Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The German Solar Photovoltaic Market: A New Era Of Competition Dawns
As solar module manufacturers strive to realize cost structures meeting grid parity, Saflex®, a unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), recently announced the commercial availability of a new thin gauge polyvinyl butyral (PVB) based encapsulant designed specifically for photovoltaic applications. The new product, Saflex PA41, significantly reduces encapsulant usage while maintaining module durability and processing performance. The global launch of Saflex PA41 comes shortly after successful completion of IEC 61646 certification testing on thin film photovoltaic modules manufactured with the Saflex encapsulant.
Lite-On Tech (2301.tw) today announced its subsidiary, Lite-On Green Technologies, Inc. (LOGT), a PV solar system integration company based in Taiwan with global operations, has completed the 2 MWp roof-top solar power plant at IKEA Genk-Winterslag warehouse in Belgium, which is IKEA’s largest PV solar power plant to date.
With certification for its thin-film modules German solar company Odersun AG starts ramping-up production
Oerlikon Solar today announced it will be presenting its technology at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. Oerlikon Solar leads the thin film silicon solar equipment sector with nearly half a gigawatt of production equipment ramped globally and more than 1 million panels produced by its customers to date. With the company’s Micromorph® factories, Oerlikon Solar plans to reach production costs at grid parity by the end of this year, making solar energy cost equal to fossil fuel-generated energy in many locations. Hence the company is well on track to offer its customers an advanced fab design capable of producing modules for $0.70/W by that time.
In the midst of discussions surrounding significant revisions to Germany's solar power feed-in tariff (EEG), PHOTON Consulting, the global leader in solar energy research and analysis, has released its latest PV market demand report, Solar Power Markets: Prepare for Impact, emphasizing the need for solar companies to aggressively explore end-markets outside of Germany.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) announced an investment of $175 million to complete the multi-phase expansion of its high-performance DuPont™ Tedlar® PV2001 series oriented film production line. This investment is in addition to $120 million in capacity expansions, announced in August 2009, for raw materials used to make the film, bringing the total commitment of these two phases to $295 million. Tedlar® films serve as the critical component of photovoltaic backsheets, providing long-term durability and performance for photovoltaic modules in all-weather conditions.
Day4 Energy Inc. (TSX: DFE), a leading supplier of high performance, cost-effective solar electric solutions, today announced it has completed the delivery of a turn-key 2.4 megawatt (MW) roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Gunther Heiss Solar Gmbh & Co. KG in Germany. The project was financed by a local Volksbank, backed by Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main.
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq: ENER), the leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building integrated and commercial rooftop markets, today announced plans to establish a 30MW solar laminate manufacturing facility in France. The company has started its initial site selection process and is evaluating various sites, particularly in the Alsace region.
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacturers, today announced the Ministry of Science and Technology of China has approved the application to establish the first national-level key laboratory in the field of PV technology development, the State Key Laboratory of PV Technology (the "Laboratory"), at Yingli Green Energy's manufacturing base in Baoding.
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