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Yesterday at PV CellTech brought more engaging sessions with two California-based startups, Caelux and Tandem PV. Alongside Oxford PV and Swift Solar, they are making significant strides toward commercializing perovskite PV films. Innovation remains crucial for the U.S. and Europe to speed up solar adoption and enhance cost competitiveness. Companies like these, along with NexWafe, are introducing disruptive technologies that will help accelerate the energy transition. Pictured: Scott Graybeal of Caelux presenting during the panel discussion led by Finlay Colville of PV Tech, "New U.S. owned technologies for next-generation domestic production." Other panel participants included Thad Druffel of Bert Thin Films, Inc, Stephen Sauter of Blackswan Silicon and Colin Bailie of Tandem PV. #SolarInnovation #RenewableEnergy #PVCellTech #EnergyTransition

Day 2 at PV CellTech USA was full of insights! There was a dynamic panel featuring Chris Case, CTO of Oxford PV, along with representatives from the new US module manufacturer, Imperial Star Solar, and Alex Zhu from the new US PERC cell manufacturer, ES Foundry. The panel topic was, "Technology & supply-chain selection for new US fabs from 2025 onwards." A key highlight was Oxford PV's announcement that they have sold their first Tandem Junction modules—capable of reaching impressive 27% efficiencies—to a US utility company. It’s great to see such innovation and progress in the solar industry, especially with the increasing focus on high-efficiency solutions! Bonus photo: Finlay Colville of PV Tech with NexWafe VP Jonathan Pickering, who's holding a solar cell made with a NexWafe EpiNex wafer! #Solar #RenewableEnergy #PVCellTech #Innovation

Today at PV CellTech USA, Michael Parr, executive director of the Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance, noted NexWafe as making strong progress with the direct gas-to-wafer process with recent results of EpiNex cells made on a leading manufacturer's production cell line. He went on to say that the process significantly reduces the carbon footprint of manufacturing solar wafers by eliminating the high-temp process steps and improved costs. Michael Parr made the remarks while participating in a panel discussion, "Delivering a sustainable manufacturing eco-system in the U.S. for PV manufacturing," moderated by Finlay Colville of PV Tech. Eric Hafter, founder of Origami Solar, also participated in the panel discussion. #PVCellTech #Solar #USmanufacturing

Catch Jonathan Pickering at PV CellTech USA in San Francisco starting today! If you'd like to schedule a meeting, DM him directly in LinkedIn. #PVCellTech #Solar #SolarPV

A recent article by Vivian Lam in The Conversation US, concludes, "The recent developments toward high efficiency perovskite-silicon tandem cells indicate a bright future for solar power, ensuring solar continues to play a more prominent role in the global transition to renewable energy." Perovskite technology, mentioned in the article, is an example of the type of innovation that the solar industry needs to propel the energy transition. Solar wafers, like the high-efficiency EpiNex wafers from NexWafe, are the foundation for these new solar cell technologies. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4gOUJqQ #SolarPV #EnergyTransition #SolarManufacturing

Meet up with NexWafe VP of Biz Dev for North America Jonathan Pickering at PV CellTech USA next week! Send him a DM to book a meeting to discuss our high-efficiency, low-cost solar wafers. Learn more about the conference:https://lnkd.in/eXmK32Tt #PVCellTech #CleanEnergy #Solar

Check out CEO Davor Sutija's article, "Scaling the solar supply chain to 50GW annually: challenges and opportunities for US manufacturing," on page 16!

Today, we continue our series, "Meet the EPIteam: Faces Behind the Innovation!" by introducing Sandra Kotterer, our Continuous Improvement Process Engineer. 🎉 Learn more about what drives Sandra in her work, and discover the books she recommends as must-reads! 📚 Stay tuned to meet other amazing members of the EPIteam in upcoming posts! #EmployeeSpotlight #Solar #SolarPV

Solar Magazine, a Dutch publication, recently interviewed Frank Siebke, SVP of Strategic Business Development at NexWafe. Read the English translation of the article here: "NexWafe builds next-generation wafer fab for solar panels" The solar energy sector outside the Netherlands and Flanders has many pearls. This time, Solar Magazine talks to Frank Siebke, co-founder and head of Strategic Business Development of the German NexWafe. The company wants to set a new standard in the production of wafers – the carriers of solar cells for solar panels. Where do you come from? 'A spin-off from Fraunhofer ISE, NexWafe, developed a new, high throughput atmospheric chemical vapor process. In 2015, we decided to apply this to the production of wafers for solar cells. We saw great opportunities and developed the production technology that makes this possible.'' How does your technology work? 'In our EpiNex process, we go directly from gas to wafer, using a seed wafer substrate on which we deposit thin layers of materials, atom by atom. A new wafer then grows. It is then separated from the substrate, which we reuse, and then it is post-treated and ready for packaging.' Completely different from the traditional process of silicon wafer manufacturing…. 'The production of polysilicon, which is the basis for wafer production, uses many chemicals. The polysilicon is melted to extract blocks of silicon ingots. These are then trimmed, chipped and sawn into wafers, whereby about 30 percent of the material is lost. So we are talking about a chemical, energy-intensive process with a lot of waste.' You are countering this with a new method of wafer production. 'Solar energy is going to play a huge role in the green energy system we are building. The rollout is going incredibly fast, and a lot of capacity still needs to be added. You want to do that in the right way, generating solar power with responsible products that minimize the CO2 footprint. So the need for efficient, affordable and green solar energy technology is great. That is what we stand for.' View the article here: https://bit.ly/4ebN4AY hashtag#Solar hashtag#GreenEnergy

PV Tech Premium analyses the possible impact on a proposed tariff increase on wafers and polysilicon under Section 301 in the US. #solar