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EU PVSEC: Business news Three facts about PV Blogging from EU PVSEC, PVWorld's Pete Singer notes how the PV sector has rallied around three mantras that matter most: grid parity, incentives, and China. Share: German solar demand on record pace in 2010 PV system installations in 1H10 continue to consolidate Germany's position as the world's largest PV market, as FiT updates shift focus to small- and medium-scale rooftop projects. Share: EPIA launches EU PV observatory monitoring The European Photovoltaic Industry Association's (EPIA) new service is structured around three main recommendations: sustainable support schemes, streamlined procedures, and efficient grid connections. Share: EU PVSEC News Center Photovoltaics World is tracking all the news from EU PVSEC in one place! Keep checking to see what's been added, from new technologies to industry buzz. Share: EU PVSEC: Technology news IMEC shows >19% large-area Si solar cells Two types of cells were realized namely with Ag-screen-printed contacts and plated Cu-contacts. Share: Oerlikon unwraps a-Si line, 11.9% lab cell The company promises &euro0.50/Wp costs with its new "ThinFab" line, and says it has built a "champion" cell with 11.9% stabilized efficiency. Share: BTi launches multifunction inspection, analysis system The LIS-P2 platform can inspect samples at all process stages (including as-cut wafers), samples post-diffusion, and onwards to finished cells. Share: DEK launches Eclipse metallization line The Eclipse platform incorporates field-retrofittable process modules that enable manufacturers to easily scale production to 1200, 2400 or 3600 WPH. Share: More Headlines • Applied Materials reports c-Si cell, TF module, automation marks • BTi intros iLS-X1 for inline PV wafer/cell monitoring • Sulfurcell touts 10.7% "CIGSe" prototypes • AEG debuts Thyrobox system for polysilicon reactors • Ascent Solar expands BIPV lineup with 5m/320W modules • Honeywell updates backing systems for PV modules • New dielectrics, dopants from Honeywell for c-Si cells • SoloPower gains UL cert for flexible CIGS • Q-Cells demoing solar cell "laser marking" process • SunPower selling utility-scale solar power block in Europe • Ultrasonic Systems upgrades PV wafer spray system • Spire uncrates 20MW PV module assembly line • Centrotherm launches new CVD reactor • Sputnik optimizes inverters for UK parameters More PV news & analysis US, India forge solar task force The US-India Business Council's Solar Task Force aims to ensure financial and technological collaboration and promote "an enabling environment" for pushing solar PV-powered energy. Analyst: China upends US for solar "attractiveness" China has leapfrogged the US as the most attractive location in which to invest in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young. MIT touts self-assembling, repairing PV The work imitates plant biology's repair mechanisms with synthetic molecules that respond to light and attach to carbon nanotubes for maximum sunlight exposure and electron flow. Sony ramping solar cell conductive film The SP100 film bonds the cell and metal ribbon to act as a transmission line for electricity, an alternative to higher-temperature bonding via solder. More Headlines • Air Liquide lands gas deal with Italy's 3Sun • Solaria raises $65M in Series D funding • Japan's NPC buying German panel tool firm Meier Solar • Microinverter firm Enecsys hires new CEO • LDK completes trials at new 60MW facility • AE establishes German, Czech grid connections • Lithuanian PV module maker eyes 2011 startup • Sandia Labs invests $8.5M in four solar projects • China's Comtec Solar lands 650MW orders for 2011 • Toshiba planning 10MW solar plant in Bulgaria • GT Solar unveils new poly-Si CVD reactor • Masdar hikes a-Si module efficiency to 7.4% • Underwriters Labs opens Japanese PV lab • Trina orders Despatch metallization furnaces • Sharp builds 42%-efficient concentrated PV cell PV Pipeline Ontario solar market booms, but local sourcing mandate could limit growth Aggressive government incentives are set to trigger booming growth in solar installations in Ontario, but regulations requiring the use of locally sourced products will "dramatically" put the brakes on expansion in 2011, according to iSuppli. MLB, Canadian Solar pair for PV promos Its new sponsorship of pro baseball's San Francisco Giants will include a sweepstakes for game tickets, autographed balls -- and free quotes for solar installs. Spain's Solaer seeks 10% of Israel's PV market Germany's too competitive, France is limited, but "Israel reminds me of Spain in 2005" with 15% more sunlight, says the solar installation company's CEO in an interview with Globes. Mitsubishi supplies 191kW PV system to Nagoya water treatment plant The 1008-module install will partially cover the air conditioning and lighting requirements at Nabeya-ueno Waterworks. More Headlines • Brocade, SunPower complete 550kW install at San Jose offices • Sausalito (CA) fire station lights up 23kW rooftop system • Mitsubishi Electric supplies 1.2MW solar panels to Tokyo International Airport • AEG, NC State U. complete 40kW install • SunPower lands $1.8M from CA for solar RD&D • EAG, A1 motorway to open Austria's biggest solar power plant • Japan's IA Global acquiring Solar Power Engineering • Slovenia group disputes building permit rule for PV installs • Wild Brush Energy, China's Hareon eye 4MW solar park • Yingli to sell 7.9MW PV modules to French Cegelec

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