Manufacturing

June 1, 2016
Kyoshin Electric Co (KOPEL) has introduced a high-speed, highly accurate, and highly reproducible solar cell IV measurement system. The KSX-3000H can be used for a wide variety of high-efficiency solar cell architectures including PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) and heterojunction (HJ).
June 1, 2016
Thin-film manufacturer Solar Frontier has begun commercial production at its new 150MW plant in Tohoku.
May 31, 2016
Formerly the largest solar equipment supplier Applied Materials booked an impressive US$108 million in new orders in its fiscal second quarter from its EES (Energy and Environmental Solutions) division that has housed its solar PV equipment business.
May 31, 2016
Optical inspection equipment firm ISRA VISION / GP Solar has reported strong fiscal first-half year sales and a strong order backlog that includes solar PV system sales.
May 31, 2016
Silicon module super league member (SMSL) JA Solar is to provide 420MW of modules for China’s National Energy Administration’s (NEA) “Front Runner” programme which aims to promote the development of advanced solar PV technology by domestic suppliers.
May 30, 2016
In the second and final installment of his blog from SNEC in China, Finlay Colville continues to extrapolate a snapshot of the global PV industry from what he saw there and how it all fits into wider trends and realities of the market today.
May 27, 2016
Solar Intelligence analyst Finlay Colville reports back from SNEC in Shanghai, which finished yesterday. In the first installment of a two-part blog, he draws on his extensive knowledge and analysis of the global PV market to put his findings into the context of wider trends.
May 26, 2016
A triple-junction compound solar module with a conversion efficiency of 31.17% has been created by a project involving Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and Sharp.
May 26, 2016
Leading ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Trina Solar has lowered its planned global solar power plant project connections for 2016, while reiterating full-year module shipment guidance.
May 26, 2016
Major metallization paste producer Heraeus Photovoltaics' new APAC Technology Development Center (APAC TDC) in Shanghai, China is aiming to further reduce lead times for product modifications and deliveries to around only one week.

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