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Wednesday 4 March 2009
First Solar expansion said to be posing pressure on thin-film PV module competitors
US-based thin-film PV module supplier First Solar, ranked second among all makers of solar cells and modules around the world with output of 503MWp in 2008, will be expanding its...
Friday 27 February 2009
BeyondPV to start volume production of micromorphous silicon thin-film PV modules in June 2009
BeyondPV, a Taiwan-based maker of micromorphous silicon tandem-junction thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, on February 26 held an opening ceremony for its factory located in southern...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Sunner starts production of thin-film PV modules
Sunner Solar, a Taiwan-based maker of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, on February 25 started production at its first factory in the Central Taiwan Science...
Thursday 19 February 2009
China makers procuring only key thin-film PV module equipment from overseas to reduce costs
China-based thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module makers have begun procuring key manufacturing equipment systems, such as PECVD (plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition), from international...
Wednesday 4 February 2009
AUO to initially invest NT$5 billion in thin-film PV modules
AU Optronics (AUO), having announced a project to develop "third-generation" thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules with energy conversion rates of at least 10%, has set aside...
Monday 2 February 2009
Taiwan thin-film PV module maker Sun Well to shift factory construction from Taiwan to China, says paper
Sun Well Solar, a Taiwan-based maker of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has given up its original plan to establish a factory in Taiwan and will instead...
Friday 23 January 2009
For thin-film PV modules, energy conversion is not the sole factor to consider
The main appeal thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module makers promote over crystalline silicon solar cell modules is lower power-generating costs per watt. Many makers claim that there...
Monday 19 January 2009
Taiwan maker Jenn Feng to start production of CIGS PV modules in June 2009, says paper
Jenn Feng Industrial, a Taiwan-based maker of power equipment and lighting products, has stepped into R&D of CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film photovoltaic (PV)...
Wednesday 31 December 2008
AU Optronics to make thin-film PV modules, e-paper production to begin soon
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD maker AU Optronics (AUO) on December 30 announced the establishment of an energy project office specifically for the development and production of third-generation...
Monday 29 December 2008
Thin-film PV modules have better long-term business potential than crystalline silicon type, says Auria Solar
While the global market of crystalline silicon solar cells is developing toward saturation with product prices unlikely to significantly rebound from the current low levels, production...
Thursday 25 December 2008
Green Energy Technology starts volume production of largest a-Si PV modules in Taiwan
Green Energy Technology (GET), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers and amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, on December 24...
Thursday 18 December 2008
UniPixel to have Japanese maker produce thin-film products for TMOS display
US-based UniPixel, the developer of a color display technology called Time Multiplexed Optical Shutter (TMOS), has announced that it will collaborate on its thin-film products with...
Thursday 20 November 2008
Sun Well Solar becomes first TUV certification recipient among Taiwan a-Si thin-film PV module makers
Taiwan-based maker of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules Sun Well Solar on November 19 obtained an IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) 61646...
Monday 10 November 2008
Thin-film solar module makers in Taiwan and China face difficulty reaching economies of scale
Taiwan and China-based thin-film module makers are enjoying a steady stream of potential orders and stable prices, but the tasks of technologically attaining a sufficient economy...
Thursday 23 October 2008
Solar energy market to grow at a very aggressive rate: Q&A with Gilad Almogy, senior vice president, Applied Materials
Despite the rapid decline of oil prices and a slowdown in the semiconductor and FPD (flat-panel display) industries recently, global investment in solar energy has continued to build...