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products and service for their customers. It means more choices in solar for the end-users and it challenges the mainstream industry to take solar to the next level,” adds Akella.
“Just as TSMC has for twenty-five years now, TSMC Solar stands for outstanding customer service as well as advanced technology products that set new standards. With its great relationships with installers and widely recognized excellence in customer service, Centrosolar America is a natural fit for us as we bring our high- performance CIGS solar technology to North American markets,” says Steve McKenery, Vice President & General Manager of TSMC Solar North America.
Emcore wins contract to support NASA’s Mars mission
The company’s III-V triple-junction solar cells will be used in the InSight spacecraft
spacecraft.
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) is a NASA Discovery Program mission that will place a single geophysical lander on Mars to study its deep interior.
Furthermore, InSight will serve as a terrestrial planet explorer that will open a window into the processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system (including Earth) more than four billion years ago.
“Missions of this magnitude require extremely high reliability and proven performance,” says David Messner, Vice President and General Manager of Solar Arrays and Deployables for ATK’s Space Components division. “We are pleased to be partnering with Emcore again, this time to support the exploration of the Martian surface for Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as part of the exciting Mars InSight program.”
“This contract with ATK is a very important award for Emcore, and we are honored once again to contribute to NASA’s next mission to Mars,” commentsBrad Clevenger, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Emcore’s Photovoltaics Division. “Emcore has partnered with ATK on many successful programs and has supported several high-profile NASA-JPL missions including the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) that carried the rover ‘Curiosity’ to Mars.”
“Emcore is in the process of delivering solar panels for several other NASA missions including the Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) with ATK,” adds Navid Fatemi, Vice President of Business Development for Emcore Photovoltaics. “We greatly value our long- standing business relationship with ATK and look forward to another successful partnership with ATK on NASA’s Insight Mars Lander mission.”
Emcore has been awarded a contract by ATK to design and manufacture solar panels for NASA’s InSight Mars Lander.
The mission, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is planned for launch in March of 2016.
Solar panels populated with Emcore’s most advanced ZTJ solar cells will power the InSight spacecraft which will be built and operated by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Denver.
ATK will integrate Emcore’s solar panels into its UltraFlex solar arrays for the final flight configuration of the
First Solar honours top suppliers of 2013
The CdTe solar cell manufacturer has awarded four companies with achievement awards
First Solar has announced recipients of the company’s 2013 NOVA award for outstanding performance by suppliers.
The suppliers - SMA Solar Technology AG, OMCO Solar, Airgas USA, LLC and Air Liquide Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. - were recognised for providing enduring value to First Solar’s manufacturing and EPC project activities.
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