First Solar to Show Off New Series 3 Solar Thin Film Modules

SHANGHAI, China May 06 , 2013 – First Solar, announced today that it will showcase its latest Series 3 BlackTM module technology at the SNEC (from May 14-16, 2013) International Photovoltaic Power Generation Conference & Exhibition (SNEC PV Power Expo) in Shanghai, to demonstrate the company’s leading solar PV technology and expertise in China. Series [...]

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First Solar Targets Further Efficiency Gains of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif. & TEMPE, Arizona, Jan. 7, 2013 Intermolecular, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMI) and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced they have entered into a two-year collaboration and licensing agreement focused on further increases to the conversion efficiency of First Solar’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell technology. Under the new collaborative development program, First [...]

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Scale-Up of Highest Efficiency Thin Film Module in Industry to Continue in CA and MS

SAN JOSE, California. Stion, a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency thin-film solar modules, today announced a $2M award from the US Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative to continue pilot production and scale-up of its ultra high-efficiency thin film modules based on proprietary tandem junction technology. The award is a Tier 2 grant under the Sunshot’s Incubator [...]

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First Solar Releases 92.5 Watt Thin Film Solar Module

Newest FS Series 3 Module is Latest Milestone on Cost-Efficiency Roadmap TEMPE, Arizona. First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) has announced the release of its most advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module, the Series 3 FS-392, which is rated at 92.5 watts. The new FS-392 module maintains all the existing IEC certifications and UL listings for the [...]

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Thin Film Solar Module Manufacturer, Ascent Solar Announces New Products

THORNTON, Colorado. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a manufacturer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced this week the release of the company’s Jumpr battery pack. The EnerPlex Jumpr is a multipurpose battery pack that gives users the capability to store solar power generated from their EnerPlex KickrTM IV solar chargers or from a conventional [...]

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5.2% Efficiency Level for All-Polymer Organic Solar Cells

Polyera has achieved a certified world-record 5.2% efficient fully-polymeric organic solar cell in an inverted bulk heterojunction architecture combining their new ActivInk® PV2400 donor and NV2400 acceptor materials. These results significantly improve upon previously reported records of less than 3% for fully-polymeric cells. The device performance was certified by Newport Corporation’s PV Cell Lab.The results [...]

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Ascent Solar Technologies Selected by U.S. Air Force for Advanced Flexible Lightweight Thin-Film Photovoltaics

THORNTON, Colorado. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today that it has been selected for an Air Force Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase 2 award to demonstrate a next-generation photovoltaic product that builds upon its award-winning flexible monolithically integrated copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) technology. Subject to contract finalization, [...]

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Breakthrough Thought to have Potential to Revolutionize the Solar Industry

Taoyuan/Reutlingen. The German high-tech engineering firm Manz presented what they described as  a technological breakthrough at the Taiwan International Photovoltaic Exhibition (PV Taiwan) on October 3 to 5 in Taipei. Manz showed its CIGS panel that – with a module efficiency of 14.6% and an aperture efficiency of 15.9% – set a world record for [...]

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Solar Frontier’s Solar Modules Delivered to the World’s Largest CIS Thin Film Solar Power Generation Project

SANTA CLARA, California. Solar Frontier announced today that 80 megawatts (MWp) of Solar Frontier’s CIS solar modules have been successfully delivered to the world’s largest CIS thin film solar power generation project. The modules will be part of a 143.2 MWp installation in Kern County, California, developed, built and owned by EDF Renewable Energy, formerly [...]

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2nd Generation Thin Film Silicon Solar Technology Delivers 23 % Investment Cost Reduction and 17 % Higher Capacity

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) / Truebbach (Switzerland), January 16, 2012. Oerlikon Solar presented its 2nd generation ThinFabTM at the World Future Energy Summit 2012 (WFES) in Abu Dhabi today. This end-to-end production line resets the standard for manufacturing sustainable solar modules at low cost and high quality. The new design reduces capital expenditure (Capex) [...]

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Solar Thin film Technology Developer Announces New Products

THORNTON, Colorado. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today the initial sale of SOLab Basic and SOLab Premium products, as branded by Ascent’s joint development partner, CTC CarTech Company. SOLab is an autonomous solar charger meant for automotive battery cycling & trickle charging. The innovation of integrating [...]

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Solar PV Thin Film Developer Announces Launch of First Consumer Focused Website

THORNTON, Colorado. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today the launch of www.EnerPlex.biz, the official website of Ascent’s range of consumer products. Victor Lee, Ascent’s President & CEO, stated, We are extremely excited and proud to be able to bring EnerPlex directly to consumers via EnerPlex.biz; Ascent’s [...]

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Ascent Solar Announces EnerPlexâ„¢ Availability in North America

THORNTON, Colorado. Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc, a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today the retail debut of the company’s EnerPlex solar assisted battery case for the iPhone 4 and 4S in the United States and all of North America with one of the company’s distributors, CommXPERTS. The EnerPlex cases are now available [...]

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