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The DOE and thin-film leaders including First Solar, Uni-Solar, Kaneka, SCHOTT to gather in San Francisco this December

Thin Film Today have recently announced the launch of the 2nd Annual Thin Film Solar Summit US, taking place on December 1-2 in San Francisco.

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08 Sep 2009

Xunlight achieves significant milestone

Toledo, Ohio-based thin-film silicon solar modules company Xunlight, which has received over $40 million of institutional investments, has achieved a significant milestone.

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08 Sep 2009

Ascent Solar prepares for external testing

Thornton, Colo-based Ascent Solar has completed an internal qualification of a packaging solution for its flexible monolithically integrated CIGS modules.

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08 Sep 2009

China again emerges as a ray of hope

Demand for solar panels, largely restrained by tough environment and tight credit market this year, may have started witnessing some improvements of late.

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08 Sep 2009

Guarantee insurance solution launched in Asia

Insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh and Munich Re have jointly launched a new product guarantee insurance solution tailored for the solar panel manufacturing sector in Asia.

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08 Sep 2009

Focusing on non-active materials

A study has highlighted that paying attention to lesser-known non-active materials can yield positive results.

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08 Sep 2009

Flexible CdTe cells with a record efficiency of 12.4%

EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research in Dubendorf, Switzerland, has improved the efficiency of flexible CdTe thin film solar cells to 12.4%.

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03 Sep 2009

Lieberose Solar Farm achieves a milestone

Lieberose Solar Farm is now the world’s second biggest solar power plant and Germany’s biggest, according to Wörrstädt, Germany-based juwi Group and First Solar.

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03 Sep 2009

China asserts its growing supremacy

It is being highlighted that the credit crunch has had an adverse impact on solar start-ups in the West, but not on Chinese firms.

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03 Sep 2009

Willard & Kelsey Solar gets a boost

The Ohio Controlling Board has given final approval for a $10 million Advanced Energy Job Stimulus Loan to CdTe thin cell solar panel maker Willard & Kelsey Solar.

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03 Sep 2009

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