The latest news and information on photovoltaics, including solar cells, multicrystalline silicon, polysilicon, thin-film photovoltaics and conversion efficiency.
Pinto: Grid Parity Coming Soon Laura Peters, Editor-in-Chief - 05/01/2008
Depending on where you live in the world, grid parity for solar energy is coming soon or has already arrived, according to Mark Pinto, general manager of Applied Materials’ Energy and Environmental Solutions (Santa Clara, Calif). Speaking at the SEMI Strategic Business Conference in Napa Valley, Calif., Pinto said many countries in Europe are approaching grid parity with conventional forms of providing electricity, including oil, coal and natural gas. More
Nanometrics targets solar manufacturing industry with Tevet acquisition By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor - 05/09/2008
To broaden its integrated metrology product line, Milpitas, Calif.-based semiconductor metrology company Nanometrics Inc this week said it has acquired Tevet Process Control Technologies Ltd based in Yoknea’m, Israel, through an all-cash asset purchase transaction.
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DuPont plans China photovoltaic R&D, production plant By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor - 05/07/2008
To support its role in the rapidly growing photovoltaic solar energy industry, DuPont will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen.
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Qimonda Enters Solar Cell Manufacturing With Centrosolar Staff - 05/05/2008
DRAM maker Qimonda AG will partner with Centrosolar AG to build a solar cell manufacturing plant in Vila do Conde, Portugal. The plant will make 30 million solar cells per year when it begins production next year.
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Qimonda, Centrosolar set up solar cell manufacturing JV By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor - 05/05/2008
In an effort to combat rough memory market conditions by generating a new revenue stream for itself, Munich, Germany-based memory company Qimonda AG announced today that it has inked a contract with German solar company Centrosolar Group AG to jointly build, equip and operate a solar cell manufacturing plant, which will produce solar cells based on silicon.
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Innovative Film Protects Thin-Film Solar Cells, Other Plastic Electronics Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media - 05/01/2008
Scientists from Singapore’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering have developed a barrier film that enables a significantly longer lifetime for plastic electronic devices such as low-cost solar cells, flexible displays and OLEDs. The new technique protects these devices from moisture 1000× more effectively than other available technologies.
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Polycrystalline Silicon Project Kicks Off Yao Gang, Editor-in-Chief, SI China - 04/23/2008
A new polycrystalline silicon plant is being built in Leshan, Sichuan, a center for silicon production in China. First production is expected to emerge from the furnaces by the end of 2009, said officials of Ledian Tianwei Silicon Technology Co. Ltd., a joint venture backed by two companies in the region.
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Clustered Films Double Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media - 04/17/2008
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a method to boost conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells, which are more flexible, easier to manufacture and cheaper than existing silicon-based solar cells.
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Dan Herr is director of Nanomanufacturing Science Research at SRC. An important part of his research focuses on nanotechnology’s demands on metrology, and he discusses his work to determine where metrology technology’s gaps are, and how to fill them.
Did Somebody Say Solar? Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media, 11/01/2007 The debate continues about the best way to continue transistor scaling, and perhaps even more so on just how long that scaling can continue. There is a lot happening on the fringes of the semiconductor manufacturing industry, where there are new solutions beyond CMOS scaling, as well as a great deal of energy going into industries related to semiconductors....
Audio Interview: Semicon Tech Drives Alternative Development Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media, 09/28/2007
Alain Harrus, a partner for Crosslink Capital and a member on the board of directors for SoloPower Inc., discusses opportunities for semiconductor manufacturing companies in solar cell and other alternative markets....
Transcript: Semicon Tech Drives Alternative Development Aaron Hand, Executive Editor, Electronic Media, 09/28/2007
Alain Harrus, a partner for Crosslink Capital and a member on the board of directors for SoloPower Inc., discusses opportunities for semiconductor manufacturing companies in solar cell and other alternative markets....
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Did Somebody Say Solar?
