Vishay signs SiC technology tranfer with DaimlerChrysler

DaimlerChrysler and Vishay Intertechnology Inc have signed an agreement to enable Vishay to undertake volume manufacture of semiconductor products using Daimler Chrysler’s silicon carbide technology. Developed at Daimler Chrysler AG since 1993, SiC enables the creation of semiconductor devices for compact power conversion systems in electric cars, railway systems, and other mobile applications. SiC devices allow smaller and lighter converter module designs which can operate at the high temperatures of these systems.This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

Airport spends $500 000 on PV panels

In Florida, utility JEA and Jacksonville Airport Authority are going to spend about $500 000 installing the city’s largest PV power system at Jacksonville International Airport. The system will comprise 450 PV panels on the roof of the airport parking garage.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news.     

NCKU and Aixtron co-operate on dilute nitride materials

Aixtron and Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University of Tainan (NCKU) have started the next phase of their joint technology co-operation to develop GaInAsN based optical and electronic devices.This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

Spire Florida formed to exploit PV opportunities

Massachusetts-based Spire Corporation has announced the incorporation of Spire Florida Inc, whose initial mandate will be to provide solar electric systems to the sunshine state’s renewable energy market. The new company’s initial venture, Spire Solar Florida, will introduce the company’s PV manufacturing technology and systems integration capabilities to utilities, municipalities and alterative energy suppliers in the state.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news.     

IntegraBus increases reliability of new BP Solar module

BP Solar’s newest PV module, the BP 3125 with a 125 W/12 V specification, marks the debut of the company’s IntegraBus technology, in a 157×157 mm multicrystalline cell, which the company claims is the largest cell currently available commercially.Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news     

Infineon’s SiGe record

Infineon has taken what it claims is the world record for the highest clocked integrated circuit with a chip that operates at 110GHz — more than 34 times faster than the top-clocked Intel Pentium 4.This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

Konarka deal with world’s largest utility

Massachusetts-based Konarka Technologies has begun a cooperation with Electricité de France, the world’s largest utility company. Working through EdF’s Easenergy team based in the Silicon Valley, the companies will collaborate to develop and launch Konarka’s polymer PV products into the global market to provide a source of renewable power in a variety of form factors for commercial, industrial, government and consumer applications.Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news     

SunWize National Park Service PV system

New York based SunWize Technologies recently installed a 64.6 kW grid-tied SunWize PowerPort system at Joshua Tree National Park’s maintenance facilities in Twentynine Palms, California.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news.     

Rooftop PV powers artists at Boston facility

Vermont-based Northern Power Systems has been hired to engineer, build and commission an advanced, PV-based, on-site power system for Artists for Humanity (AFH) at the nonprofit organization’s new EpiCenter facility at 100 West 2nd Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. The custom-designed, 48 kW turnkey power system will gather clean, sustainable energy using a PV array mounted on the roof. It is the largest such roof-mounted PV panel array in Boston.Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news     

High-voltage solar cell for battery charging

Clare Inc in Massachusetts has launched the CPC1810 solar cell product, and introduced what it says is a new solar cell technology. The enabling capability behind the PV cells, manufactured using the company’s state-of-the-art, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology, is its optically coupled solid-state relays.Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news     

Alcatel settles its stakes

Alcatel, Europe’s largest satellite maker, is to acquire Loral Space & Communications Ltd’s 47% share of the Europe *Star satellite system, as part of a transaction that successfully terminates Alcatel’s JV with Loral and resolves Alcatel’s litigation against Loral and its subsidiary, Space Systems/Loral Inc.This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

Cermet works on ZnO & GaN for Airforce,Navy and DoE

Cermet, which develops and manufactures semiconductor materials and devices based on gallium nitride (GaN), zinc oxide (ZnO), and related compounds has been selected by the Department of Energy to develop UV LEDs. In this it will develop nitride based UV LEDs on Cermet’s bulk aluminum nitride at specific emission wavelengths. The DoE is investing in UV LED technology to accelerate the implementation of solid state lighting.This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

Abatement technology

Matheson Tri-Gas Inc’s Electronics Group (MTEG) has launched ULTIMA-Sorb, a new and improved solution for hydride abatement.This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

Pure business

Taiwan’s United Epitaxy Company (UEC) has eight HTG 40 hydrogen purifiers installed at its new fab. Supplied by Johnson Matthey’s Gas Purification Technology Group (JMGPT), the hydrogen purifiers will supply ultrapure hydrogen to UEC’s MOCVD reactors. Specifically for UEC, JMGPT designed units which allow two HTG 40s to be mounted in the same frame, resulting in an HTG 80, able to handle a flow of hydrogen up to 60 Nm³/hr.This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

New Jersey dealer network for RWE Schott Solar

German-based RWE Schott Solar plans to create a network of dealers in New Jersey to serve as the basis for a proposal to the state’s Board of Public Utilities (BPU) Office of Clean Energy’s new Renewable Energy and Economic Development Program.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news.     

Global standard to measure solar cell power output

A procedure for measuring the power output of PV solar cells, developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, Italy has been adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), clearing the way for harmonization of the global PV market.Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news     

Harris R&D

Harris Corp in communications technology has approved a R&D agreement with the University of Florida's College of Engineering, facilitating collaboration between Harris and the university in a variety of engineering fields. Kwame Boakye, Harris VP of technology says “We have synergy in a number of research areas, including advanced communications, nanotechnology, mechanical systems, power systems, database and information processing.”This is a short news story only. Visit www.three-fives.com for the latest advanced semiconductor industry news.     

IOFFE adds epitaxy machine for space solar

The IOFFE Physico-Technical Institute in St Petersburg, Russia has ordered another AIX 200/4 GaAs system for R&D and production of epitaxial compound layer structures for solar cells for the satellite industry.Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news     

PV powered bus shelters for the UK

Canada’s Carmanah Technologies has received a contract worth C$1.6 million ($710 000) from Trueform Group in the UK to provide solar-powered bus shelter lighting systems.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news.     

Helios prototype flying program hits problems

The Helios prototype solar-electric flying wing has suffered problems during a check-out flight at the US Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). Aloft for about 15 h at altitudes up to 52 000 feet (16 km), engineers checked out modifications and upgrades made to the aircraft over the past two years.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news