Applied Materials, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Solarcity Corporation

Nicholas G J De Vries

John M White

Soo Young Choi

Jack Raymond West

Eric Andrew Englhardt

Tae Kyung Won

Brian Edward Atchley

David Tanner

Robert Z Bachrach

Bobby Yang

Shuran Sheng

Danny Cam Toan Lu

Jeffrey S Sullivan

Yacov Elgar

Asaf Schlezinger

Stephen P Murphy

James Craig Hunter

Charles Gay

Liwei Li

Penchala N Kankanala

Fang Mei

Yong-Kee Chae

Parris Hawkins

Michel Ranjit Frei

Tzay-Fa (Jeff) Su

Michael Baute

Teresa Trowbridge

Choi (Gene) Ho

Wing Hoo (Hendrick) Lo

Srujal (Steve) Patel

David Miljkovic

Matthew J B Saunders

Brice Walker

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for controlling one or more assemblies of an energy generation system. The method may include selecting at least a portion of the one or more assemblies, transmitting at least one control signal associated with the selected at least a portion of the one or more assemblies, receiving the control signal at a communication module of the one or more assemblies, and modifying an operational parameter of the one or more assemblies responsive to the received control signal to avoid contact between the one or more assemblies and livestock. The operational parameter may be associated with a position of the at least a portion of the one or more assemblies relative to a ground surface. The operational parameter may additionally or alternatively be a range of angle of the at least a portion of the one or more assemblies.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for controlling one or more assemblies of an energy generation system

One embodiment can provide a non-flat photovoltaic roof tile. The non-flat photovoltaic roof tile can include a transparent front cover, a back cover, and a plurality of Si-based photovoltaic structures. The transparent front cover can include a first side and a second side, with the first side comprising at least one non-flat portion and the second side comprising a plurality of flat facets. The flat facets are arranged to follow the contour of the at least one non-flat portion. A respective Si-based photovoltaic structure is positioned between a flat facet of the transparent front cover and the back cover.

Non-flat solar roof tiles

Photovoltaic modules are constructed having separate positive and negative junction boxes positioned at the corners of each photovoltaic module. A photovoltaic array assembled from these photovoltaic modules can be aligned such that the positive and negative junction boxes connect in an arrangement that minimizes the amount of wire needed to install the photovoltaic array. The arrangement of photovoltaic modules connecting the positive and negative junction boxes on adjacent photovoltaic modules leads to successive rows of photovoltaic modules in the photovoltaic array are oriented in opposing directions.

Photovoltaic modules with corner junction boxes and array of the same

The present invention generally relates to a system that can be used to form a photovoltaic device, or solar cell, using processing modules that are adapted to perform one or more steps in the solar cell formation process. The automated solar cell fab is generally an arrangement of automated processing modules and automation equipment that is used to form solar cell devices. The automated solar fab will thus generally comprise a substrate receiving module that is adapted to receive a substrate, one or more absorbing layer deposition cluster tools having at least one processing chamber that is adapted to deposit a silicon-containing layer on a surface of the substrate, one or more back contact deposition chambers, one or more material removal chambers, a solar cell encapsulation device, an autoclave module, an automated junction box attaching module, and one or more quality assurance modules that are adapted to test and qualify the completely formed solar cell device.

Automated integrated solar cell production line composed of a plurality of automated modules and tools including an autoclave for curing solar devices that have been laminated

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Alameda, CA, United States of America

Nicholas G J De Vries