Search Results for: india – Page 303

A recent pick-up in equipment orders in the fourth quarter of 2009 will enable Roth & Rau to meet its previously projected sales guidance of around €200 million. New orders received in the quarter to date amount to €100.1 million, which includes an order for several c-Si turnkey production lines to ‘well-known Indian manufacturer.’ The major order is initially worth €68 million and includes the option of being expanded to around €80 million within the next two years.

The United Nations summit on climate change in Copenhagen has now began. The much-anticipated event will see delegates from a total of 192 countries involved in what scientists are calling "the most important conference the world has ever seen".

Enfinity and Titan Energy have announced their plans to work in partnership to finance and construct 1GWp photovoltaic installations on 3000 acres of land in Andhra Pradesh, India, over the next five years. The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) will distribute, in long lease, the 3000 acres in the villages of Thumalla, Dademavaripalli, Pulikuntapalli, Karimireddypalli and Lokogipalli and at the industrial park of Amadugur near Kadiri.

The key to delivering highly efficient solar cells is to absorb as much light as possible from the solar spectrum and convert it effectively into electrical energy. Anti-reflective coatings have served as agents for reducing reflective losses and improving bulk and surface passivation thus enhancing both of the parameters – short circuit current and open circuit voltage of a solar cell. Simulation studies show that an SiN/MgF dual-layer anti-reflective coating is best for a bare cell. This paper takes a closer look at how this coating can reduce the reflectance for a broad range of wavelengths and thus enhance the quantum efficiency of the cell in the blue and red region of the solar spectrum.

Eyeing up the region of sub-Saharan Africa, solar thermal company eSolar has teamed up with Johannesburg-based Clean Energy Solutions (CES) to form eSolarSA. This new entity will endeavour to expand sales operations across the region, in seven countries including the Republic of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

Amorphous silicon thin-film start-up, NexPower Technology is to be supplied bulk nitrogen requirements for its 100MW plant by Air Products San Fu Co., under a long-term contract. Nexpower’s plant is based in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Houli, Taichung, Taiwan and will use Air Products' pipeline network in the CTSP.

India is the latest country to release details on its solar plans, involving rebates, incentives and tariffs. The country hopes that the Indian state of Gujarat will become a hub for solar power. The National Solar Mission aims for 100GW of renewable power by 2030 and 200GW by 2050.

PV equipment supplier Roth & Rau has appointed Rainer Erdmann as Sales Director for Europe and Asia, replacing Thomas Hengst who was appointed a Management Board member in charge of sales in July of this year. The company is also extending its sales and service presence in India with new offices in Mumbai with additional service teams planned in Hyderabad, Delhi und Pune in the coming months.

Solar industry veteran PM Pai has joined global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) as a venture partner. Pai, who has more than 30 years of manufacturing and mass production expertise spanning several industries, will work with NEA's energy technology team. He is already on the boards of two of the VC's portfolio companies, silicon solar-cell manufacturer Suniva and Deeya Energy, an advanced energy storage developer.

eSolar has commissioned a 5MW concentrating solar thermal power plant in the Antelope Valley in eastern Los Angeles County. The 24,000-mirror Sierra SunTower, which the company says is the only power tower of its kind currently operating in the U.S., produces electricity for Southern California Edison and can power more than 4000 homes in the area.