We use cookies to improve your experience and for marketing. Read our cookie policy Manage cookies
Search across reports, market insights, and blog stories.
NAED Energy Holding, headquartered in Miami, reported that its PV-1 PECVD-V platform for solar cell production achieves a rated throughput of 96,000 wafers per hour, twice the 48,000 wafers per hour delivered by the company’s earlier XL-class equipment. The vertical in-line deposition system integrates plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition onto one shared-carrier line.
Wafers are conveyed in an upright position through every stage, and rather than flipping each wafer individually, the whole carrier is raised and rotated 180 degrees to expose the second side, a design NAED says minimizes direct wafer handling between process steps. The line is built to manufacture the company’s T2X two-terminal perovskite/heterojunction tandem cell, which carries a 30% cell efficiency target, and NAED intends to offer the cells for both terrestrial and space use together with glass-glass modules beginning at 600 W.
Of the line’s 13 process tools, six are finished while the other seven remain in production, according to the company. NAED stated that it engineers the tools internally, machines them at its own US facility, and is currently accepting reservations from manufacturers for production tool slots.
Malcom Longair, who leads media and development at NAED, said that adopting a vertical orientation enabled the company to double throughput and to design the line around tandem cells from the start instead of adapting tandem capability onto a platform built for another purpose.
NAED characterized the 96,000 wafers-per-hour number as a rated throughput and the 30% figure as a target efficiency, noting that complete specifications and measured station test data are available to qualified manufacturers upon request. The announcement leaves out wafer size, yield and uptime, and does not identify customers, investors, executives or where the production facility is located.
According to the company, pending US patent applications cover the line, the carrier-turning mechanism, the wafer-retention carrier and the T2X cell. NAED also said its intellectual property was appraised at $179 million using an ASC 820 Level 3 fair-value methodology, an accounting standard that relies on unobservable inputs such as management assumptions. The appraiser was not named.
NAED presents itself as an aerospace, engineering and utility-energy firm with operations across South Florida, New York and Nevada, plus a presence in Indonesia.
Laboratory results for perovskite-silicon tandem cells have already moved past NAED’s target. Longi established a world record of 35.5% efficiency for such a cell in July. In the US, Tandem PV started commercial perovskite-silicon manufacturing in California in April and has since unveiled a demonstration module with 30.4% efficiency.
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the Perovskite Solar Cells market in United States, including market size, structure, key trends, and forecast. The study highlights demand drivers, supply constraints, and the competitive landscape across the value chain.
Tell us where to send the sample and whether you want this report customized.
Thank you. Our team will review your request and reply to your business email.
Our team will review your request and route it to support@indexbox.io.
IndexBox, Inc.
2093 Philadelphia Pike #1441
Claymont, DE 19703, USA
Contact us
© 2026 IndexBox, Inc
Instant access. No credit card needed.
Online access to 2M+ reports, dashboards, and tables. Trusted by Fortune 500 teams.
Free Data: Solar Cells and Light-Emitting Diodes — United States
Instant access. No credit card needed.

source