solar manufacturing
Once an after-thought in solar development, the latest data shows the Asia-Pacific region is becoming the industry's biggest market for photovoltaic solar power.
California-based SunPower is expanding its operations into Mexico in an effort to better serve the North American market, the company has announced.
Using the natural disaster in Japan as a catalyst for change, Panasonic, (NYSE: PC) one of the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, has announced its intention to pursue a sustainable future.
Applied Materials Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT), the world's largest provider of equipment used to manufacture both solar photovoltaic panels and computer chips, has announced plans to purchase Gloucester, Mass.-based Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, a leading maker of ion-implantation systems—which are used to build the transistors for solar panels, long-lasting, energy-efficient LED technology and mobile device chips—for $4.9 billion.
Merrimack, New Hampshire-based GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR) continues to expand its share in the polysilicon production market.
Comprised of a team of MIT scientists, 1336 Technologies has developed a process to produce silicon solar wafers at a cost that will make photovoltaic solar energy equal in price or cheaper than coal power.
When you think of solar cells, you most likely don’t think of ink as an important component.
Germany's Asola, an affiliate of California-based alternative fuel technology company Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq: QTWW), this week announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Canadian renewable energy developer Evergreen Po
In India domestic solar manufacturers are up in arms over the government's decision to supply its National Solar Mission with imported solar cells and modules from other countries.
