There are only four companies that manufacture polysilicon, a critical material for solar panels and semiconductors, in the United States. This spring, one of them got a big influx of cash. In April, ...

SunEdison’s high pressure fluidized bed reactor (HP-FBR) process produces high-purity polysilicon using 90% less energy than the dominant Siemens method. The company plans to ramp the plant to 13,500 ...

Munich-based Wacker announced it intends to set up a new production line for semiconductor-grade polysilicon at its facility in Burghausen, Germany. The €300 million ($324.4 million) investment would ...

Highland Materials’ CEO, Richard Rast, believes improvements to how polysilicon is made open up opportunities for competition. Image: Highland Materials. When looking into innovation in the solar ...

According to market researcher DisplaySearch, the flat-panel display (FPD) market is about to explode. Growth rates for active-matrix LCDs (AMLCDs) should reach 35% over the next five years, while ...

China is a leader in the manufacture of polysilicon — the basic material that goes into making solar panels. China has cracked the code for how to make high quality, cheap polysilicon. You've probably ...

In April, US polysilicon producer Highland Materials secured US$256 million in tax credits to build a new polysilicon factory in north-east Tennessee-the first greenfield polysilicon plant to be ...

LDK Solar Co., a Chinese solar-panel maker that restructured its offshore debt in December, completed a reengineering process for its polysilicon plant in Jiangxi province to cut production costs. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SURGOINSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A manufacturer with a new, cleaner way of making polysilicon for solar panels has won a $255.6 ...

Driven by n-type solar cell adoption, utility-scale photovoltaics, and ultra-high purity semiconductor applications, polysilicon demand surges across renewable energy and advanced electronics value ...

An innovative design by Motorola's Sensor Products Division in Tempe, Ariz., optimally integrates a surface-micromachined capacitive automotive tire-pressure sensor with a 0.8-µm CMOS double-metal, ...