The U.S. Department of Commerce is conducting a new shipper review (NSR) of the anti-dumping duties imposed on certain crystalline silicon PV cells imported from China. The final ruling of the review was originally scheduled to be... more
The world record of CIGS PV module efficiency has been improved up to 16.5%! TUV SUD confirmed that the latest commercial-seized (1.09m^2) GIGS champion C2 module made by TSMC Solar Ltd. has achieved 16.5% module total area... more
Heraeus, a global manufacturer of conducting pastes for PV cells, has announced to open two new Regional R&D centers in Mainland China and Taiwan. The main task of these new R&D centers is to develop and modify fron... more
As distributed generation includes residential and commercial PV arrays becomes more popular, high-efficiency products are forecasted to dominate the global PV market in near future. Improvement of wattage and output rates will ac... more
There was an efficiency war going on in PV EXPO in Tokyo this year. Many manufacturers were able to show 300W 60-cell solar modules. While most of the manufacturers improved efficiency through Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC), ... more
NSP, a major Taiwanese PV cell manufacturer, signed a technology cooperation agreement with DuPont on high-efficiency metallisation paste development on April 9th. Through DuPont’s ‘Solamet’ PV19x series silver pastes, which inclu... more
Green Energy Expo 2015 was officially launched from April 1st to April 3rd in Daegu, Korea. The three-day exhibition attracts more than 300 exhibitors and 40,000 visitors every year. The topics this year is similar to last year, f... more
Water scarcity issue in Taiwan has begun to affect some of the local cell manufacturers. If cell manufacturers decide to purchase water, cell production costs will increase.
This week, polysilicon prices remained low due to... more
PV Nano Cell, an Israel-based monocrystalline nano-metric conductive digital inks producer, plans to enter the U.S. solar energy market with its Sicrys™ silver and copper inks. The inks are able to reduce the cost of silicon PV c... more
1366 Technologies and Hanwha Q CELLS have entered into a long-term strategic partnership to jointly advance the efficiency and quality of solar cells while dramatically reducing their costs. The two companies will collaborate on t... more
