Published: 2010-07-01
This issue includes: Towards grid parity: advances in c-Si PV manufacturing technology; Increasing cell efficiency and optimizing productivity using wide-area metrology; Improving materials applications for solar device manufacturing; Inverter technology drives lower solar costs; Grid Parity: On Track to Reducing Cost/Watt; and Leveraging experience key to rapid learning in the PV sector.
Table of ContentsFeaturesTowards grid parity: advances in c-Si PV manufacturing technology
Lower cost c-Si panels support a key goal for solar known as grid parity, where it costs the same to generate power on rooftops as it does to buy it from the grid
Increasing cell efficiency and optimizing productivity using wide-area metrology
Good engineering practices and intelligent process optimization are keys to cost-reduction, product differentiation and brand recognition …
Improving materials applications for solar device manufacturing
The materials used in solar manufacturing are varied, depending upon the technology, application, and tool in practice.
Inverter technology drives lower solar costs
Solar power is poised to go mainstream in North America. In the U.S.—the world’s leading energy consumer—the solar market is especially ripe.
ColumnsGrid Parity: On Track to Reducing Cost/Watt
Two factors are influencing the use of photovoltaic-driven solar power today.
Leveraging experience key to rapid learning in the PV sector
he global economy may still be suffering the effects of a downturn, but there are no doubts that these are exciting times for solar.
DepartmentsNews
Enel, Sharp, and STMicroelectronics are pooling resources to help build Italy’s largest PV panel plant …
New Products
The Insight M series in-line process control/optimization tool is specifically designed for thin-film solar cell manufacturing …
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