Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) – the parent of United Solar Ovonic, better known as Uni-Solar – filed for bankruptcy this past Tuesday. Uni-Solar produced flexible thin-film amorphous silicon (a-Si) modules for commercial rooftop applications, usually building-integrated (BIPV). In 2011, Julian Haw...
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Company Profile | April 26, 2022
Founded in 2012 as Tomark‑Worthen, a joint venture between two plastic players Tomark Industries and Worthen Industries; renamed Endurans Solar and is now a subsidiary of Worthen Industries The company has developed a co‑extrusion process and fluoropolymer‑free material for PV backsheets that ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | April 19, 2022
SunPower will work with First Solar to launch a tandem photovoltaic (PV) module over the next 18 to 24 months that will combine SunPower's crystalline Silicon (C‑Si) technology and First Solar's CdTe thin‑film technology. The combination of different PV technologies to create tandem solar cells will... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | May 16, 2022
The copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin‑film solar cell developed at the university eliminated the use of cadmium sulfide buffer layers from the solar cell. This new approach replaces cadmium sulfide with an oxidized layer of CIGS that is formed using an air‑annealing process. Researchers ... Not part of subscription