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Three months after opening, TÜV Rheinland’s solar test centre in Cologne is operating at full capacity
Three months after opening, TÜV Rheinland’s new solar test centre in Cologne has now reached full capacity. For solar module manufacturers, this means that test times have been roughly halved compared to the previous solar laboratory. The processing times for a full type approval and certification of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules in accordance with IEC 61215, for example, takes ...
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Sharp Develops Solar Cell with World`s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 37.9%
Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency*1 of 37.9%*2 using a triple-junction compound solar cell in which three photo-absorption layers are stacked together. Sharp achieved this latest breakthrough as a result of a research and development initiative promoted by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)*3 on the ...
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Soitec has Executed a sales agreement to sell 150 MW of PPA s to Large Solar Services Provider
This is a major milestone toward realization of a solar project that is expected to deploy up to 83,400 Soitec concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules. Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today that Soitec Solar Development, LLC ("Soitec"), a wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into a ...
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Soitec Completes Delivery of 5 MW in Solar-Energy Systems to Italy
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, has completed delivery on a total of 5 megawatts* (MW) of its Concentrix™ concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) systems to seven solar power plants throughout Italy. This latest sales news follows Soitec's announcement in June that it had ...
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Soitec Solar Awarded $25 Million From U.S. Department of Energy for North American Solar Manufacturing Facility in San Diego, California
Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today that one of its US Solar Energy subsidiaries has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a SUNPATH award in the amount of $25 million to support its new North American solar manufacturing facility in San ...
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New Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Fort Irwin
Last week, Soitec announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense as part of its certification program technologies conducive to environmental protection ESTCP (U.S. Department of Defense’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program). The contract is for a 1 MW solar project at Fort Irwin, California. The U.S. Department of Defense conducts tests at ...
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Leading Supplier of Utility-scale Solar Solutions Soitec to Exhibit at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
Soitec will exhibit its high-efficiency concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solutions in the French pavilion (booth #8503) at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2013, coming January 15-17 to the National Exhibition Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Soitec commits to provide the Middle East with a full range of CPV solutions ranging from systems using the company's Concentrix™ ...
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Soitec Announces Industry´s First Four-Junction Solar Cell for Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, Entering Industry´s Roadmap at World-Class Level with 43.6% Efficiency
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today the industry's first four-junction solar cell device, which works under concentrated sunlight, putting the company on the solar-energy industry's technology roadmap at a world-class level of an outstanding 43.6 percent efficiency. ...
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NREL and partners to compare high-efficiency solar cells from three nations at sites in Colorado and Yokohama, Japan
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is partnering with major international industrial technology and solar research organizations to test how solar cells from three manufacturers perform in two geographic locations with different lighting conditions. A primary goal of the study is to assess how panels from three different manufacturers – from ...
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Siemens Acquires Stake in the U.S.-Based Solar Company Semprius
ORLANDO, Fla., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens has acquired a minority share (approximately 16 percent) in U.S. pioneering solar company Semprius. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Semprius develops high concentrating photovoltaic (HCPV) modules. This investment gives Siemens early access to a highly promising technology for CO2-free power generation from solar energy. Siemens ...
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Soitec Takes Another Step Forward in its Expansion in South Africa by Signing a Power Purchase Agreement Covering its Soon-To-be-built 44 MWp Touwsrivier Power Plant
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, has announced the signature today of a power purchase agreement covering the electricity generated at the Touwsrivier power plant it is to build in South Africa. This signature represents a decisive step for the project submitted by Soitec in ...
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Soitec Completes Construction and Grid Connection of Largest Concentrator Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in Italy
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today it has completed construction and grid connection for the largest concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar power plant in Italy. Located in the Belpasso municipality in the Catania province in Sicily, the highly efficient, ...
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Soitec Selected as a Preferred Bidder Under South Africa`s IPP Program for the Supply of 50 Megawatts of Solar Energy
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, today announced that it has been selected by South Africa's Department of Energy as one of the preferred bidders under the country's independent power producer (IPP) program. Soitec's initial project under this program is to install a 50-megawatt ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces Five New Projects Through BIRD Energy Partnership with Israel
On November 1, 2017, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority announced $4.8 million for five newly selected energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. The approved projects will leverage cost-share for a total project value of $10.5 million in the areas ...
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NREL Demonstrates 45.7% Efficiency for Concentrator Solar Cell
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has announced the demonstration of a 45.7 percent conversion efficiency for a four-junction solar cell at 234 suns concentration. This achievement represents one of the highest photovoltaic research cell efficiencies achieved across all types of solar cells. NREL's new solar cell, which is designed for operation in a concentrator ...
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Soitec and Reflexite Energy Solutions Enter Joint Venture to Ensure Most Competitive CPV Solutions
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and Reflexite Energy Solutions Inc., a U.S.-based global supplier of microstructured optical components for the solar power, lighting, instrumentation and display industries, have entered a joint venture called Reflexite Soitec Optical Technology LLC. ...
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ASTM E2848 - 11 standard test method for reporting photovoltaic non-concentrator system performance
Because there are a number of choices in this test method that depend on different applications and system configurations, it is the responsibility of the user of this test method to specify the details and protocol of an individual system power measurement prior to the beginning of a measurement. Unlike device-level measurements that report ...
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Siemens HCPV Module Partner Semprius Achieves World Record for Photovoltaic Module Efficiency
The solar company Semprius, in which Siemens has invested as a strategic partner in June 2011, achieved a world record for photovoltaic module efficiency of 33.9 percent. This result was externally certified after measurement under standard test conditions at the Instituto de Energia Solar (IES) at the University of Madrid (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid). (Logo: ...
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Soitec Completes ZAR 1,000,000,000 Inaugural Solar Financing Bond Transaction in South Africa
? Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for energy and electronics successfully finalised the ZAR 1,000,000,000 (more than $100 millions) solar financing bond issued by CPV Power Plant No.1 Bond SPV (RF) Ltd, an affiliate of Soitec Solar GmbH. The bonds will finance the construction of a 44 MWp utility-scale concentrator ...
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Sharp Develops Concentrator Solar Cell with World`s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 44.4%*1
Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency*2 of 44.4%, using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell. These solar cells are used in a lens-based concentrator system that focuses sunlight on the cells to generate electricity. This latest Sharp breakthrough came about through research and development efforts that are part of the "R&D on ...
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