can replace glass plates as a front cover.
Features, Guest Blog
December 21, 2010
By Alan King
Alan King of Canadian Solar notes that while the extension of the U.S. Treasury's 1603 cash grant program has positive implications for the solar industry in 2011 and beyond, there's much work still to be done to increase PV's percentage of the country's overall energy portfolio.
Features, Product Reviews
December 20, 2010
By Mark Osborne
ACI-ecotec’s ‘ecoCarrier’ system is used in raw wafer and solar cell manufacturing processes.
Features, Product Reviews
December 16, 2010
By Mark Osborne
OPEL Solar has introduced a new wireless, utility-scale solar tracker control network developed in conjunction with its partner, FEiNA, in Spain.
Features, Guest Blog
December 16, 2010
By Jaroslav Dorda
On December 10, 2010 the Czech President Vaclav Klaus approved a retroactive solar tax for solar power plants in the Czech Republic
Features, Product Reviews
December 13, 2010
By Mark Osborne
Rehm Thermal Systems has introduced an advanced new series of drying systems, the Solardryer RDS 2100 and RDS 3000 for solar cell metallization processes.
Features, Product Reviews
December 13, 2010
By Mark Osborne
Polycrystalline Silicon Technology Corporation (P.S.T.) and its alliance partner, Dynamic Engineering have introduced an advanced silicon tetrachloride hydrochlorination technology

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