| Amonix Achieves Record for PV Module Efficiency in NREL Test April 29, 2013...Amonix Inc., a designer and manufacturer of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV)
solar power systems based in Seal Beach, California USA, reported that it has
successfully converted 36.2 percent of direct sunlight into electricity. In
testing from February to April of this year a III-V multi-junction solar module
from Amonix demonstrated a peak operating efficiency of 36.2% measured on March
14, 2013 with a DNI of 876... Solar Junction and IQE to Develop Satellite III-V CellsApril 22, 2013...Solar Junction, based in San Jose, California, a developer of multi-junction
concentrator photovoltaic cells is reportedly contract negotiations with IQE.
IQE is a supplier of semiconductor wafers for next-generation satellite solar
cells for the European Space Agency. Back in October of 2012, Solar Junction
achieved 44 percent efficiency at 942 suns employing the company’s
Adjustable Spectrum Lattice Matched (A-SLAM) architecture. A-SLAM provides
material bandgap tuneability to... Spectrolab Multi-junction Solar Cell Achieves 37.8 Percent Efficiency Without Solar ConcentrationApril 22, 2013...Spectrolab of Sylmar, California, reports that its solar cell recently set a
world record by converting more energy from the sun into electricity than any
other ground-based solar cell without solar concentration. The Boeing
subsidiary achieved in 37.8 percent efficiency with its new class of
ground-based multi-junction solar cells. The measurement was verified by the
U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden,
Colorado.... First Solar Acquires Company, TetraSun and 60 MW AC North Star ProjectApril 15, 2013...Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar announced that it has acquired the 60
megawattAC (MW) North Star solar project that NorthLight has developed in
Fresno County, California. NorthLight is a joint venture of Renewable Energy
Corporation ASA and Summit Power Group, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.
First Solar, Inc. also signed a definitive agreement to acquire TetraSun, a
photovoltaic (PV) technology startup which developed 21... First Solar Acquires 150 MW Photovoltaic Power ProjectApril 8, 2013...First Solar, Inc. of Tempe, Arizona USA, has acquired the 150-megawattAC
(MW) Solar Gen 2 power project from an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group,
Inc., Energy Power Partners, and a third equity partner for the project.
Construction of the facility, which will be located in Imperial County,
California, near El Centro, is expected to start this year and be completed in
2014. Financial terms... Miasole to Export CIGS Panels to Rajasthan, IndiaApril 1, 2013...Miasole based in Santa Clara, California will export thin-film solar panels
to a solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Rajasthan, India. Part of the support
for the exportation came in the form of a $9 million direct loan from the
Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). The Indian borrower, Sai
Maithili Power Company Private Ltd., a single-purpose solar company formed by
KSK Energy Ventures,... U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium and NREL Collaborate to Develop Thin Film PV Cells and ModulesMarch 18, 2013...The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Photovoltaic
Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) have agreed to improve manufacturing of solar
cells, including thin film, advanced silicon, and future materials. These
national partnerships are modeled after the research from not-for-profit
consortium, Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SEMATECH) and the College
of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE).
NREL’s pioneering work in renewable energy and photovoltaic research
includes establishing processes, measurement and characterization... Alta Devices Achieves 30.8% Efficiency Record with Dual Junction Solar Cell TechnologyMarch 11, 2013...Alta Devices reported that it has reached 30.8% solar cell efficiency with the company's new dual junction solar cell. This new NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) verified record has resulted from the company's first implementation of a solar cell technology that uses a combination of a gallium arsenide (GaAs) base cell layer and an indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) absorber layer...
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... IQE of Cardiff, UK announced the launch of gallium nitride based, high electron mobility transistor (GaN HEMT) epitaxial wafers on 150mm diameter semi-insulating silicon carbide (SiC) substrates. The SiC substrates are supplied by the WBG Materials subsidiary of II-VI Inc., a provider of optoelectronic components. IQE says that GaN power amplifiers offer superior power capability, efficiency, bandwidth and linearity... 
