United Solar announced that Baker Renewable Energy has completed the installation of a 2.6 megawatt (MW) system containing its photovoltaic laminates on the roof of Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner jet assembly plant located in North Charleston, South Carolina. (picture: Boeing Commercial … [Read more...]

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company announced it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the Topaz Solar Farm from First Solar, Inc. The 550-megawatt photovoltaic power plant being built in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., will have the capacity to generate enough renewable energy to … [Read more...]

Since the foundation in 1977, Shinsung Solar Energy(www.shinsung.co.kr) is living up to the reputation as the best technology-driven company in Korea, adding value to the country’s high precision industry. The company started out its long history with the refrigeration and air-conditioning … [Read more...]

By achieving an efficiency rate of 21%, Roth & Rau AG has reached a new milestone in the development of its high-efficiency technology. (picture: HELiAPVD) Solar cells based on heterojunction technology (HJT) are characterised in particular by their high output efficiency rates. … [Read more...]

Heliatek GmbH has once again set a new world record for organic solar cells after Fraunhofer ISE CalLab certified a cell efficiency of 9.8 % for a 1.1 cm² tandem cell manufactured with a low temperature deposition process. This new record makes the third time in a row that Heliatek has set a … [Read more...]

With "Quasimono", SCHOTT Solar has now developed a new technique for manufacturing full-square high-performance wafers that contain a high monocrystalline share that is significantly more cost-effective than the standard processes used in the past. The company has succeeded in using a … [Read more...]

SCHOTT Solar AG and its project partners have already reached an important milestone in the research project Las VeGaS after only six months. A solar cell metalized with copper achieved an efficiency of 18.0 percent. A multicrystalline wafer from SCHOTT Solar AG that features standard … [Read more...]

The latest fig-ures point to significant growth in the Chinese solar market, underlining the ever more important role it plays in the global solar industry. The international role of the Chinese companies that are now active in many markets across the globe has also grown. Intersolar China, which … [Read more...]

AVING News(www.aving.net) has interviewed with Mr. Kyle Kem, Vice President of Toshiba International USA at the Global Solar Summit 2011 in Henderson, Nevada, USA. Website of Global Solar Summit 2011   … [Read more...]

AVING News(www.aving.net) has interviewed with Mr. Bobby J. Hollis II, Renewable Energy, NV Energy at the Global Solar Summit 2011 in Henderson, Nevada, USA. Website of Global Solar Summit 2011   … [Read more...]