Solar

“Solar is a key strategic investment that can help combat energy poverty to create economic growth and help fight climate change,” said Matt Petersen, President … Germany is top in solar energyRead more

Calif.-based Solarmer Energy has achieved nearly 8 percent efficiency of its plastic solar panels, certified by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. … 8 percent efficient plastic solar panelsRead more

Using what they call the world’s first 3-D solar panel system, scientists in the US have created photovoltaic cells that work underground. The breakthrough is … Optical fibres for solar powerRead more

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) of Germany achieved an energy conversion efficiency of 23.4% with a single-crystal silicon solar cell made by forming … 23.4% Efficiency With N-type Solar CellRead more

Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit “nanostructure films” on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings … Improving solar cells using “nanostructure films”Read more

1366 Technologies, manufacturers of silicon photovoltaics, have announced two technologies for multi-crystalline silicon solar cells, which can easily be integrated into existing manufacturing lines to … More improved crystalline solar cellsRead more

Mitsubishi Electric Corp has announced ten models of photovoltaic (PV) modules — five for the European market and five for North America and Asia. The … High-Output Solar Panels from Mitsubishi ElectricRead more

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have made a new kind of solar cell by growing an array of upright nanoscale pillars on aluminum … Cheaper solar cells: Nanopillar Solar CellsRead more

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