The Sun Is Bright. Use More Of It.

By Michael Watts - 30 Apr, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Michael P.C. Watts The sun is bright and warm, there must be a way to use more of it to generate power. Last time the discussion focused on the opportunity for other semiconductor materials, and whether there was any realistic opportunity for new technologies given the state of the industry. This is the third of a series of blogs to try and answer this question. If you hate serials, the com... » read more

Alternatives to silicon for solar cells

By Michael Watts - 18 Apr, 2013 - Comments: 2

Michael P.C. Watts Last time I started to talk about the solar cell business, and whether there was any realistic opportunity for new technologies given the state of the industry. This is the second of a series of blogs to try and answer this question. If you hate serials, the complete analysis is available on my web site www.impattern.com. Let’s start by looking at the potential for other... » read more

Solar Reality Check

By Michael Watts - 11 Apr, 2013 - Comments: 0

By Michael P.C. Watts There are plenty of papers at conferences talking about new patterning, materials and process approaches to solar cells. While listening, I wondered if there was any realistic chance for a new technology. The solar cell business is exponentially growing but has become rather gruesome over the last year or so…is there any real opportunity to insert new technologies ? ... » read more

Solar Designs Focus On Low Power

By Ed Sperling - 08 Sep, 2011 - Comments: 0

By Pallab Chatterjee This year’s Semicon West showed growth in both attendees and exhibitors, but the big growth—at least from a percentage standpoint—was in the associated Intersolar show, which featured advances in PV and solar thermal systems. This year’s Intersolar show covered areas that were not just commercial grid-tied PV systems. Rather, it also had off-grid systems with ne... » read more

Going Solar

By Ed Sperling - 06 Jul, 2011 - Comments: 0

Bettina Weiss, who heads SEMI’s solar effort, talks about what’s new at Semicon and Intersolar North America, how far the industry has progressed and what stands in the way of widespread adoption of solar technology. [youtube vid=rCAeaXijQy0] » read more

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The Sun Is Bright. Use More Of It.

Alternatives to silicon for solar cells

Solar Reality Check

Solar Designs Focus On Low Power

Going Solar