As commercialization moves into its second year with launches into large-scale solar deployments, both distributed generation and utility scale, there will be a discussion assessing the state of the industry.
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Azur opts for Veeco MOCVD system
German company Azur Space Solar Power is getting ready to increase its capacity needs.
Veeco Instruments’ metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) System has qualified for production at Azur.
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QuantaSol ties up with University of Houston
QuantaSol has exclusively licensed advanced materials growth technology from the University of Houston, Texas.
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Spectrolab asserts its leadership with new record
Spectrolab says its solar cell has set a new world record for terrestrial concentrator solar cell efficiency, converting 41.6% of concentrated sunlight into electricity. The company says it has surpassed the previous record of 41.1% held by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.
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Australian University claims new record
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), located in Sydney, has claimed a new world record of 43% of sunlight converted into electricity.
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CPV could reach grid parity by 2011
According to a new report entitled “The CPV Challenge (Part I): Achieving Grid Parity”, written by the University of Jaen (Spain) and CPV today, CPV could reach grid parity between 2011 and 2015 in places with high levels of solar irradiance. Efficiency increases in both cells and optics will be instrumental in bringing about significant cost reductions.
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IN-DEPTH: Assessing key differentiators and promises of CPV start-ups
The CPV industry has made great efforts in the past few years bringing costs down and increasing efficiencies.
The adaptation of triple junction cells to terrestrial spectrum is just an example of the many efforts which are being conducted to increase efficiency and therefore also the return from CPV systems.
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Veeco bags orders
Veeco Instruments, which offers MOCVD systems for III-V multi-junction solar cells, has recently bagged orders for thermal sources from six solar companies and two large multi-unit MOCVD orders from LED and concentrator photo-voltaic (CPV) customers.
Further details weren't shared.
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Overcoming the challenge of producing reliable performance data for deployments
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There is a wide spectrum of CPV propositions from the low concentration systems that create 2x or 3x uplifts on conventional panels through silicon-based medium concentration approach to HCPV offerings at concentration levels of 250x and more.
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DuPont's research facility in Hawaii uses Evergreen's solar panels
Evergreen Solar has stated that a new 250 kilowatt solar energy power plant using its solar panels is now operational at DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred Waimea Research Center in Kauai, Hawaii.
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