industry news ♦ Solar early next year,” he continued.
In 2001, Spectrolab embarked on a strategy to adapt its space solar cell technology for terrestrial renewable-energy applications. The terrestrial solar cells convert concentrated sunlight to electricity with an average efficiency of more than 38.5 % and benefit from the same equipment, materials and processes used for space manufacturing.
In 2009, Spectrolab set a new world record in terrestrial concentrator solar efficiency with a triple- junction, lattice-matched cell that converts 41.6 % of sunlight into electricity. This year, Spectrolab will deliver approximately 50 megawatts of solar cells to its terrestrial concentrated photovoltaic customers and forecasts producing almost 150 megawatts in 2011. Spectrolab is one of the world’s leading solar cell manufacturers for space and terrestrial applications.
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world’s largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircrafts.
PVflex CIGS Solar Modules Pass IEC Certifications
The firm says its flexible CIGS modules, suited to rooftops, are the first to pass the IEC61646 and 61730 certifications.
PVflex says that its flexible production-ready CIGS solar module was the first to be completely certified according to IEC61646 and 61730.
German headquartered firm PVflex Solar intends to establish further sample plants with this module type during the next few months. A large- scale technical production and a takeover to the distribution channel is planned for the second half of 2011.
PVflex develops, produces, and markets flexible photovoltaic modules for building integration. The company focuses on providing reasonable system solutions with direct adhesion of the solar modules on the roof skin without the usual substructure.
The firm has a unique, patented technology for the manufacture of flexible solar modules based on CIGS solar cells. With this procedure it is possible to produce flexible solar modules from CIGS solar cells, otherwise very sensitive to humidity, at a reasonable price. New lamination methods, developed by PVflex, assure the long-term durability of the CIGS solar modules.
Air Products & Taiwan’s Government Unite to Revolutionize CS Industry
The agreement will involve collaborating with Taiwanese industries in the semiconductor, solar energy and TFT-LCD manufacturing sectors.
Air Products and The Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI), signifying a commitment to identify investment opportunities in Taiwan’s semiconductor, solar energy and TFT-LCD manufacturing industries.
This will foster long-term cooperation with Taiwanese companies and research institutes, and work to collaborate with the country’s Industrial Technology Research Institute in the development of gas and semiconductor fluid cleaning technologies.
The LOI was signed by Taiwan Deputy Minister Sheng-Chung Lin and Air Products CEO John E. McGlade at the company’s global headquarters in Allentown, Pa. Wilfred Muskens, Deputy Secretary of International Business Development, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, participated in the ceremony together with officials from various departments within the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, as well as representatives from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the U.S.
‘’Air Products has been building relationships in the Asia region for nearly 30 years and we are especially pleased with the growth of Air Products San Fu, our Taiwanese affiliate, which is today the largest industrial gas company in Taiwan,’’ said McGlade, who served as vice president of Air Products San Fu Industrial Gas Division based in Taipei in the late 1980s.
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