Pub Date : 2003-12-01DOI: 10.1016/S1473-8325(03)00032-4
Solar has been in the press quite a lot of late, although this is more to do with the sun's activity than PVs. For instance, the biggest solar flare ever recorded was on November 4, and we also have just had a lunar eclipse. Meanwhile, Europe's Mars Express spacecraft overcame the effects of these intense solar flares. These had the effect of temporarily knocking out navigation equipment aboard the orbiter. But it left the mission's Beagle 2 lander unscathed. The European Space Agency said the spacecraft was in good health after the solar storms blinded the orbiter's two star trackers for up to 15 h.
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Pub Date : 2003-10-01DOI: 10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01023-X
Research and development of silicon germanium (SiGe) has been under way for well over a decade. A surprising number of research institutes have been developing photovoltaic devices based on the SiGe alloy system for almost as long. While the technology is still some way off making a full-scale commercial impact, its capability remains as impressive as ever. SiGe stands as a highly promising means to unlock the fullest potential of thin-film silicon photovoltaics.
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Pub Date : 2003-10-01DOI: 10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01101-5
The world’s third-largest maker of solar cells, Japan-based Kyocera Corporation, is planning to increase PV cell and module manufacturing capacity in two production facilities in Japan, and also start manufacturing solar cell-based power-generating panels in Mexico and Europe in the latter half of 2004.
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Pub Date : 2003-10-01DOI: 10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01128-3
German solar power inverter manufacturer SMA has gained Underwriters Laboratories (UL) approval of its Sunny Boy 1100 W grid-tie inverter. The approval means that SMA can now offer the US market a complete line of inverters.
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德国太阳能逆变器制造商SMA的Sunny Boy 1100瓦并网逆变器获得了UL认证。该批准意味着SMA现在可以为美国市场提供完整的逆变器系列。访问www.re-focus.net获取最新的可再生能源行业新闻
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Pub Date : 2003-10-01DOI: 10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01129-5
US-based Kyocera Solar recently supplied solar products and technical support for a unique rural electrification project designed to pump water and power homes, schools, clinics, mosques and local micro-enterprises in three agriculture-based villages in Nigeria.
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Pub Date : 2003-10-01DOI: 10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01007-1
For the second consecutive year, Sydney-based Origin Energy has been acclaimed Australia’s national market leader in environmental practices and products by the Green Electricity Watch, a coalition of 16 environmental groups.
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Pub Date : 2003-10-01DOI: 10.1016/S1473-8325(03)01005-8
In Germany, Munich-based Asyntis GmbH says that one of the country’s leading PV manufacturers — which was not named — has placed an order for its high-performance, high-throughput, silicon etch plasma system, the Pioneer No. 1, after a successful evaluation procedure in the production line.
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