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Thin-film News

2010-09-02

FAQ: Thin-Film Solar

2007-12-20
The thin-film solar business is a lot like the business of printing money. Well, sort of. Thin-film solar is produced using a roll-to-roll manufacturing process that is similar to the one used to print paper — and by, extension, money.

Development of world's highest performance thin-film condenser

2010-09-01
This result enables further miniaturization and enhanced capacitance in thin film condensers, and opens a new route to the development of high performance condenser devices desirable for future electronic equipments. ...

AMAT Says Sayonara to SunFab Thin-Film Solar Line

2010-07-21
Applied Materials is leaving the thin film solar equipment business and plans to focus more on crystalline silicon solar, LED lighting and other "advanced energy" technologies, the chip equipment giant announced on Wednesday.

Stealth Thin Film Solar Startup Solexant Gearing Up

2010-06-04
Solar startup Solexant, which is sometimes stealthy, and sometimes not-so-stealthy, is gearing up to start talking a whole lot more. That's because according to a filing the company, which was spun out of Lawrence Berkeley National ...

» Miasole Exceeds 14% Efficiency With Commercial-Scale CIGS Thin ...

2010-09-02
NREL Verifies Energy Conversion Efficiency of 14.3% on 1 Square Meter Area CIGS Modules, Further Advancing the Significant Potential of Thin-Film Solar Panels to Be a Competitive Energy Source. SANTA CLARA, Calif., Thursday, ...

Stion: Scaling Thin Film Solar to 100 MW

2010-06-17
Can the Khosla-backed solar startup Stion become a serious contender in the solar world? While the company touted a $50 million investment from chipmaker TSMC yesterday, Stion has actually raised a $70 million round, and will use that ...

Thin Film Solar Underdog MiaSole Looks Ahead to New Plant, Solar ...

2010-05-24
Thin film startup MiaSole was once the posterchild of the over-hype of the CIGS solar world. Now its ramping up production, planning a new factory, developing next-gen solar shingles, and looking to hit a cost of fifty cents per watt ...

Thin film experts gathering in San Francisco on November 30th ...

2010-08-25
Thin Film Today has officially launched the 3rd Thin Film Solar Summit USA which will address main industry challenges and provide a powerful forum for international attendees. The event, hosted in San Francisco, will take place on the ...

Infinite Brings Thin-Film Batteries Closer to Mass Market

2008-12-08
Venture capitalists seemed to be taking a break from battery funding last month, but investment in Infinite Power Solutions last week could indicate the pause might be over. The Littleton, Colo.-based thin-film battery manufacturer ...

Turnkey Thin-Film Solar Gear Is a Misnomer: Masdar PV CEO

2009-10-30
Companies like Applied Materials and Oerlikon are building businesses out of selling so-called “turnkey” (ready to use) thin-film solar manufacturing equipment to would-be solar developers. The idea is that instead of developing the ...

Thin Film Experts Gathering in San Francisco on November 30th – December 1st in San Francisco

2010-08-29
Thin Film Today has officially launched the 3rd Thin Film Solar Summit USA which will address main industry challenges and provide a powerful forum for international attendees.

Miasolé Exceeds 14% Efficiency With Commercial-Scale CIGS Thin Film Solar Modules

2010-09-01
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MiaSolé, the leading manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) independently confirmed the 14.3% efficiency of its large area production modules (1 square meter in size). 14.3% module efficiency is the highest ...

Gobalfoundries plans thin-film flash storage

2010-09-02
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Global Solar rolls out stick-on solar panels

2010-09-02
Flexible thin-film solar modules are designed to be glued to flat commercial rooftops or integrated directly into roofing membrane materials.

IntelGenx, RedHill enter pact to co-develop, commercialise anti-migraine oral film product

2010-09-02
IntelGenx Corp.(IntelGenx) and RedHill Biopharma Ltd., an Israeli corporation (RedHill) announced that they have entered into a co-development and commercialization agreement for IntelGenx' first oral thin film product based upon the IntelGenx' proprietary VersaFilm technology.

Ascent Solar Chairman to Retire at End of Year

2010-09-01
THORNTON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that its Chairman, Dr. Mohan Misra, will be retiring from his position on the Board of Directors, effective December 31, 2010. Dr. Misra has decided that due to his commitments to family and for other personal reasons, he will retire ...

GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Freescale Partner to Develop 90nm Flash Memory Technology

2010-09-02
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At today’s inaugural Global Technology Conference, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Freescale Semiconductor announced plans to bring a new class of thin film storage (TFS) flash memory products to market on 90nm technology. The advanced technology is expected to be deployed in Freescale microcontrollers (MCUs) targeted for applications ranging from consumer electronics and ...

Ascent Solar to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

2010-09-01
THORNTON, Colo.----Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. , a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced that the company will present to the investment community at the following investor conferences during the month of September 2010.

Thin profile TFT LCDs come in extended temperature range

2010-09-01
Lumex announces the global launch of their InfoVue TFT (Thin Film Transistor) family of full color graphic display technology.

TSMC to kick off solar fab construction in September

2010-08-31
The new fab will produce thin-film solar PV modules and volume production expected to kick off in 2011.

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/dsOuWw

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/dsOuWw

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/9Z2KdT

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/9Z2KdT

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/drwnZp

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/drwnZp

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/bTGIBL

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/bTGIBL

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/cBaW5H

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/cBaW5H

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/9r8xRC

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/9r8xRC

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/9r8xRC

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/9r8xRC

New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/chm1XP

2010-09-02
New Mexico Approves PNM's 22-Megawatt First Solar Projects: First Solar, the world's biggest maker of thin-film so... http://bit.ly/chm1XP

#solar Global Solar rolls out stickon solar panels | Green Tech CNET News: Flexible thin-film solar modules are de... http://bit.ly/cGY17m

2010-09-02
#solar Global Solar rolls out stickon solar panels | Green Tech CNET News: Flexible thin-film solar modules are de... http://bit.ly/cGY17m

Press Release - Thin Film Coating Witness Samples are NOW in Stock from Lattice Materials! Read more at http://ow.ly/21TZ0

2010-09-02
Press Release - Thin Film Coating Witness Samples are NOW in Stock from Lattice Materials! Read more at http://ow.ly/21TZ0

Ascent Solar Chairman To Retire: Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., a developer of thin-film solar modules, says its ... http://bit.ly/bTTpJr

2010-09-02
Ascent Solar Chairman To Retire: Ascent Solar Technologies Inc., a developer of thin-film solar modules, says its ... http://bit.ly/bTTpJr

Did I already post this? Anyways. How soon can we have this? 2016 is too far? Transparent solar cells: http://bit.ly/aFgHzB

2010-09-02
Did I already post this? Anyways. How soon can we have this? 2016 is too far? Transparent solar cells: http://bit.ly/aFgHzB

RT @solardude1: Solar Energy, Thin Film Technology http://dld.bz/phaJ

2010-09-02
RT @solardude1: Solar Energy, Thin Film Technology http://dld.bz/phaJ

Solar module developer Ascent switches heads as chairman steps down: The chairman and founder of thin-film solar m... http://bit.ly/9GZbGq

2010-09-02
Solar module developer Ascent switches heads as chairman steps down: The chairman and founder of thin-film solar m... http://bit.ly/9GZbGq

Gobalfoundries plans thin-film flash storage http://bit.ly/dqPycw

2010-09-02
Gobalfoundries plans thin-film flash storage http://bit.ly/dqPycw