Circadian Solar, a UK based developer of CPV, has gained the approval of an investment of £2m by Seven Spires Investments (SSIL). This is the second tranche of an investment of £8m planned to be rolled out over three years by SSIL.
OC Oerlikon has brought in new Delegate of the Board of Directors and acting Chief Executive Officer, Hans Ziegler to replace Dr. Uwe Krüger who has been in the role since May 2007. This change comes amid OC Oerlikon's semiannual results, which report sales and order depletion in the first half of 2009.
DuPont is providing further details of a multi-phase production expansion for its Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) product line, this represents more than $120 million in investment, which increases the capacity of monomer and resin used in producing Tedlar films, by over 50%.
GreenVolts, PV technology development and commercialization company has brought in Wayne Miller as Vice President of Engineering to head the product development efforts as the company focuses on further innovation and commercialization of its CPV system.
SolarPVGLOBE, major news partner of PV-Tech has launched the first pilot issue of 'SolarPV.TV Weekly News', welcoming all those interested solar PV to discover and enjoy video summaries of the industry and up-to-date interviews with key solar players.
Adept Technology, provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services is expanding its distribution channel in Japan by signing Nihon Kizai as its newest distributor to cover the Japanese market.
Atlas Material Testing Technology, in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Institute of Laser Technology (ILOT), received the R&D 100 award for its work in developing the Ultra-Accelerated Weathering System (UAWS).
For months now we have been reporting on the global recession and how this has been negatively affecting the PV market world-wide; now, countries such as Germany and France have emerged from the recession announcing a market surge which could in turn improve the prospects for the 2009 solar market results. This surprise return to growth from the eurozone's two biggest economies boosts the hopes for the PV market, rising up from the most serious financial crisis since the 1930s. Germany has not reported a positive market growth since the first quarter of 2008.
Dyesol and Corus' joint BIPV project to commercially manufacture dye solar cells (DSC) on steel, supported by £5 million from the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), has entered the next stage. This milestone is the fifth step in achieving the goal of DSC integrated onto strip steel in a coil coating line.
