Press Releases from Oerlikon Solar Ltd. (9 total)
Oerlikon Solar’s 2nd generation ThinFabTM delivers 23 % investment cost reduct …
Oerlikon Solar presented its 2nd generation ThinFabTM at the World Future Energy Summit 2012 (WFES) in Abu Dhabi today. This end-to-end production line resets the standard for manufacturing sustainable solar modules at low cost and high quality. The new design reduces capital expenditure (Capex) by 23 % to just $ 1/Wp including engineering support and performance guarantees. The production line enables customers to produce high-quality thin film silicon modules for…
Oerlikon Solar announces 2nd generation of ThinFabTM for the production of thin …
2nd generation ThinFabTM sets industry record: Capex reduced to $ 1/Wp with lowest Cost of Production at $ 0.5/Wp
Oerlikon Solar’s 2nd generation ThinFabTM resets the standard for low cost, high quality solar module manufacturing. The new design allows a capital expenditure (Capex) reduction of more than 20 %. The estimated price for the complete end-to-end production line is just $ 1/Wp including engineering support and performance guarantees. The production line…
Oerlikon Solar announces strategic solar partnership in China
Oerlikon Solar signs Memorandum of Understanding with International Cooperation Center for China Renewable Energy Society (CRES)
Pfäffikon (Switzerland), December 9, 2011 – Oerlikon Solar signs a
Memorandum of Understanding with the International Cooperation Center for
China Renewable Energy Society (CRES) to collaborate on Thin Film Silicon
Solar technology in China.
The strategic partnership announced in Beijing today marks the start of a joint effort
to promote the benefits of the Oerlikon Thin Film Silicon Solar technology…
Oerlikon Solar wins the Solar Industry Award for the third time in a row
EU PVSEC Hamburg (Germany) / Trubbach (Switzerland), September 6, 2011 Oerlikon Solar has been honored the Solar Industry Award in the category of “Thin Film Innovations” for the third time in a row. The international prize is awarded annually by the British trade magazine Solar PV Management. The jury selected Oerlikon Solar's new production line ThinFabTM as the winner of the "Thin Film Innovation Award". The awards ceremony was held…
Oerlikon Solar launches its new record-breaking module
Trubbach (Switzerland), September 5, 2011 Today, Oerlikon Solar is launching a new record-breaking module with 154 (peak) watts (W) of stabilized module output and 10.8% efficiency. This represents an increase of 8% over the previous peak value. The record module will be ready for use on Oerlikon Solar's existing ThinFabTM lines by early 2013. This is when customers will also be able to manufacture it themselves, resulting in considerably lower…
TÜV Rheinland certificate for Oerlikon Solar ThinFabTM modules
The high level of quality and reliability Oerlikon Solar is offering to its customers was now confirmed by TÜV Rheinland, an independent German technical service provider. Oerlikon Solar’s thin film silicon solar modules in the range of up to 147 Wp designed for the ThinFabTM production have passed all tests required according to IEC 61646 and IEC 61730 standards by TÜV Rheinland. “The TÜV Rheinland certification for our thin film…
Oerlikon Solar receives Equipment Order from China
Dong Xu Ltd. places order for multiple KAI thin film coating equipment
Trübbach (Switzerland), February 22, 2011 – Oerlikon Solar today announced an order from Dong Xu Ltd., one of China’s well-known photoelectric glass manufacturers. The order consists of multiple Oerlikon Solar KAI equipment which operates the key process of coating thin film silicon.
With Dong Xu Ltd.’s order, Oerlikon Solar is further increasing its customer base in China. The KAI equipment…
Oerlikon Solar Racing Team Continues on Global Zero Emissions Race through North …
Trubbach (Switzerland), November 10, 2010 – Oerlikon Solar, the world's leading supplier of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) production equipment, is the main sponsor of the Oerlikon Solar Racing Team participating in the Zero Emissions Race with its Zerotracer electric vehicle. The Zero Emissions Race promotes sustainable mobility and transportation, aims to generate popular enthusiasm for the use of renewable energy sources for vehicles, and sets the highest environmental standards…
European Commission Funds Research Project Led by Oerlikon Solar
Trübbach (Switzerland), 2 November 2010 – Oerlikon Solar, the world's leading supplier of thin film silicon photovoltaic (PV) production equipment, leads a research project called “PEPPER” that is receiving a grant under the Framework Programme for Research of the European Union, coordinated by the DG Energy of the European Commission. The aim of the project is to further enhance performance and decrease costs of thin film silicon modules within the…
