Day4 Energy to help upgrade Austrian solar manufacturer PV Products? module production line

Saturday, 8.13.2011 - 1:25 (PV-Tech)

Day4 Energy has signed a deal with Austrian solar module manufactuer PV Products to provide the equipment and technology to upgrade its 30MW production facility for the manufacture of solar panels featuring Day4 DNA crystalline-silicon cells. The upgrade of PVP?s automated 30MW production facility to Day4 technology is scheduled to begin immediately, with production anticipated to start in early September, the companies said. Read more

Underwriters Laboratories certifies Antaris Solar?s mono-, multicrystalline-silicon PV modules

Saturday, 8.13.2011 - 1:06 (PV-Tech)

Underwriters Laboratories has certified Antaris Solar?s AS M and AS P series of PV modules. The company?s modules have also been certified by German testing organization TÜV Nord for quality and safety assurance. Read more

TÜV Rheinland certifies Solar Frontier CIS thin-film PV modules as RoHS compliant

Saturday, 8.13.2011 - 0:23 (PV-Tech)

Copper-indium-selenide thin-film PV manufacturer Solar Frontier said that its CIS modules have been certified by TÜV Rheinland as RoHS compliant. Solar panels are exempt from RoHS (which stands for ?reduction? or ?restriction of hazardous substances) compliance, and Solar Frontier claims to be one of the few manufacturers able to meet the requirements, having completed voluntary testing with TÜV to make it official. Read more