Optical
An agreement between three major
companies, two investment funds, and a spin-off company from the Uppsala
University Angstrom Solar Centre will be the launch pad for the new
development.
Angstrom claims the current world record in efficiency for solar cell
modules produced using thin-film technology - 16.6%. This is just as high as
the best solar cell modules now in use for producing electricity in
large-scale demonstration programmes in Japan and Germany. Thin-film
technology promises considerably cheaper production costs than today's solar
cell technology.
The name of the new company will be Solibro to be located in Uppsala. The
companies investing in Solibro are ABB, Sydkraft and Vattenfall. The
investment funds are the 6th AP Fund and Norway's Energy Future Invest.
Solibro will first focus on upgrading laboratory methods from university
research to full-scale, internationally competitive production technology.
This should take two or three years. This developmental work is being
co-financed by the Swedish Energy Authority.
Angstrom was founded in 1996 and will run through to 2004. Two further
fields of technology represented at the centre are smart windows that can
change their opacity and nano-structured solar cells. Smart windows are in
the initial phases of commercial development.
Rikei began marketing in Japan the VL-1550 series of uncoded VCSEL (vertical
cavity surface emitting laser) diode chips made by Vertilas of Germany. The
devices emit light at wavelengths around 1550nm. The components are designed
for a variety of Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and CWDM (coarse
wavelength division multiplexing) transceiver modules and systems. Rikei
plans to ship 100 units in FY2003 and increase sales to 500 units in FY2004
and 10,000 units in FY2005.
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