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New Product: System Photonics BIPV modules for ventilated facades

Features, Product Reviews
October 9, 2009
By Emma Hughes
Product Briefing Outline: System Photonics has introduced a commercial-scale BIPV 'ROOF' collection system that is designed for ventilated façades. The product line uses ceramic materials combined with next-generation crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells to allow for flexibility in design without compromising functionality. These BIPV modules also take advantage of DuPont PV5300 Series encapsulant sheets made of clear, tough ionomer.

New Product: Mitsubishi Electric boosts multicrystalline cell efficiency to 18.9%

Features, Product Reviews
February 19, 2009
By Mark Osborne
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has improved its highest conversion efficiency rate for a 150 x 150 millimeter practical-size multicrystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) cell by 0.3 points from 18.6 percent to achieve a claimed new world record of 18.9%.

Reis Robotics develops fully-automatic laser soldering procedure

Features, Product Reviews
February 3, 2009
By Mark Osborne
Product Briefing Outline: Reis Robotics has now implemented a newly developed laser soldering procedure for practical use with several customers. Photovoltaics manufacturers are increasingly anxious to fully exploit the automation potential of their production capacity in order to deal with the increasing demands for lower prices. Reis Robotics as system supplier with its subsidiary Reis Lasertec as laser welding specialist have combined skill sets to deliver a laser soldering method for higher quality, shortened cycle times and reductions in manual rework.

Veeco’s ‘FastFlex’ web coating platform ideal for CIGS cell production

Features, Product Reviews
February 3, 2009
By Mark Osborne
Product Briefing Outline: Veeco Instruments has introduced its ‘FastFlex’ line of Web Coating Systems designed for manufacturing CIGS solar cells (those using copper, indium, gallium and selenium). Veeco’s ‘FastFlex’ web deposition platform offers high throughput and improved performance for flexible thin film solar cell production that is claimed to contribute to a lower cost of ownership, due to its high quantity of deposition zones in a compact footprint.

First Solar’s FS Series 2 PV modules are specifically designed for power plants

Features, Product Reviews
January 28, 2009
By Síle Mc Mahon
Product Briefing Outline: First Solar’s FS Series 2 PV Modules are designed for use in grid-connected, commercial power plants and are sold to leading system integrators, independent power project developers and utility companies worldwide. The modules are CdTe thin film in construction that will generally produce more electricity under real-world conditions than conventional solar modules with similar power ratings and the lowest cost per watt overall.

Pasan SA’s new electronic load enables higher accuracy solar cell/module testing

Features, Product Reviews
January 7, 2009
By Mark Osborne
Product Briefing Outline: Pasan SA has introduced a new electronic load that is more accurate and offers several additional features for the testing of solar cells and modules. This electronic load not only is fitted to module and cell flashers, but also can be combined with continuous light sources. Furthermore the equipment is suitable for outdoor testing.

Top 5 new product reviews of 2008

Features, Product Reviews
December 29, 2008
By Mark Osborne
In our first full year online, we have steadily increased the number of new products we have reviewed and also seen the new products section gain increasingly greater traffic levels throughout the year. Looking through the traffic numbers, we have identified the Top 5 most popular reviews of new products for your enjoyment.

Rohm and Haas’ ‘Enlight’ materials are designed for improved cell efficiencies

Features, Product Reviews
December 10, 2008
By Mark Osborne
Product Briefing Outline: Rohm and Haas Company has launched its new line of ‘Enlight’ materials suite of products for crystalline silicon cell photovoltaic manufacturing. The Enlight product suite is designed to improve traditional solar cell processing by increasing cell efficiency and increasing manufacturing yields.

TITAN TRACKER designed for high accuracy zenithal tracking

Features, Product Reviews
November 27, 2008
By Síle Mc Mahon
Product Briefing Outline: The TITAN TRACKER 122-219 ATR PRECISION is a new concept in solar trackers and has been developed for flat-plate and high concentrating photovoltaics  CPV). It breaks with the usual trend, based on mounted-pole systems, and is claimed to offer improved benefits during the whole life-cycle of the installation.

New Product: SINVERT PV inverters from Siemens offer field-proven performance and reliability

Features, Product Reviews
September 25, 2008
By Mark Osborne
Siemens AG has developed and manufactured inverters for photovoltaic applications since 1987. The latest products of this development are the SINVERT PV inverters, a family of three phase grid-connected inverters in the range of 60kVA up to 1700kVA.

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