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Solar power `taking off in Bangladesh`
Bangladesh has doubled the number of homes with solar-powered electricity systems to 800,000 over the last year, with demand is still growing. "You can call it a green revolution, since our combined efforts are helping [to] light remote villages and reduce carbon emissions," said Abser Kamal, chief executive officer of Grameen Shakti, an organisation that promotes the use of renewable energy. ...
By SciDev.Net
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Tempress receives large n-type Solar order for boron diffusion furnaces
The company has received a large purchase order from a Tier 1 Solar cell manufacturer for boron diffusion furnaces. The Tempress BBr3 system combines high quality in Solar cell output with high system throughput. This results in the lowest cost of ownership for our customers, according to Jeroen van Hapert, Business Director at Tempress. The third generation of Tempress’ BBr3 systems uses ...
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Millions in support of new Swedish environment projects
The Board of Directors of the research programme ProEnviro has decided to finance four new projects for small- and medium-sized enterprises. All four projects focus on environmentally-adapted product development. The first project is expected to start in February, 2009. Four companies will share 13 million Swedish Crowns (see below). “The projects address everything for optimizing solar cells ...
By Mistra
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NREL Discovery Creates Future Opportunity in Quantum Computing
Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered a use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of the hybrid organic-inorganic material. Considerable research at NREL and elsewhere has been conducted into the use of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites as a solar cell. Perovskite systems have been shown to be highly efficient at ...
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New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce Partners with SunPower to Offer Discounts on Residential and Commercial Solar Systems
The New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce (NMGCC) announced today that it has partnered with SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, panels and systems, to offer rebates to all regular chamber members on purchases of new SunPower solar systems for their homes and businesses. "Partnering with SunPower to offer these incentives makes it easy and ...
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ABB automates solar cell chemical technology
The expansion will enable Evonik to triple production of ultra-pure chlorosilanes, raw material in the production of photovoltaic (PV) silicon. PV silicon is the substance from which solar-grade silicon wafers are made, which are the key components in solar cells and solar power systems. Evonik is the world’s leading supplier of ultra-pure chlorosilanes, and the only company to operate dedicated ...
By ABB
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Sun-tracking device wins student prize
A team of five students who designed a system that could allow solar power panels to track the sun without motors or control systems won top honors Thursday -- and a check for $10,000 -- in the finals of a competition aimed at developing innovative energy technologies. This was the second annual MADMEC -- which stands for Making And Designing Materials Engineering Contest -- and it offered ...
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DelSolar Co., Ltd. Advances Solar Cell Production Capabilities Using Despatch`s Environmentally Friendly DriTech(TM) Dryer
Despatch Industries, a leading technology and equipment provider for the solar industry, and DelSolar Co., Ltd, a company dedicated to the research, development and production of high-quality solar cells, modules and PV systems, are pleased to announce that DelSolar will be upgrading one of their high-volume solar cell production lines with Despatch's new, patent-pending DriTech? dryer. The new ...
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New Alternative Energy Solutions and Pheromone Ingredients Available from Alfa Chemistry
Alfa Chemistry, a leading chemical supplier, has recently announced the expansion of its product line to new alternative energy solutions and pheromone ingredients. The newly added products include deuterated materials, liquid crystal (LC) materials, and pheromone ingredients. These products are designed to meet the growing demands of the scientific community in various industries, including ...
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Solar Panel for Home Use Can Add Up To Significant Totals In A Nation
The solar panel for home as a source of energy has long been the dream of the fuel and energy industry. The fossil fuels, hydroelectric energy and wind energies can be tapped only so much and still have a long way to go. The most promising is the solar energy which drives all life on earth itself. Though man must have forgotten how to harness the solar energy for his own body use, he is only now ...
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Soitec Announces Industry´s First Four-Junction Solar Cell for Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems, Entering Industry´s Roadmap at World-Class Level with 43.6% Efficiency
Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, announced today the industry's first four-junction solar cell device, which works under concentrated sunlight, putting the company on the solar-energy industry's technology roadmap at a world-class level of an outstanding 43.6 percent efficiency. ...
By Soitec
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MIT team wins Clean Energy Prize for solving solar’s shade problem
Original story at MIT News An MIT team whose integrated chip restores lost power to partially shaded solar panels — achieving double the energy capture improvement of similar technologies — won big on Monday night at the seventh annual MIT Clean Energy Prize (CEP) competition. Equipped with a promising business plan and a snappy catchphrase — “shade happens” ...
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Mass Customisation for solar integration in infrastucture
Solar energy everywhere. Producing tailor-made products on a large scale and affordably, this is the future of solar energy. New ways to integrate solar panels so that they are invisible or, on the contrary, become an aesthetic part of a suitable surface. Infrastructural works like noise barriers along motorways offer large areas and plenty opportunities to integrate thin-film solar cells, ...
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SunPower to Present at UBS Global Technology Conference in New York City
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that Bob Okunksi, SunPower senior director, investor relations, will speak at the UBS Global Technology Conference on Nov.15 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The event is being held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York Cityand will be webcast live ...
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SunPower CEO, Tom Werner, to Speak at Deutsche Bank 2011 Technology Conference in Las Vegas, NV
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its CEO, Tom Werner, will speak at the Deutsche Bank 2011 Technology Conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 2:10 p.m. PDT. The event is being held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., and Werner's talk will be webcast live ...
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SunPower Appoints Lisa Bodensteiner Executive Vice President and General Counsel
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced today that energy veteran Lisa Bodensteiner has been named SunPower's executive vice president and general counsel. She will lead the company's global legal organization effective June 25. Bodensteiner comes to SunPower from First Solar where she ...
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SunPower Announces World-Record Efficiency Solar Cell Now in Commercial Production
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems today announced that its third generation SunPower® Maxeon™ solar cell (Maxeon) is now in commercial production. This world-record efficiency solar cell delivers sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of up to 24 percent. SunPower's new Maxeon ...
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SunPower Launches Solar Energy Monitoring Application for Android-powered Smartphones
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), a manufacturer of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced the addition of a new solar energy monitoring application for Android™-powered smartphones to its SunPower Monitoring System portfolio. SunPower Monitoring, which includes mobile device applications and a web-based ...
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SunPower Appoints Charles D. Boynton Chief Financial Officer
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced today that Charles (Chuck) D. Boynton has been named SunPower's new executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). He will lead the company's global finance, planning and accounting organizations. Boynton joined SunPower in June of ...
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SunPower Solar Panels Featured on ABC`s
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that its high-efficiency solar panels were installed on the Jusst Sooup Ranch that will be featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition two-hour special on Friday, November 18. The 25-kilowatt solar system is expected to generate a substantial ...
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