Sentences with phrase «thin film panels»

A more permanent solution would be an array of two dimensional thin film panels of variable tranmissivity, which when the concept is fully modeled and understood could also be used to drive storm fronts to produce precipitation for drought plauged regions on the Earth, and modify solar irradiance in real time over variable areas of the Earth.

For instance, cadmium telluride thin film panels could help solar reach grid parity sooner than silicon panels could, but tellurium — a key ingredient — is fairly rare.

Not exact matches

It uses cadmium telluride for its thin - film PV panels, so the tariffs, which specifically concern the more popular crystalline silicone solar products, won't affect it.

Last year, First Solar announced it could take an impairment charge of between US$ 500 and US$ 700 million in the phasing out of the thin - film solar panel model it was producing at the time, its flagship Series 4, and speed up the development of the new model, Series 6.

SunPower focuses on high - efficiency panels that are ideal for rooftop solar installations, while First Solar's thin - film panels hold up better in harsh environments and appeal to large - scale utilities.

While most of its peers make silicon - based panels, First Solar manufactures thin - film panels made with cadmium - telluride, which absorbs more frequencies of light and uses fewer materials.

In recent years, perovskite - based solar cells have raced to the front of emerging photovoltaics, already competing on efficiency against well - established solar technologies such as the inorganic thin - film and multi-crystalline silicon used in solar panels around the world.

Testing both the microwave and laser systems will require gargantuan structures in space: thin - film condenser mirrors, solar panels and a microwave transmitter stretching for kilometers and weighing 10,000 metric tons, as well as a 100 - unit laser array of 5,000 metric tons that would be 10 kilometers long.

At the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland pilot plant, these solar panels were printed directly onto a thin sheet of film to create a solar wallpaper that can be used to produce electricity from interior lighting or sunlight.

More and more gas will be needed, however, as flat - panel LCD televisions become standard in American living rooms and the fledgling thin - film solar cell industry takes off; nitrogen trifluoride is used as a cleaning agent in the manufacture of both.

IBM last week announced plans to make solar panels covered with a thin film of chemical compounds.

HP originally envisioned the technology as a way to create computer displays in car or train windows, but Xtreme Energetics wants by 2010 to begin including this circuitry in its solar panels to improve their ability gather sunlight — another take on the thin - film model.

Thin - film solar cells are plagued by diminishing returns: thinner panels are cheaper to make, but as the semiconductor layer gets thinner it loses its light - trapping ability.

Nano - engineered materials in automotive products include high - power rechargeable battery systems; thermoelectric materials for temperature control; tires with lower rolling resistance; high - efficiency / low - cost sensors and electronics; thin - film smart solar panels; and fuel additives for cleaner exhaust and extended range.

As discussed above, nano - engineered materials in automotive products include polymer nanocomposites structural parts; high - power rechargeable battery systems; thermoelectric materials for temperature control; lower rolling - resistance tires; high - efficiency / low - cost sensors and electronics; thin - film smart solar panels; and fuel additives and improved catalytic converters for cleaner exhaust and extended range.

Some are recurrently woven into the film's crazy quilt, others feature as stand - alone major panels; a few more are mere fragments, adding to the sense of a chaotic exquisite - corpse story war held together by the thinnest, most tongue - in - cheek pretexts.

The interior is new, as well, with a revamped instrument panel and redone 7 - inch, thin - film transistor (TFT) gauges and a new three - spoke steering wheel.

In addition to the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell electric vehicle, the Fit EV and the future plug - in hybrid vehicle, Honda is currently producing and marketing thin - film solar panels in Japan, and an installation is planned at Honda Performance Development in Southern California in early 2011.

With that setup, the TT replaces the typical instrument panel with a widescreen, 12.3 - inch thin - film transistor (TFT) display that also incorporates the car's central MMI infotainment monitor.

Interior Design The thin film transistor instrument panel sets the tone for blending functional high - tech with pleasing aesthetics.

The panel features dual 4.2 - inch full - color TFT (thin film transistor) multi-information displays, and the driver can change their content by using steering wheel controls.

The 2015 Charger SRT Hellcat's restyled driver - focused interior features premium, soft - touch materials, a new 7 - inch thin - film transistor (TFT) customizable digital instrument gauge cluster and a new instrument panel center stack with the latest generation 8.4 - inch Uconnect touchscreen media center.

The centrepiece of the well - designed instrument panel is a floating island bezel housing an available seven - inch thin film transistor (TFT) customizable gauge cluster display surrounded by a unique light pipe.

The company plans to start selling raw materials used in solar panels and other solar energy devices, made from some of the ingredients used in LCD panel manufacturing, including thin film and silicon.

The 6 - inch display panel will employ a thin - film solar cell that is both lightweight and small enough to avoid adding extra bulk to the eReader at a mere 0.7 mm thick (about the width of a credit card).

The new LG.Philips LCD panel borrows some of the TFT (thin - film transistor) technology used by the company to make LCD panels and marries it with metal foil and a plastic substrate.

AU Optronics Corp. engages in the research, development, production, and sale of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays and other flat panel displays.

Thin film has certainly boosted panel efficiency and decreased the production «costs,» in terms of sustainability.

Amorphous (often referred to as «thin film») panels are eminently suitable for vehicular applications from a mechanical integration perspective.

Nanosolar has a thin - film PV production tool that «prints» PV panels by depositing nanopartical ink on rolls of flexible substrate.

According to the designers, the serpentine surfaces of Light Sanctuary capitalize on the flexibility and efficiency of third - generation thin - film photovoltaics, which won't lose performance even under extreme temperatures and can capture sunlight from a wider range of angles, in contrast to conventional solar panels:

But compared to conventional crystalline, silicon - based photovoltaics, thin film solar has been tested to be more efficient under less - than - ideal conditions (overcast skies, fog, etc) and the possible advantages in having lightweight, cheaper and easy - to - install solar panels made from commonly - found materials more than make up for it.

The firm started production of low - cost, thin - film photovoltaic (PV) solar panels about six months ago and expects to reach $ 1 per watt manufacturing cost quickly with a 65 - megawatt line in a factory in Longmont, Colorado.

These resources will allow customers and potential customers to apply the most advanced thin film solar panels in the industry.

Due to the integrated nature of thin film manufacturing by First Solar, this factory replaces polysilicon production, wafer cutting, solar cell production and solar panel assembly in the crystalline silicon solar value chain.

The Max takes advantage of PowerFilm's years of expertise creating industry leading thin film solar panels.

Thin film solar helps make these chargers thinner and more portable than any other solar panels on the market.

Located on 900 acres of privately owned land southwest of the Tehachapi and Piute mountains, the thin film photovoltaic panel project commenced construction in May 2012, and began ramping up operation in December 2012.

A new technology allows solar panels to be placed on a thin strip of backing, usually aluminum, and covered with a plastic film, which decreases the weight and cost of a solar panel.

They typically focus on semiconducting materials, which are usually silicon - based materials or organic compounds, because most solar panels are made of semiconducting materials and some newer thin - film panels are made out of organic materials.

Chemical engineers in the solar industry typically focus on semiconductors or organic chemistry, since most solar panels are made of semiconducting materials and some newer thin - film panels are made out of organic materials.

These thin - film solar panels are becoming more common, although traditional glass - or laminate - coated panels continue to make up the majority of the solar panel market.

Current research in the solar power field is focused on developing new materials, especially thin - film cells, and decreasing the cost of photovoltaic panels.

Physicists also find new materials to use for solar panel generation, such as the thin - film photovoltaic solar panels.

In developing its thin - film solar panels, MiaSolé uses copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), an alternative semiconductor to silicon, which is used in most conventional panels.

In related news, the Germany Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) has broken a new efficiency record in the laboratory for thin - film CIGS panels, via Renewable Energy World.

Crystalline silicon PV panels — by far the most widely installed — typically have higher energy conversion efficiency factors than so - called thin film PV panels do.

Its durable, thin - film solar panels covert sun into renewable energy through proprietary technology.

The program helped lure Tempe - based First Solar, the world's largest maker of thin - film solar panels, to build its second U.S. manufacturing facility in Mesa.

First Solar, the globe's largest photovoltaic cell manufacturer, will also likely build a factory in China to manufacture thin - film solar panels, according to Mike Ahearn, the company's chief executive.