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Natcore Technology Installs its Antireflective Coating System at its R+D Center

Natcore Technology has secured delivery of its AR-Box, a SUV-sized intelligent processing station that employs a special liquid phase deposition (LPD) process to develop antireflective coatings on silicon wafers, which serve as critical components of solar cells.

11 Aug 2011

BASF to Display its Advanced Products for Solar Applications at EU PVSEC

BASF will display its wide range of advanced products for the solar energy market at the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition.

8 Aug 2011

HumiSeal UV40-Solar Coatings Expands Ellsworth Adhesives’ Product Line

Ellsworth Adhesives, one of the world's largest distributors of adhesive products and equipment, has expanded its product portfolio with the addition of HumiSeal UV40-Solar conformal coatings that is ideal for photovoltaic applications.

4 Aug 2011

Dow Chemical to Establish Two New Facilities for ENLIGHT Encapsulant Films

Dow Chemical announced that it will be establishing two new facilities to increase the production of ENLIGHT polyolefin encapsulant films. The facilities will be built in Schkopau, Germany and Map Ta Phut, Thailand.

From Dow Chemicals 4 Aug 2011

Scientist Design Micro-Thermophotovoltaics Power Generator Using Novel Material

Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a micro-thermophotovoltaics (TPV) power generator using a material whose surface is etched with billions of nanoscale ridges or cavities that help the surface to emit light with wavelengths suitable for producing optimum electricity by the device.

30 Jul 2011

SMC Completes Phase I Construction of New Sapphire Manufacturing Unit

Silicon Chemical’s subsidiary, Sapphire Materials Company (SMC) has completed the phase I construction of its new sapphire manufacturing unit. In 2010, SCC purchased the Saint Gobain / Union Carbide sapphire crystal growing plant in Washougal, Washington.

29 Jul 2011

Nano Terra Forms Microline PV to Commercialize Solar PV Technology

Nano Terra, a privately held research and development company, and US Equity Holdings have established Microline PV to develop and commercialize innovative photovoltaic (PV) technology. Microline PV's new metalli...

29 Jul 2011

First Solar Achieves Peak CdTe PV Cell Efficiency

First Solar has achieved a major milestone with 17.3% cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell efficiency, which is greater than the previous record of 16.7% in 2001.

28 Jul 2011

New Heraeus Facility in Singapore Gains Great Interest in Intersolar North America

The Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit recently completed constructing a new facility for the production of silver metallization paste used in crystalline solar cell applications in Singapore.

25 Jul 2011