A trail of utter devastation was left by the Leamington tornado, which hit the town - located in the province of Ontario - on June 6,th yet two type 5000HD (heavy duty) DEGERenergie tracking systems, which were installed two days previously, stood firm against the storm.
According to a report published by Frost & Sullivan, the solar PV markets in both urban and rural areas in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are steadily expanding due to volatile oil prices and strong governmental commitments.
During the 35th IEEE PV specialist conference, Casey Kazmierowicz, chairman of the board at KIC, will present his paper, “Thermal Profiling of Silicon Solar Cells During the Metallization Process”. The paper will delve into a procedure using a thermal profiler and flattened TC junction thermocouples in a wafer fixture for accurate and repeatable measurements in an IR belt furnace.
Q-Cells' general meeting on June 24 of the supervisory board will hold an election for a new board member, with Karlheinz Hornung as the nominated party. Current board member, Andre Lee, has resigned from his office. Incumbent chairman, Marcel Brenninkmeijer, will make the office as chairman available and propose Hornung for this position at the general meeting as well, if Hornung is elected to the supervisory board. Brenninkmeijer will continue as a member of the board for Q-Cells.
In accordance to the newly signed long-term strategic partnership between Q-Cells and Innotech Solar, Q-Cells will sell all of its non-prime solar cells to ITS for conversion into PV solutions under the ITS name. All visual and electrical non-prime solar cells will be supplied to ITS under a multi-year agreement.
Hedging its bets in its move into the solar industry, leading semiconductor foundry TSMC will start producing CIGSS thin-film modules after taking a stake in Stion and a technology license. VentureTech Alliance, a TSMC affiliate, will invest US$50 million to take a 21% stake in Stion.
Titan Tracker has signed a license contract with DongFang Electric and DongFang Turbine, including all the solar tracking technologies such as flat PV, CPV and CSP central receiver and Stirling dish.
At Intersolar Europe 2010, a powerhouse of the semiconductor industry exhibited for the first time but based on their manufacturing strategy will be attending this and many other major events for years to come. As is typical of the Korean-based memory manufacturer, little has actually been revealed about their solar manufacturing strategy, especially capacity and capital spending plans. However, PV-Tech was granted an exclusive video interview with the head of its new Solar Energy division, Changsik Choi, Executive Vice President, Samsung Electronics.
Centrosolar Group will be the project partner for the solar fund of the investment bank, "DCM Solarfonds 4." The bank will give investors the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of ten solar roof plants, erected on the flat roofs of German companies ALDI Süd and ALDI Nord. The plants are estimated to have an aggregate output of 7.8MW.
IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference’s organizing committee announced the speakers for the 35th PV gathering on June 20 through 25. Located at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, the convention will hold panel discussions and presentations during the five day symposium.
