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Tuesday 31 January 2012
Chilisin positive about demand for handheld devices
Inductor supplier Chilisin Electronics expects brisk demand for products used in smartphones, tablets and other consumer handheld devices to sustain its revenue growth in 2012. Meanwhile,...
Monday 9 January 2012
Arakawa Chemical, Taimide team up on thin-film metallization process research
Taiwan-based polyimide (PI) film supplier Taimide Technology has announced it will work with Japan's Arakawa Chemical Industries to develop a new process used for the manufacture...
Friday 30 December 2011
Chilisin to volume produce thin-film inductors in 1H12
Chilisin Electronics is set to start volume production of 0201 thin-film multilayer inductors in the first half of 2012, with plans to boost the capacity for such parts to 100 million...
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Q-Cells CIGS thin-film technology reaches 17.4% efficiency
Solibro, a subsidiary of Q-Cells SE, has marked a world record with its thin-film technology CIGS. Solibro's thin-film Q.SMART module technology is now the first in the entire thin-film...
Friday 4 November 2011
First Solar to cooperate with NRG Energy
US-based thin-film solar firm First Solar and NRG Energy have announced an agreement for First Solar to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for NRG's...
Thursday 27 October 2011
First Solar reports 3Q11 revenue growth
US-based thin-film solar firm First Solar has announced financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Net sales were US$1,006 million in the quarter, an increase of US$473 million...
Wednesday 28 September 2011
First Solar to participate in southern California solar project
In a major step in the development of the Imperial Solar Energy Center South, Tenaska Solar Ventures, the solar energy affiliate of Tenaska, has selected First Solar to be the technology...
Wednesday 7 September 2011
First Solar announces agreement for 100MW module supply with Reliance Power
US-based First Solar, a leading provider of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) system solutions, has announced a 100MW solar module supply agreement with Reliance Power. First Solar will...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Thin-film solar products face increasing difficulties in commercialization
The solar market has been facing tough challenges in 2011. The price of mainstream silicon-based solar products has been falling rapidly causing alternative types of solar products...
Thursday 1 September 2011
Auria Solar posts lower than expected revenues in 1H11
Auria Solar's audited financial report for the first half of 2011 shows lower-than-expected revenues due to uncollected goods by an Italy-based client, according to the thin-film...
Thursday 1 September 2011
NRG Solar begins operations at facility in New Mexico
NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, has started producing electricity at its 20MW Roadrunner Solar Generating Facility, the second-largest PV project in the state of New Mexico...
Tuesday 30 August 2011
GET lowers 2011 financial guidance
Taiwan-based solar wafer firm Green Energy Technology (GET) has lowered its 2011 financial guidance. EPS was originally forecast to be NT$15, but has been decreased to negative NT$2.90...
Thursday 18 August 2011
Increasing demand of conversion efficiency to pose obstacles for thin-film solar products
Solar power system firms have been focused on rooftop systems due to changes in the incentive programs in Europe. Hence, solar power system firms tend to demand solar cells with higher...
Friday 5 August 2011
First Solar sees 2Q11 revenues down due to policy uncertainties
First Solar has announced financial results for the second quarter of 2011. Net sales were US$533 million in the quarter, a decrease of US$34.5 million from the first quarter of 2011,...
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Commentary: CIGS firms face tough competition
Price competition among polysilicon solar cells have been causing the price for copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells to decrease as well. As governments in...