SolarSummary: March 4-10, 2003

by Kirsten Elder Companies in the news Advanced Energy Systems, Inc. Evergreen Solar ICP Global Technologies Global Solar Energy Sharp Corp. Shell Solar Solar Grade Silicon LLC (Komatsu/REC) Tata BP Solar New Products W. C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the Germany-based precious metals and technology group Heraeus Holding GmbH, has developed an innovative coating material for thin film solar cells. Under the product name ZAO for aluminium-doped zinc oxide the “Thin Film Materials Division” of W. C. Heraeus has introduced a so-called “sputter target” to the market, a substrate used for coating, which is effective and cost-efficient at the same time. It has been designed to pave the way for thin film solar cells into the economically attractive mass production market, where it will be used for the coating of transparent conductive metal oxide. The company has said that the new high performance material has already been qualified by important producers of solar cells and modules. (Solarbuzz.com, 10/03/03) Tata BP Solar India Ltd plans to develop a financing scheme to promote its newly launched Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) Laminates in the country. The new technology could be used as a replacement for building materials like glass […]

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