Mega cities of the future require local electricity production – solar ‘roof energy’ is the answer Solarenergie 29. September 2014 Werbung Seven billion people will live and work in urban areas by 2050 and the demand for energy for all these people will be huge. (WK-intern) - Local production of energy will be needed with building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) key to make cities at least partially self-sufficient with energy. Rapid development in thin film solar cell efficiency strengthens the business case for BIPV, with great opportunities for suppliers of roofing materials and construction companies. More than half of the planet’s population live in urban regions today. This will grow to 75 per cent in the next 30 to 35 years. That would mean seven billion
E-Mobilität Solarenergie 12. August 2014 Werbung The Swedish Royal Institute of Technology sets new fuel efficiency record with Midsummer's flexible solar cells Stockholm, Sweden - The Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) set a new Swedish fuel efficiency record with 181.5 km/kWh in the Shell Eco Marathon competition, a race in which European universities compete with innovative solutions for how far a vehicle can travel with the energy equivalent to a litre of fuel. KTH competed with thin solar cells made by Midsummer, a leading supplier of production lines for cost effective manufacturing of flexible thin film solar cells, CIGS. Shell Eco Marathon is a competition for universities that compete in how far they can make
Cooperation: Swedish solar energy expert Midsummer and Chalmers University of Technology Forschungs-Mitteilungen Solarenergie 19. Februar 2014 Werbung Swedish solar energy expert Midsummer and Chalmers University of Technology develops a unique process to recycle rare metals Stockholm, Sweden - Midsummer, a leading supplier of production lines for cost effective manufacturing of flexible thin film CIGS solar cells, has developed a unique process to recover leftover rare metals such as indium and gallium when manufacturing thin film CIGS solar cells. The unique process will extensively reduce thin film CIGS manufacturing material costs. In close cooperation with Professor Christian Ekberg and PhD-student Anna Gustafsson at the Swedish Chalmers University of Technology, Midsummer has developed a unique process to recycle the CIGS-material that
Flexible thin film CIGS solar cells, 15 per cent whole cell active area efficiency achieved Solarenergie Technik 12. November 2013 Werbung Midsummer develops high-efficiency process for cadmium-free CIGS on stainless steel by sputtering (WK-intern) - Stockholm, Sweden - Midsummer, a leading supplier of production lines for cost effective manufacturing of flexible thin film CIGS solar cells, has developed a high speed process for manufacturing of CIGS solar cells utilising sputtering of all layers in the solar cell structure. Midsummer recently achieved a 15 per cent active area efficiency on an entire 225 cm2 solar cell using this sputtering technology. By using sputtering in all processing steps, the process cycles in the manufacturing of solar cells can be drastically shortened, the solar cells can
