cigs thin film

July 18, 2016
Struggling Hanergy Thin Film Power Group has appointed Lin Qi, currently the executive vice-president and chief operation officer of parent company, Hanergy Holding Group as an executive director.
June 15, 2016
The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) has set a new world record conversion efficiency for a copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) lab-sized solar cell, verified by Fraunhofer ISE of 22.6%.
June 8, 2016
INDEOtec’s Octopus II PECVD system has proven capabilities in the formation of heterojunction solar cells that enables top and bottom side thin film substrate deposition without the need of substrate flipping and vacuum breakage. The proprietary reactor design and a unique electrode arrangement allow low plasma ignition levels and low ion bombardments, which result in superior film thickness uniformity and excellent passivation levels.
May 24, 2016
Specialist PV manufacturing equipment supplier Singulus Technologies said it had signed ‘pre-contracts’ worth more than €110 million (US$123 million) for CIGS thin-film production equipment with China National Building Materials (CNBM), owner of manufacturer Avancis.
May 4, 2016
CIGS thin-film module producer Avancis has reported a record conversion efficiency of 17.9% with a 30x30 cm² champion mini-module, certified by Fraunhofer ISE.
May 4, 2016
CIGS thin-film start-up Siva Power has raised US$5 million in new Series D financing to build a pilot line to produce small-scale production to demonstrate its co-evaporation source technology at its facility in Santa Clara, California.
April 20, 2016
Laser systems specialist LPKF Laser & Electronics has secured a major systems order from an unnamed customer within the PV manufacturing sector.
April 12, 2016
Market research firm Lux Research believes the commercial deployment of perovskite solar cells could just be around the corner, according to a new published report.
April 1, 2016
By any ‘normal’ metrics, PV thin-film equipment and module producer Hanergy Thin Film Power Group (Hanergy TF) remains in a dire financial position after reporting a non-cash loss of around US$1.58 billion in 2015 and its biggest customer and parent company, Hanergy Holdings and its affiliates failed to make due payments of around US$680 million.
March 30, 2016
PV and electronics equipment manufacturing and automation specialist Manz AG has decided to keep its turnkey CIGS thin-film technology after almost a year of undertaking a strategic review, due to lack of orders.

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