Fraunhofer ISE Doubles Production Speed Of Silicon Wafers For Solar Panels
Silicon wafers are the key component of solar panels. Fraunhofer ISE is finding ways of making them faster and cheaper.
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Thinning Solar Silicon Discs
Originally published on Solar Love. Carrying out applied research throughout the entire process chain of wafer-based silicon solar module production, Fraunhofer CSP is currently working on improving the quality of wafer-thin silicon discs and in producing them as cheaply as possible.
Billions Of Dollars Could Be Saved By NREL Solar Wafer Device
About 5–10% of silicon wafers used to make photovoltaic solar cells are damaged as they go through the industrial material production process. These wafers are expensive enough that what might sound like an acceptable amount of damage actually translates into billions of dollars lost each year by the solar industry. … [continued]
JinkoSolar Expands in Europe
China’s JinkoSolar Holding Co. announced the opening of a new European branch in Zug, Switzerland last week, the latest move by Chinese PV manufacturers to expand their operations globally. Jinko clearly sees promise in Europe’s PV market despite the difficult times, as renewable energy leaders, such as Germany, continue to restructure power and energy markets in an effort to shift from fossil fuels to renewable resources.
