Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC), an Indian state-owned mining and power company, is tendering for 260MW of grid-connected solar PV capacity in two Indian states.
German Electro-Mechatronic Systems (GES), a Germany-headquartered company with a background in LED lighting, has signed a deal to manufacture solar PV panels and LED lights in Macedonia.
Schmid`s APCVD (Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition) technology allows for a variety of doped and undoped films to be deposited inline that can boost solar cell conversion efficiencies for a wide range of solar cell architectures for high-volume production such as PERC and PERT.
China-based PV manufacturer and PV project developer Hareon Solar Technology is raising around US$300 million in a private placement of new shares to expand PV manufacturing capacity and enter the LED market through an acquisition.
A consortium between India-based integrated utility and solar developer Essel Infra and China-based PV material manufacturer Golden Concord Holdings (GCL) has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh government to invest US$2 billion in developing 5GW of module manufacturing capacity by 2020 in the Indian state.
Major PV metallisation paste producer Heraeus Photovoltaics says it has bolstered its multi-supplier sourcing strategy for silver powder after an accident in early January 2016 at one of the largest producers, Dowa Hightec, left two workers dead and two injured. The plant was subsequently shut down and could be out of commission for several months, pending investigations.
China-based module assembly automation specialist Suzhou Horad New Energy Equipment Co (Horad) has secured a 200MW turnkey module assembly line order with major Taiwanese cell producer, Motech Industries.
Certain "deep-level" defects in silicon solar cells appear to improve their performance, according to research by scientists at the US governments National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
