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PV Development Trends in Taiwan |
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In 2005, Taiwan's governmental Executive Yuan held the "Strategy Review Board" (SRB) meeting and made a conclusion that was to research and develop the country's renewable energy resources. Following this conclusion, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs also has set up the "National Strategy Renewable Energy Plan" from 2006 to 2011, which is being partly handled by Mr. Far-Wen Jih and his 27-member team at the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST). This team is focus on compound thin film solar PV technology, such as CuInxGa1-xSe2 (CIGS), GaAs, and InGaN. PIDA met up with Mr. Jih and asked him about the progress, so far, with the research project and also his feelings about Taiwan's PV industry in general.
"In Taiwan, total PV business revenue was over NT$20 billion in 2006. It will reach to NT$60 billion in 2010. The growth rate is significant." Mr. Jih talked about Taiwan's PV industry. "Besides Si-based solar PV, Taiwan has good potential in the development of flexible CIGS thin film solar cells as well as compound epitaxy PV technologies due to strong bases of LCD and LED industries," Mr. Jih explained. He continued, "One of our goals is, by 2009, to be able to build process technology of flexible CIGS solar cell with transfer efficiency 10-12%. If we can achieve that, there would be a cost reduction to $1.00 per watt of solar PV module."
For more detail please look at Optolink International Edition Q4, 2007 p.14-17.
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Taiwanese panel makers showcased
New Leading Technologies at FPD International 2007 |
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Leading the ongoing evolution of IT panels, Taiwanese panel makers introduces their innovations at the FPD International 2007 flat panel show in Yokohama.
AUO : Develops 0.69mm Thick 1.9-inch LCD Panel
AU Optronics Corp showcased its new leading LCD technologies and a suite of TFT-LCD products ranging from 1.9-inch to 65-inch. The AUO exhibit included in-cell multi-touch panel technologies, the world's thinnest mobile device panel, 5000:1 ultra-high static contrast ratio AMVA technology, larger than 42-inch Full HD 120Hz LCD TV panels, and a series of notebook PC panels with white LED backlight.
AUO's small/medium sized technology section unveiled panel designs to meet the market trends of human-interface and system integration. AUO demonstrated its two newly-launched 4.3-inch multi-touch panel technologies with in-cell design, which integrate touch function features into the TFT-LCD manufacturing process without adding an additional glass and thus, are able to retain a thickness of 2.2mm– thinner than conventional touch panel applications. AUO's other human-interface device technologies also were demonstrated, including a 7-inch 2D/3D dual-image car display, which is able to display both 2D and 3D images in different directions simultaneously. With this 2D/3D dual-image function, drivers could be restricted to watch only relevant information such as GPS navigation, while a front-seat passenger could play 3D games.
CMO:
Backlight Reproduces Vivid Colors w/ 2 Types of RGB LEDs
As a key trend setter in wide-screen LCDs and LED backlight panels, CMO took advantage of this opportunity to introduce a whole new line of upgraded wide-screen panels and notebook panels equipped with the newest LED backlight technology, while also exhibiting its 3D displays, a 20.1" ultra-large notebook panel, and many innovative products for use in medical and industrial applications. Aside from its energy-saving, light weight, and thin profile features, CMO's LED backlight notebook panels also offer high color saturation and high brightness. The 15.4" WXGA+ notebook computer panel offers fine 1440 x 900 resolution and white LED backlight, plus power savings and a light environmental footprint.
CMO introduced a 26" wide-screen 3D display showing 3D effects without the need for special glasses, and a wide viewing angle allows many people to watch at the same time. This display is ideal for indoor commercial electronic billboards, and can also be used in medical education, imaging, design, and entertainment applications. The same technology used in this display can also be used in other size displays meeting various market needs.
CPT:
22-inch widescreen monitor panel with DisplayPort
CPT first presented the global-leading DisplayPort direct drive 22" W panel and expects to meet an era of new display transmission technology. DisplayPort is the next generation transmission technology with the advantage of consolidating DVI and VGA interfaces.
CPT has successfully developed the world's first color sequential NB panel and achieved a high efficiency display without color filter. The color sequential NB panel adopts 4ms fast-response liquid crystal 3-in-1 RGB LEDs to successfully achieve the first two-mode NB display that is able to operate without backlight.
Also, CPT showed its industry-leading fully embedded touch panel. Current touch panel is an assembly of two individual parts say LCD module and touch panel. CPT integrates the touch panel manufacturing into LCD panel process to achieve fully touch-panel-embedded LCD module. The module thickness and weight are equivalent to the conventional LCD module. Therefore, notebooks can have the touch function without changing the mechanical design.
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Latest Solid State Lighting Technology Seminar |
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Because of technological breakthroughs in high brightness LED, it is expected that the applications of solid state lighting, for general lighting, will be more apparent and more quickly than previously thought. In fact, the U.S.A, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China have proposed solid state lighting projects and have started related research and development.
To enhance the industry's development, the Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) invited both Taiwanese and Japanese speakers to present speeches at the Latest Solid State Lighting Technology Seminar which was held on November, 8th. Some key LED suppliers and panel makers attended the conference, such as: Liteon, AUO, Chroma, Coretronic, Edison and GCC, etc.
The speakers were: Dr. Andrew J. Lin, Associate Vice President of Liteon Technology - one of Taiwan's leading LED manufacturers; Mr. Alex C.N. Sung, President of Guang Tech and Mr. Sumio Shimode, Senior Councilor and General Manager of LED, Custom Products & New Market Development Center of Matsushita Electric Works.
Mr. Sumio Shimode presented "The latest LED lighting technology and the up-to-date product development by Matsushita Electric Works". Matsushita's products can achieve brightness equaling a 60W light bulb and have 40,000 hours lifetime whilst only consuming 17W of electricity. Mr. Shimode pointed out that unlike the light bulb, the efficiency of LED light fixture will reduce to 50% compared to original LED lamp.
Dr. Andrew J. Lin gave a speech on the "Current states and the future development of SSL". He indicated a timetable for SSL. 2006-2007 will be the period of promotion of street lighting. From 2007 to 2010, will be the commercialization period for both street lighting and general lighting. During this time, the industry will grow fast. Dr. Lin quoted the HB LED market forecast from Strategies Unlimited that the market size in sign and display backlight applications would increase 3.3 times to US$3 billion in 2010, compared with 2007, and that illumination applications would grow to US$8.76 million.
Mr. Alex C.N. Sung introduced "The Japanese SSL inspection regulation". He noted that Japan was the first country to establish SSL inspection regulations (in 2004) and then further modified in 2006. He suggested that commercialized LED lighting should have lifetime of 40,000 hours. |
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