China: Anwell to ramp up thin film manufacturing to 1.5 GW
Anwell Technologies Limited’s subsidiary, Henan Sungen Solar Fab Co., Ltd., is planning to ramp up its thin film production capacity in China after securing long-term funding.
JinkoSolar to focus on increased efficiencies with new R&D facility
JinkoSolar has established a new research and development center, which will exclusively focus on increasing solar cell efficiency and next generation photovoltaic technology.
IHS iSuppli: c-Si module costs to fall below USD$1 per watt by 2012
According to IHS iSuppli, crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic module costs are set to fall to USD$1 per watt by the first quarter of 2012.
Intersolar: Sony shows off its new rechargeable batteries
Supporting the statement in one of our Intersolar blogs earlier today that batteries and storage technologies are the buzzwords at this year’s trade show, Sony has unveiled its new lithium-ion rechargeable batteries.
Intersolar Award: Applause for the deserving??
The Oscars of the solar industry honored the most innovative today at the fourth Intersolar Awards ceremony. The nominees were all deserving having made breakthroughs, cut costs, increased efficiencies and impressed the jury.
Spain: Isofoton and HKSilicon take on 600 million polysilicon project
Following negotiations, Spain-based Isofoton and Hong Kong company HKSilicon are to build what they say is one of the worlds biggest polysilicon factories.
GCL-Poly and Goldpoly to build 300 MW wafer plant
GCL-Poly (Suzhou) New Energy Limited and Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited will build a 300 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic wafer plant in Quanzhou, China.
Q-Cells hits 19.5 percent solar cell efficiency
Q-Cells SE has achieved a polycrystalline solar cell efficiency of 19.5 percent. The results have been confirmed by the Fraunhofer ISE Institute for Solar Energy Systems, based in Freiburg, Germany.
Canadian Solar and GCL to build up to 1.2 GW wafer plant
Canadian Solar Inc and GCL-Poly subsidiary Suzhou GCL Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd. are to build a 600 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic wafer manufacturing plant in China. The ability to expand capacity to 1.2 gigawatts (GW) will exist.
Morgan Solar secures $16.5 million funding; will open CPV manufacturing facility
Morgan Solar Inc. has secured USD$16.5 million in the first tranche of its Series B funding round. It aims to use the funds to make its Sun Simba concentrated photovoltaic modules commercially viable.
