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Dying for solar power
Researchers at the University of Turku believe that flexible, lightweight and inexpensive dyes could be used to harvest the power of the sun rather than our relying on costly and fragile semiconductor solar panel that use crystalline silicon. Writing in the International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management this month, Jongyun Moon and colleagues Aulis Tuominen and Arho Suominen, explain ...
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Nanotechnology cuts costs and improves efficiency of photovoltaic cells
Researchers have summarised the most effective ways that nanostructures can improve the efficiency and lower costs of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells in a recent analysis. Sculpting ultra-thin solar cell surfaces at the nano-scale has been found to effectively boost their efficiency. Making solar cells ultra-thin reduces their material costs, but often at the expense of their efficiency. These ...
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Alfa Chemistry Materials Launches High Quality Perovskite Materials for Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Research
In a recent statement, Alfa Chemistry Materials announces to have launched a comprehensive line of high quality perovskite materials, which emerged as the most promising and efficient low-cost energy materials in various optoelectronic and photovoltaic researches and are currently in urgent demand. Ever since the Russian scientist Gustav Rose found perovskite, a mineral composed of calcium ...
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Solar Panel Systems for Homes to Reduce Utility Bills and Improving Environment
The solar panel for your home is one of the greatest options for everyone including homes and families of all sizes. Millions of Americans can now take the advantage of affordable solar panel system to reap the benefits of the free and endless fuel in the form of sun energy. The research in solar power generation has been going on for a long time. It has been a long and arduous journey and only ...
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Matexcel Updated Its Photovoltaic Product Analysis Service for Research Use
Matexcel, a biotechnology company in material science, recently updated its Photovoltaic Product Analysis Service to assist scientists and researchers better with their projects. Products that use solar cells to transform light energy into electrical energy are referred to as photovoltaic products. In a broad sense, photovoltaic products refer to items like solar street lights, traffic lights, ...
By Matexcel
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GS Battery (USA) Inc.: ECO R® Designed Into Suniva`s Balance of System Solutions (BOSS)
GS Battery (USA) Inc. today announced it has begun to supply its ECO R model SLC 70-4 and SLX246-12 batteries for use in Suniva's Balance of System Solutions (BOSS). Co-Branded with the Suniva and GS Battery logo, these high capacity batteries provide long life and superior cycling capability supported by many years of experience in Japan. This collaboration allows Suniva and GS Battery to ...
By Suniva, Inc.
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Trump administration disputes claim solar tariffs led to slower job growth and investment
The Trump administration’s tariffs on solar cells has blunted the growth in jobs, investment and generating capacity, according to a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The analysis calculated that the industry has forgone 62,000 jobs, $19 billion in lost investment and missed building 10.5 gigawatts of new capacity. The SEIA report was released in advance of a ...
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FERC Proposes IBR Standards, Registration to Improve Grid Reliability
FERC took several actions on Nov 17 focused on inverter-based resources (IBRs), including proposing that new mandatory standards be developed to enhance the reliability of the bulk electric system. IBRs are solar photovoltaic, wind, fuel cell and battery storage resources that use power electronic devices to change direct current power, produced by generators, to alternating current power, to be ...
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Natcore Makes Major Advancements In Black Silicon, Discovers Compelling New Application
Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) has made major strides in advancing its black silicon solar cells to commercial levels of efficiency and, as part of its development process, has discovered that its technology could finally provide the industry with a low-cost selective emitter application.Natcore's initial black silicon solar cells, the first full-size black silicon cells produced ...
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High-power, self-cleaning solar panels
There are two obvious problems with photovoltaic cells, solar panels. First, they are very shiny and so a lot of the incident sunlight is simply reflected back into the sky rather than being converted into electricity. Secondly, they get dirty with dust and debris caught on the wind and residues left behind by rain and birds. Now, research published in the International Journal of ...
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Solar Energy Market Projected to Reach USD 200 billion by 2026
According to the report, The global solar energy market in 2019 was above USD 50 billion. The market is expected to grow around a CAGR of 20% and is anticipated to reach over USD 200 billion by 2026. A radiant energy generated by the sun is solar energy, harnessed by the use of various technologies such as photovoltaic cells, solar heating, solar architecture, solar thermal energy and others. It ...
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Suniva Named 2012 Cool Vendor in Solar Energy
Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that it has been recognized by Gartner as a 2012 Cool Vendor in Solar Energy. The Gartner Cool Vendors in Solar Energy 2012 report highlights four vendors whose innovations could have a disruptive impact on the PV solar industry by dramatically ...
By Suniva, Inc.
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Applied Materials Sets Industry Record - Ships 2,000th Wire Saw for Solar Manufacturing
SHANGHAI, China, February 22, 2011 - Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that its Precision Wafering Systems division has set an industry record, shipping its 2,000th wire saw system. These saws are the preferred choice of major solar manufacturers worldwide for cutting silicon ingots into wafers to fabricate solar photovoltaic (PV) cells. Half of these shipments were for the world-class ...
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Suniva Powers 1 MW Solar Farm at Chattanooga Airport
Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that it is powering a 1 megawatt (MW) solar farm at the Chattanooga Airport. Implemented by Inman Solar, the 1 MW installation is the first phase of a 3MW project by the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority (CMAA), designed to reduce ...
By Suniva, Inc.
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NREL scientists report first solar cell producing more electrons in photocurrent than solar photons entering cell
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have reported the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external quantum efficiency greater than 100 percent when photoexcited with photons from the high energy region of the solar spectrum. The external quantum efficiency for photocurrent, usually expressed as a ...
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China Sunergy Files Its Annual Report on Form 20-F
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN) ("China Sunergy" or "The Company"), a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, today announced that its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010, has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its 2010 audited financial statements. The annual report on Form 20-F can be accessed via the investor relations ...
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Suniva’s Chief Marketing Officer Participates in U.S.-Japan Renewable Energy Roundtable
Bryan Ashley, chief marketing officer of Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, was invited to participate in the recent U.S.-Japan Renewable Energy Policy Business Roundtable in Tokyo. Ashley, who was recently reappointed by the U.S. Commerce Secretary to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee, was one of 15 ...
By Suniva, Inc.
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Fluor Completes Polysilicon Plant in China for LDK Solar
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it has completed construction for LDK Solar’s (NYSE: LDK) polysilicon plant in Xinyu City, China, one of the largest such production facility in the world. Fluor provided engineering, procurement and construction management services for the plant, which produces solar-grade silicon for the photovoltaic ...
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NREL’s multi-junction solar cells teach scientists how to turn plants into powerhouses
Plants can overcome their evolutionary legacies to become much better at using biological photosynthesis to produce energy, the kind of energy that can power vehicles in the near future, an all-star collection of biologists, physicists, photochemists, and solar scientists has found. A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) workshop that drew a prestigious collection of 18 scientists to compare the ...
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Suniva Powers Largest Utility Scale Solar Installation in Tennessee
Suniva, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, today announced that the 5 MW West Tennessee Solar Farm in Haywood County is Powered by Suniva™. Designed and built by Signal Energy, and managed by the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF), the West Tennessee Solar Farm is the largest ...
By Suniva, Inc.
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