8 reported that in order to achieve greenhouse gas (CO2) reduction target, Japan plans to the Government in 2020 in Japan before all public primary and secondary schools (a total of about 32,000) of solar energy into electricity, and plans to take the lead in 2012 to solar power into a few schools from the existing 1,200 increased by 10 times to 12,000.
Reported that, Japan Government has made plans to import solar power generation, the main because the school facilities and residential, business establishments and factories, compared more to the national and local governments under the auspices of the related equipment in accordance with the plan prepared by the work of the whole, Canada school into the solar equipment, but also on children and students to help education.
Reported that, Japan Prime Minister Taro Aso made in June this year JapanCO2 emissions in 2020 than in 2005 will be reduced by 15% of the medium-term goal, according to the results spreadsheet, in order to achieve the medium-term target is almost no CO2 emissions of the total solar generating capacity must be increased to 20 times the current.
Jul. 8, 2009
Japan Government plans for all public primary and secondary schools into solar power
QuantaSol the efficiency of solar cells up to 28.3%
News July 3, United Kingdom QuantaSol Inc., the company in a short span of two years R & D efficiency of 28.3 percent level of quantum solar cells. Fraunhofer ISE after changing product testing and certification of solar energy research institute, at 500 times the solar conversion efficiency under the condenser reached 28.3%.
QuantaSol is a semiconductor wafer production line without the pure technology companies, professional equipment and technical support for R & D companies from the United Kingdom in 2007 set up a company for Imperial Collage separation. QuantaSol therefore can concentrate on research and development of high-performance silicon products.
Jul. 4, 2009
South Korea: DSSC thin film solar cell conversion efficiency can be increased to 16%
Yonhap News South Korean media reports, The state-run Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 29 announced that has developed to a substantial increase in thin-film panchromatic solar cells conversion efficiency of the manufacturing process can be yellow, red, green three different color layer stack in a layer of TiO2 film. According to the report, the technology can be DSSC solar cell conversion efficiency from the previous level of 11% to further improve to around 15-16%.
Thomson Reuters reports that the United States cadmium telluride thin film solar cell module maker First Solar Inc. President Bruce Sohn on June 24 conference in Las Vegas that is expected in 2014 the company's thin-film solar cell production costs can be Point in 2009 from Q1 of 0.93 U.S. dollars per watt down to 0.52-0.63 dollars, and energy conversion efficiency is expected from the current 10.9 percent to 12.5 percent boost.
cadmium telluride thin film solar cells of the highest conversion efficiency was 16.5%, from the United States reached a National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In addition, SunPower Corp. Just in the near future to introduce a 19.3 percent conversion efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.
Jun. 30, 2009
First Solar: 5 years, the cost of production is expected to drop 1/3
U.S. CdTe (cadmium telluride) thin film solar module manufacturer First Solar Inc. President Bruce Sohn 24 held at the Las Vegas conference that is expected in 2014 the company's thin-film solar cell production costs is expected by 2009 Q1 of 0.93 U.S. dollars per watt down to 0.52-0.63 dollars, and energy conversion efficiency is expected from the current 10.9% to 12.5%.
According to reports, CdTe thin film solar cells of the highest conversion efficiency was 16.5%, from the United States reached a National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In addition, SunPower Corp. Just recently introduced a 19.3 percent conversion efficiency of the polysilicon solar cells.
Well-known U.S. financial weekly Barron `s previously reported, First Solar thin film solar cell conversion efficiency of 11% only, which is lower than silicon solar cells 20%, while the company also said that if the polysilicon price around 50 U.S. dollars per kilogram , its cost advantage will disappear. As the supply of the serious oversupply of polysilicon by the end of March from a year ago the price of 450 U.S. dollars per kg down to about 100 dollars.
Jun. 26, 2009
First Solar is likely to exceed this year the performance of Q-Cells
The world's leading management consulting firm Navigant Consulting in the Paula Mints, principal analyst in London last week at the Economic Forum pointed out that solar energy, solar power in 2009 the U.S. film giant First Solar will exceed China's Suntech Power and Japan's Sharp to become the world's largest photovoltaic component manufacturers. In the production of solar cells, First Solar is also expected to more than Germany's Q-Cells, the world's largest manufacturer of solar cells.
2008 global production of thin-film solar cells of 892MW, an increase of 123%. As the industry leader, First Solar 2008 solar years, production capacity reached 503MW, to reach the location of the second industry. In addition, fourth quarter 2008 average production of First Solar's cost has been reduced to 0.98 U.S. dollars per watt, is the world's first production cost is lower than 1 U.S. dollars per watt of solar energy manufacturers, which makes the company's products are highly competitive in the market . In the global photovoltaic substantial losses giant, First Solar net income for the quarter reached 132.8 million U.S. dollars, and full-year 2008 revenue of First Solar from the 2007 growth of 504 million U.S. dollars to 1.2463 billion U.S. dollars.
In the first quarter of 2009, as European countries, especially in the field of solar energy in Spain in the event of a major policy change, the global PV market caused a sharp contraction, most photovoltaic enterprises operating conditions of the first quarter is generally not an ideal situation, First Solar is very good performance. The first quarter of the company's revenues reached 418.2 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 112%.
Jun. 22, 2009
