Leading CdTe thin-film manufacturer First Solar is discontinuing development and production of its hybrid heterojunction silicon cell and module technology, acquired via the acquisition of start-up TetraSun.
‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) leader Trina Solar said it had achieved an average efficiency of 21.1% for its industrially-produced P-type monocrystalline cells (156 x 156 mm2) with Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) technology at its ‘golden’ pilot production line.
DuPont, an industry leader in high-performance materials for photovoltaic panels, shares Bill of Materials (BoM) specification recommendations based on extensive field observations and laboratory testing.
Polysilicon producer REC Silicon has said that granular polysilicon production, produced by its FBR (Fluidised Bed Reactor) technology would be impacted by a fire at the restart-up phase of its Silane IV gas production facility on July 1, 2016.
The second Solar and Off-Grid Renewables West Africa event in Ghana in April heard mixed views on the progress of solar in the region. But with the first projects reaching completion and others moving forward, brighter times seem to be around the corner. Tom Kenning reports
US-based flexible CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) thin-film producer MiaSolé a subsidiary of struggling Hanergy Group has signed a supply contract with a leading Italian roofing firm, General Membrane SpA.
The European Commission has withdrawn Chinese solar panel manufacturer Shinetime China and its related company in the EU, Shinetime Europe, from the EU-China price undertaking.
