Korea's PV push, thanks to Germany

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April 30, 2009

Korea's PV push, thanks to Germany Welcome to PV Times, the authoritative weekly e-newsletter covering the solar photovoltaics manufacturing industry, brought to you by the editors of PV World, Solid State Technology, and Renewable Energy World. FEATURES South Korea taps Germany to help grow its solar industry Once an importer of Germany's solar technology, South Korea is now partnering with the world champion to help build up its own home-grown photovoltaic (PV) industry, with an eye on supplying the growing Asian market -- illustrating how emerging solar nations are finding new ways to work with established players to drive PV development around the world. Mature and emerging markets: Photovoltaics at APEX A new vocabulary set -- "solar cells" and "photovoltaics" -- is rapidly gaining traction with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electronics manufacturing services (EMS), as the mature SMT industry reaches into the emerging markets to exchange information and develop processes. Call for papers: Photovoltaics World Expo 2010 Co-located with Renewable Energy World Conference Expo, the Photovoltaics World Expo 2010 will address solar cell design and manufacture, including cells made of various types of silicon and alternative materials (e.g., CdTe and CIGS); module manufacturing, assembly, testing, and balance of system components; and concentrated PV technology. Follow the link for details on how to develop and submit an abstract. INDUSTRY NEWS MEMC, Conergy at odds over wafer supply redo The latest example of struggling supply partners trying to redo a contract finds Conergy actually threatening to sue MEMC to rip up their 10-year deal for a short-term pact -- a move that other partners in Asia are watching closely. Q-Cells unit, Sunfilm to merge, target thin-film R&D Germany's Q-Cells has agreed to merge its PV modules manufacturing arm Sontor with Sunfilm AG in an effort to improve efficiency of thin film modules and shore up market positions. SEE ALSO: - ARISE Technologies revises credit facilities - Solar EnerTech, Jiangsu Shunda Semi form JV, eye US solar market Study: Solar cell production spans 18 industries Eighteen Japanese industries are now involved in solar-cell-related manufacturing, ranging from thin-film silicon to compound solar cells, according to a recent study by Japan's Teikoku Databank. SEE ALSO: - Vietnam's first solar panel factory starts up First Solar looking for CEO replacement Once a replacement is found, current CEO Michael Ahearn will switch his focus to development of public policies needed for the global transition to low-carbon energy infrastructures. SEE ALSO: - First Solar 1Q profit triples on new projects - First Solar to supply modules for Aussie solar PV project TECHNOLOGY NEWS Thin-film scribing machine Advanced Solar Photonics' Laser CombT generates up to 120 scribe lines in a single pass that roll through thin-film layers, for better processing speed and throughput. Veeco unveils "FastLine" glass coating platform for CIGS The platform of glass coating systems, leveraging the company's PV-Series thermal deposition sources, is designed for high-throughput, low cost-of-ownership production of CIGS solar cells, capable of handling up to 30 1.1m×1.4m glass panels/hour. Korean team develops highly efficient plastic-based solar cell Researchers from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology say they have developed a plastic-based solar cell with efficiency rate of 6.2%, the highest achieved by a single-layer plastic organic PV cell. SEE ALSO: - Arizona group pledges $4M to develop solar tech institute Home Articles Contact Us Events Advertise Resource Guide

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