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12-08-2011
Modules perfectly resistant to stiff sea breezes
Modules from SCHOTT Solar have passed the salt spray corrosion test in accordance with IEC 61701, an achievement certified by standards organisation TÜV Rheinland. TÜV certification is a voluntary quality monitoring exercise which provides independent confirmation of the premium quality, which characterises SCHOTT Solar modules even in tough environmental and weather conditions, such as the salty air found in coastal regions. Viktor Wall tells us about the test in detail.12-08-2011
More than just eco-friendly products
Do you think, like many others, that solar companies are “green” simply by virtue of producing components for technology that produces clean energy? You do? We would like to tell you something that not a lot of people know: The production of PV modules has not only the potential to damage the environment in a lot of small ways but also in some more serious ones. This is the reason why SCHOTT Solar is committed to a holistic concept of sustainability. Dr. Holger Hoppe tells us what’s behind this weighty term.12-08-2011
20,000 PV modules for solar greenhouse
Cultivating ginseng is no simple matter, this medicinal plant needs to be grown in protected greenhouses, which have considerable construction and maintenance costs. The Toulouse based company France Ginseng has risen to this challenge with the aid of photovoltaic technology, and has opted to put its trust in SCHOTT Solar. Read on to find out more details on the successful concept implemented by the company.
12-06-2011Ilfeld/Mainz
SCHOTT Solar and Stadtwerke Mainz to build a solar park in the Southern Harz, Germany
- Clean solution: 24,000 modules to generate green electricity in Ilfeld very soon
- System with an output of 5.6 MW
- To be put into operation by the end of the year
12-06-2011
Research project achieves 23 percent efficiency with back-contact solar cells
- imec accomplishes important goal for IBC solar cells
- SCHOTT Solar a development partner from the very start
12-05-2011Mainz
SCHOTT Solar: Increase in sales despite difficult market environment
• New, high-efficiency technologies to be put to use in products• Continued price pressures require adjustment of production capacities
December 5, 2011 | SCHOTT Solar AG, the parent company of SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc., reported today an increase in sales of photovoltaic modules for the fourth consecutive year. For its fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, that percentage of growth was in the double digits, despite a rather difficult market environment.
11-25-2011Mainz
Copper replaces silver: multicrystalline solar cell with low cost metal contacts achieves 18 percent efficiency
- Research project Las VeGaS reaches important milestone after only six months
- The manufacturing technology used can reduce the costs of front side metallization by over 50 percent
- Development successes to be transferred over to monocrystalline technology
Your contact person: Christina Rettig
E-mail: Christina.Rettig@schott.com
