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Dutch consortium paves the way to affordable solar electricity
Petten - Within the scope of the Dutch Sunovation II project, the consortium TTA/Eurotron, Solland Solar, TNO and ECN have developed pilot-line equipment and corresponding low-stress interconnection technology to produce solar modules with extremely thin rear-contact solar cells. This pilot line...[more]
European consortium develops innovative solar module assembly technology
Petten - Within the framework of CrystalClear - a large European project on the development of low-cost, highly efficient silicon solar modules - a manufacturing process has been developed to allow modules to be made using very thin solar cells. [more]
State-of-the-art photovoltaic systems have Energy Pay Back Times as low as 1.7 years
Photovoltaic module production has shown a tremendous increase, with production of PV modules accelerating from ~80 MWp in 1995 to ~1700 MWp in 2005.[more]
ECN, Deutsche Solar and Sunergy Investco join forces in solar electricity technology
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Deutsche Solar and Sunergy Investco have joined forces in RGS Development B.V. to contribute to the development of the next generation of solar electricity technology. [more]
The Netherlands and India join efforts on renewable energy
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), set up by the Indian Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, have agreed to co-operate at the implementation of renewable energy. On the 20th of June 2002 an Indian renewable energy mission...[more]
