China Nantong Qssolar Inc. Recently announced in Shanghai, China's first fifth-generation large-area amorphous silicon thin film solar cells have been Qssolar Inc. Production, the company is expected in two and a half years to make photovoltaic electricity price to 0.65 yuan per yuan, the cost of making solar thermal power plant close.
At present, to the manufacture, production of fifth-generation thin-film battery few enterprises or factories. Qssolar Inc. Similar equipment cost only 25% of imported equipment, and to be further reduced to below 20%. Qssolar Inc. Has produced the world's first single-chip thin-film batteries, thin-film battery weight of only half of the current production technology in China, the United States, Japan, Australia and nearly 60 countries applied for a patent. This process will help to significantly reduce production costs, the company determined that in 2011 the cost of thin-film batteries will also be reduced to 0.9 U.S. dollars-per-watt-per-watt 0.5 U.S. dollars. By then, photovoltaic electricity price per unit will be reduced to 0.65 yuan. It is, Qssolar Inc. Is expected to achieve by the end of 2010 capacity 500MW, has become China's largest production base of amorphous silicon thin-film batteries.
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 18, 2009
Qssolar Inc. Operational fifth-generation amorphous silicon thin-film battery
China's first large-scale photovoltaic solar power station built high-voltage grid
News April 17 Xinhua News Agency reported that recently, China's first large-scale solar photovoltaic power station high-voltage grid in Xining City, Qinghai Province, the completion ceremony was held and run power generation, Qinghai Province, which marks the solar photovoltaic technology into the city grid to reach the international advanced level. The high-voltage grid photovoltaic power station is located in the city of Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone, covers an area of 15 acres, the installation of 300 kilowatts of solar energy battery components, up to an annual generation capacity of 450,000 kwh.
The 300 kV grid photovoltaic power station project by NEDO of Japan aid agency, which is NEDO outside agencies in the construction of Japan's largest PV power station grid as well as the realization of China is the only truly solar photovoltaic directly into the city's power station high-voltage power grid.
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 17, 2009
Start Abound Solar thin film solar cells production line
U.S. Abound Solar (original AVA Solar) companies, rely on the production of low-cost thin-film battery started in Longmont, Colorado, voted to build its first full-service production facilities.
The plant using a special manufacturing process, greatly reduced the production of solar panels cost. Colorado Governor Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., EUROSOLAR company Hermann Scheer, president of the new company, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech.
Fully automated production line will create more than 300 new job opportunities, to generate 200MW of annual production capacity of solar energy components. Used in its manufacturing process Abound Solar's own straight-line fully automated semiconductor equipment will be made of glass solar panels, the whole process less than two hours. As the world's leading "next generation" of solar panel manufacturers, Abound Solar simplify the production of thin-film solar panel manufacturing process, the rapid expansion of production capacity so that the cost of solar power continues to drop.
"Today, new production equipment for the start of Abound is a milestone. We have entered into commercial production, thereby expanding our market to keep up with customer demand, we are well positioned to provide clients with high - performance, low-cost solar modules, you can speed up the clean energy use around the world. "Abound Solar said Pascal Noronha, CEO.
"Warm congratulations Abound Solar - a how to make Colorado the renewable energy technologies from the laboratory to the market success story, as we have seen, as a local renewable energy companies to expand their business and the creation of the employment opportunities. We can see that the new energy economy is leading the development of Colorado, Colorado will help the rapid and strong recovery. "said Colorado Governor Ritter.
"Abound Solar proof, we here in the United States has the ability to cost-effective to meet our energy needs, while protecting our climate." Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Said.
Thin-film battery with the giants in the field of First Solar, like, Abound Solar components using the latest cadmium telluride (CdTe) technology. Abound Solar was founded in 2007 to commercialize its proprietary thin-film PV modules manufacturing process. Colorado State University for 15 years of development, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the support, on this basis, Abound Solar has developed a fully automated continuous process technology scale to manufacture solar modules and to achieve industry-leading in order to greatly reduce the cost of solar electricity.
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 16, 2009
High-performance dye-sensitized solar cells available energy efficiency of 9.8%
According to the United States, "Technology Review" magazine reported that Chinese scientists Wang Peng and his colleagues modified dye through the composition, to develop a more inexpensive and highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC).
Dye-sensitized solar cells solar energy can be cheaper than the traditional battery of silicon solar cells cheaper and more easily printed on a soft surface, but there are also a problem, to create such a need for efficient battery precious metal electrolytes and volatile ruthenium dye made. Not long ago, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Wang Peng and colleagues have developed two other raw materials of a new class of dye-sensitized solar cell, the new battery is not only more efficient but also cheaper and more durable.
The key to progress is a new organic dye molecules, organic dyes more abundant than ruthenium compounds have been cheaper, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the battery. The researchers also used a different ionic liquid electrolyte that has been more powerful solar cells, the electrolyte contained in the current use of organic solvents, these organic solvents at high temperatures will be evaporated. Ionic liquids can also be used in conjunction with the plastic, it is possible to create a flexible solar cells. Wang Peng said: "We first proved that the composition of an all-organic dye can be used to create a stable solvent-free battery, and its performance compared with the ruthenium dye favorably."
Researchers to include elements of the organic dye solar cells set a new record of energy efficiency, to solar cells with the traditional competition in the electricity into light, the dye-sensitized solar cell to achieve energy efficiency at least 10%, Wang Peng and his colleagues developed the performance of the battery for 9.8%. Dye-sensitized solar cells, the inventor, the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland, Professor of Chemistry Michael Grätzel said: "10 years ago, we believe that we will not be the result of more than 1%. Now it has been 9.8% of the energy-efficient."
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 15, 2009
World-scale solar power generation will expand ten-fold
News April 14, the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry released a few days ago predicted that by 2020, the world's solar power industry is now 10 times, reaching 10 trillion yen (currently about 1 U.S. dollars ¥ 96 yen), provided jobs from the current 12,000 to 110,000.
Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry will be established to promote solar power in Japan's economic development area of new growth, the Government will support solar energy related technology research and development. Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan's basic principle is that in 3 years to 5 years using the cost of solar power generation system by half, to promote the popularization of solar cells in Japan and expand overseas sales of such products. The department also pointed out that through the assistance of Japanese companies at home and abroad to expand sales of solar cells, solar cell production in Japan's global share in 2020 to about 33%.
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 14, 2009
Florida, the construction of two billion U.S. dollars plan to Solar City
Southern Florida real estate developer Kitson & Partners with Florida's largest state of Florida Power & Light Co., 9 announced an ambitious environmental program to jointly build the first solar city of the United States.
They will be built north of Fort Myers in the new city of Babcock Ranch. Kitson company responsible for the development of 17,800 acres of land and 400 acres set aside for Florida Power & Light Co. The construction cost of 300 million U.S. dollars, generating capacity of 75,000-watt solar power plant, which will be similar to the world's largest facilities.
If the state legislature approved and the development of relevant laws and regulations of the process, the power company said that the fastest growing power plant is expected to start this year, completed by 2010. Power companies will use the solar panels directly into the sun for power.
Despite the current economic downturn, Kitson company to carry out the development plan. Person in charge in Washington, Kitson said that he believed that the two billion U.S. dollars to spend, is scheduled to begin next year the construction of the district, will be able to attract investors, store owners and 45,000 residents. He pledged to build 19,500 homes and create 20,000 long-term employment opportunities, there are enough "carbon-free electricity." Power companies, said it would for the new area of 6,000,000 square feet of residential, industrial, commercial buildings to provide solar power in space.
The roof of commercial buildings will be set up solar panels, allowing the owners to enjoy the benefits of net metering, excess electricity sold to power companies or to offset the electricity use. Florida power companies to expand the concept also preparing to set up new city charging stations for electric vehicle charging.
Kitson said: "This will be the world's first solar energy a real city. We hope to turn it into the most environmentally-friendly mission, the most persistent of the district."
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 13, 2009
China Sunergy and Taiwan signed a long-term supply contract GSL
Chinese solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy Co., Ltd. 25 issued a press release that the company and Taiwan Global Service LTM. LLC (GSL) entered into an agreement, which includes 35 MW of solar cell products that framework agreement, 5 MW of solar cells product sales contracts and 35 MW of solar cell products agreement.
China Sunergy, said the framework agreement, from March 2009 to December period, China Sunergy for GSL supply of solar cells may reach 35 MW. GSL will provide solar cell products to customers in Korea.
Framework agreement in which the provisions relating to individual shipments show that shipping will be drawn up before the sales contract, and set the number of products and prices. The first 5 MW sales agreement has been signed.
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 12, 2009
Researchers to use diatoms developed dye-sensitized solar cells
Recently, U.S. researchers said they found the use of diatom life-type solar cell structure of the development of the latest technology. Compared to the current silicon-based solar cells, use of new technologies produced by solar power generation system easier.
Diatoms such tiny single-celled marine life on Earth has survived for at least 1 million years, they are the ocean food chain, the basis of many lives. In addition, under the hard shell of silicon attract, people are constantly developing as new ways of nanostructures.
Oregon State University chemical engineering professor, said most of the existing solar cell technology based on silicon material, which has the capacity to be developed almost to the limit, so other solar energy technologies will have a better opportunity for development.
Dye-sensitized solar cell technology is one that uses environmentally friendly materials and at a relatively low light conditions to work. However, in the current manufacture of dye-sensitized solar cells, it was difficult to obtain the semiconductor photoelectric conversion.
The use of biological rather than the traditional way of semiconductor manufacturing, Oregon State University and Portland State University researchers developed the production of dye-sensitized solar cell of the new method. Newly developed manufacturing methods and the difference between the old method is unique in several steps, at the same time with a new battery with more power potential.
Although the use of new technologies to create dye-sensitized solar cells is slightly higher than the current production costs similar to the cost of batteries, but the researchers believe that the resulting power output is expected to more than 3 times the battery now.
Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 12, 2009
