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First Solar Sets World Record for CdTe Solar PV Efficiency

published 2011 年 07 月 27 日 14:47 | editor | category News
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell efficiency, reaching 17.3 percent with a test cell constructed using commercial-scale manufactur...  more

The Future of Silicon

published 2011 年 07 月 15 日 9:15 | editor | category Knowledge
Silicon is currently the most important raw material for the manufacture of PV panels. While PV manufacturing is high-tech, the technology that represents 80 percent of the global market has been around for 25 years and is fairl...  more

PV Manufacturing Facilities a Growth Industry

published 2011 年 06 月 15 日 11:08 | editor | category Knowledge
There has been a rapid increase in bringing new PV manufacturing facilities online globally due to a number of factors. New factories bring down PV prices while simplifying the fabrication processes enables efficient manufacturi...  more

First Solar Reaches 4 Gigawatt Manufacturing Milestone

published 2011 年 06 月 10 日 14:14 | editor | category News
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced that it has manufactured 4 gigawatts (GW) of thin-film photovoltaic solar modules since beginning commercial production in 2002. A 4GW generation capacity is enough solar electricity to...  more

First Solar PV Modules Receive UK MCS Certification

published 2011 年 06 月 08 日 14:43 | editor | category News
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced that its innovative, thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules have received accreditation under the U.K. Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), opening the door to the use of its ...  more

First Solar Breaks Ground on Vietnam Factory

published 2011 年 03 月 25 日 9:47 | editor | category News
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) officially broke ground on March 22nd on its four-line photovoltaic module manufacturing plant in the Dong Nam Industrial Park near Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trad...  more