During a visit to Tunisia by Eric Besson, French minister of industry, energy and the digital economy, the CEA and Soitec, a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials, signed with the Tunisian national electricity and gas company (STEG) a statement of intent to set up a demonstration unit combining Soitec’s Concentrix™ concentrating [...]
SANYO has announce the completion of the solar power plant in Torre Santa Susanna, southeast Italy, the world’s largest tracking project utilizing SANYO’s high-efficiency high-output HIT®* solar modules. The solar power plant project was originally started by a consortium led by Deutsche Bank’s Asset Finance and Leasing Renewable Energy Division. In December, 2010, construction of [...]
Record efficiency of 18.7% for flexible CIGS solar cells on plastics Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have further boosted the energy conversion efficiency of flexible solar cells made of copper indium gallium (di)selenide (also known as CIGS) to a new world record of 18.7% – a significant improvement [...]
ARVADA, COLO.—GE announced that a full-size, thin film solar panel developed by the company has been independently certified as the most efficient ever publicly reported milestone for the technology.
 U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced a major victory for a partnership between SEMATECH and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at UAlbany, along with the University of Central Florida., as they secured a $57.5 million federal grant that will provide a major boost to the U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC).
TOKYO. -Solar Frontier announced this month that it has achieved 17.2% aperture area efficiency on a 30x30cm CIS-based photovoltaic submodule, according to in-house measurements.
Studies done by Mark Lusk and colleagues at the Colorado School of Mines could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells. Their latest work describes how the size of light-absorbing particles — quantum dots — affects the particles’ ability to transfer energy to electrons to generate electricity.
HyperSolar Announces Initial Breakthrough Design to Dramatically Increase the Power Output of Solar Cell Company Models Show Magnification of 300% HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a new technology to magnify the power of the Sun to significantly increase the power output of solar cells, today announced that new design models show potential magnification of 300%.
Canadians could one day power their homes affordably with solar power, thanks in part to a Government of Canada investment of $1,751,000. Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orleans, Royal Galipeau, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, has unveiled and powered on the “solar tracker” – a new highly [...]
Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement today detailing the benefits of Nanofluid additives for the Tri-Brid Solar Generator. Nanofluid applications have the potential to increase solar thermal efficiency by approximately 10% with no redesign needed. New manufacturing techniques for 30 nm graphite spheres make this technology economically feasible for Kalahari’s products. Using Nanofluids as a [...]
Are inverters PV’s Achilles Heel? The organizers of the Utility Scale PV Yield Optimization Conference & Expo, gained exclusive access with Michael Levi, Senior Director Worldwide Marketing from Satcon to talk about the inverter market for utility solar projects, how they are positioning themselves in a competitive market and how reliable are these key components. [...]
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual) announced the completion of a $2.4 million solar construction project at its headquarters in Springfield, Mass., reaffirming its commitment to increasing earth-friendly “green†standards in its operations by reducing its environmental impact and improving sustainability. “By installing more than 600 solar panels on the roof of our headquarters, MassMutual has [...]
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