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NREL launches partnership with Solarmer Energy to extend lifetime of plastic solar cells
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Solarmer Energy, Inc., have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to collaborate on improving the lifetime of plastic solar cells, a promising new solar conversion technology. The joint research covered by the CRADA will explore the lifetime and stability of the organic ...
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BioSolar Hailed by Renewable Energy Focus as One of 10 “Companies To Watch” in the Solar Space
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB:BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, was touted in “Movers and Shakers: 10 Companies To Watch In The Solar Space,” an October 20th feature article in Renewable Energy Focus, a well-known trade publication that ...
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BioSolar Successfully Completes Reverse Stock Split
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company successfully completed a 1 for 30 reverse stock split. With shares now trading at a higher price, the company has achieved an important first step ...
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BioSolar’s BioBacksheet Selected by Solar PV Panel Manufacturers Targeting Government Sales
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, reported that the company is collaborating with multiple PV panel manufacturers to introduce PV panels incorporating BioBacksheet at the upcoming GovGreen Conference. The GovGreen ...
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BioSolar Launches BioBacksheet Volume Sampling Program
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, reported that the company recently launched a volume sampling program intended to shorten the preparation time for PV panel manufacturers prior to submitting their PV panels for ...
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Australian elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific academy. Dr Rizzardo’s name is recorded on a roll-call of some of the world’s most distinguished scientists including Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawking. The main criterion for election as a Fellow is scientific excellence. In 2010 there were more than 600 candidates nominated for election to 44 ...
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BioSolar Pursuing Opportunity to Capture Larger Market Share
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB:BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company intends to pursue an opportunity to capture a larger than previously expected market share. By teaming with additional strategic partners, the ...
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Bright future for British solar
Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge’s commercialisation office, and the Carbon Trust today announced the launch of Eight19 Limited, a new solar energy company which will develop and manufacture high performance, lower cost plastic solar cells for high-growth volume markets. Spun-out from the Carbon Trust’s Cambridge University-TTP Advanced Photovoltaic Research ...
By Carbon Trust
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BioSolar Ready to Begin Shipping BioBacksheet
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today announced that it has completed all technical UL certifications necessary to begin shipping BioBacksheet to solar manufacturers. Dr. David Lee commented, “I am pleased to ...
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BioSolar Backed Solar Panels Debut at GovGreen Conference
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company will present BioBacksheet integrated PV panels at the GovGreen Conference held in Washington DC later this week. The panels were produced by four ...
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BioSolar’s Breakthrough BioBacksheet Approved for Commercial Sales
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company received the long awaited provisional Relative Thermal Index (RTI) recognition from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) for its BioBacksheet. RTI is ...
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BioSolar Begins Development of EcoBacksheet™
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of breakthrough products and materials that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today announced that it has commenced development of EcoBacksheet, the company’s second backsheet product. EcoBacksheet will be designed to be both environmentally friendly and lower cost in order to capture a significant ...
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BioSolar Reports Sales Progress with Large Solar Manufacturers
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that it has made considerable sales progress with large solar manufacturers. One of the company’s customers is preparing a batch of solar panels with integrated ...
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BioSolar Receives First Commercial Order
BioSolar, Inc. (OTC: BSRC), developer of breakthrough products and materials that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today announced that it has received its first commercial BioBacksheet order. The first shipment of BioBacksheet will be used for the manufacture of specialty PV panels for electric utility vehicles with anticipated further shipments to be used by military and ...
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BioSolar Enters into Agreement to Supply Asian PV Manufacturers Targeting the North American Solar Market
BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules, today reported that the company has recently entered into a sales rep agreement with ShinHa, Inc, a Korean firm representing large Asian PV panel manufacturers targeting the ...
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Solar Paint and Other Solar Surprises
Solar paint - just paint it on your wall, car, boat - and you can start generating electricity. Chemical engineer Cyrus Wadia says, 'Today this is science fiction; but everything we do is moving us toward that. A doctoral student with UC Berkeley's interdisciplinary Energy and Resources Group, Wadia came back to school after six years in business. He spends long hours in the lab 'synthesizing ...
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Efficiency record of 17.6% on flexible CIGS solar cell on plastic developed at EMPA
Flexible thin film solar cells on polymer film with a new record efficiency of 17.6% have been developed by the scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology (EMPA). The conversion efficiency record has been independently certified by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany. Scientists under the leadership of Dr. Ayodhya N. ...
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Nanopillars promise cheap, efficient, flexible solar cells
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar cells from low-cost and flexible materials. The new design grows optically active semiconductors in arrays of nanoscale pillars, each a single crystal, with dimensions measured in billionths of a meter. “To take ...
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The Future of Solar Power
When you think of renewable energies, what do you think of? Hydro power? Wind energy? In fact, they have proven to be the most popular in recent years. Hydro power in its current form is the cheapest of the renewable energies. Wind power is the fastest growing. However, there is a renewable energy that is far more versatile and has the potential to achieve a higher ROI than the ones mentioned ...
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