As China’s photovoltaic industry has frequently encountered anti-dumping and anti-subsidy in foreign countries, most people focus on the solution that the government adopts to deal with the crisis. Thanks to cost reduction and emerging market exploitation, PV industry is gradually seeing recovery and positive development. However, many corporations are still facing hard times at the moment.   “The puni ...

Sharp Develops Concentrator Solar Cell with World's Highest Conversion Efficiency of 44.4% and Sets New Record with Concentrator Triple-Junction Compound Solar Cell Osaka, June 14, 2013 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp Corporation has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 44.4% , using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell. These solar cells are used in a lens-based concentra ...

Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. Has launched Asia’s biggest solar-thermal plant in India. The 50 MW plant in northwest Rajasthan state boasts 5,760 mirrors that concentrate the sun’s rays, generating steam to drive turbines, project Managing Director Siddharth Agrawal said in an interview. Output started a month behind schedule. India, beset by blackouts as coal-power stations are idled for lack of fuel, pl ...

Siemens AG will close its solar power unit after struggling to find a buyer following losses of at least 784 million euros ($1 billion) euros since 2011 amid Chief Executive Officer Peter Loescher’s failed push into that business to expand renewable energy offerings. The shutdown of the solar division will affect about 280 workers at Europe’s biggest engineering company. Siemens, based in Munich, will finis ...

Experts said China's photovoltaic (PV) sector may experience a new round of reshuffling amid fresh trade tensions with the European Union (EU). Zhang Shuai, an analyst with Sinolink Securities, said that if the EU ends up imposing high duties on Chinese solar products, the PV sector will face a new round of reshuffling and the elimination of excessive production capacity. "This will be conducive to the sect ...

3 GW of new solar photovoltaic power plants are now in the works in the Yunnan province of Southern China — thanks to an agreement between solar manufacturing giant Yingli, the Qujing city government, and the Honghe state government. During the recent announcement of the project, Yingli noted that the region possesses excellent potential for solar energy development. The company also noted that the region’s ...

Japan-based solar manufacturer Kyocera Corporation announced that it had landed an JPY 8.5 billion ($89 million, €67 million ) contract to supply and construct 30 MW of solar facilities for one of the largest solar projects being implemented by JAMC Solar Energy, a company run by the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Association (Zen-Noh) and Mitsubishi Corporation. Under the contract, signed ...

Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has approved two standards submitted by manufacturer Trina Solar aimed at ensuring greater consistency across the PV industry. Trina Solar is the first PV company in China to lead the establishment of an international SEMI standard. The first standard is the ‘Specification for Packaging Protection Technology for PV Modules’ (SEMI PV44-0513), which a ...

DuPont and Chinese green power company Yingli Energy Company Limited have signed a one-year, $100 million solar energy deal. The strategic agreement includes the supply of advanced solar materials, the installation of a solar power plant and co-marketing initiatives and expands a previous $100 million supply agreement between the companies announced in February of last year. “Materials are critical to help ...

Japan is expected to become the world’s largest solar energy market this year, with the installation of new solar power systems more than doubling capacity, a recent report by a U.S. research firm says. The domestic solar power market is forecast to reach $19.8 billion (¥1.91 trillion) in 2013, surpassing Germany, which was the biggest market from 2009 to 2012, according to the report by IHS Inc. An estimat ...