solar panel technology News
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Turnkey PV panel manufacturing lines
Teknisolar is offering Turnkey lines in collaboration with partners that supply equipment MADE IN EUROPE. Quality of equipment is often sacrificed for a lower initial price. Solar panel manufacturers, however, must evaluate the high long-term operating costs (OPEX) and the losses to profit that may result when low-quality equipment is used in production lines. Teknisolar is committed to supply of ...
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New solar panel technology stylish and sustainable
The new cell technology combines nanoparticles and organic dyes that can be produced in any number of colors and designs. The key component of the new modules is an organic dye which in combination with nanoparticles converts sunlight into electricity. Due to the small size of the nanoparticles, the modules are semi-transparent. This aspect makes them well suited for façade integration. The ...
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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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Great innovation potential of solar heating and cooling confirmed
The European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling issues a new document on the potential for technological development in solar heating and cooling until 2050. The “Strategic Research Priorities” identify huge opportunities offered by the technological development of solar heating and cooling and the need for a significant increase in R&D activities and budgets to ...
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SunPower Corporation and Toshiba Extend Long-Standing Partnership through 2018
SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced that is has extended its long-standing partnership with Toshiba through 2018. Toshiba has sold SunPower Corporation's world leading technology solar panels since 2010, making Toshiba the efficiency leader in the Japanese residential market. Under the terms of the master supply agreement, SunPower will provide more than 100 megawatts of its ...
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Markets for Inorganic and Organic Thin-Film PV Encapsulation - 2012
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Markets for Inorganic and Organic Thin-Film PV Encapsulation - 2012 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01010662/Markets-for-Inorganic-and-Organic-Thin-Film-PV-Encapsulation---2012.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Glass_Manufacturing SUMMARY Thin-film, DSC and organic PV are ...
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China’s low-cost solar panels dominant, but U.S. technology shines brightly
The recent high-profile implosion of Solyndra, the solar manufacturer based in Fremont, Calif., can be traced to sprawling cities in China, where low-cost manufacturers have come to dominate the global industry by pushing down the price of solar panels to a point where most U.S. companies can’t compete. China now claims three-fifths of the world’s solar-panel production capacity. ...
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MIT’s solar plant is delivering on its promises
Original story at MIT News More than 600 acres of solar panels have been successfully installed and connected on land in North Carolina and are delivering their power into the nation’s grid, thanks to a power purchase agreement (PPA) with MIT and two other Boston-based organizations. The installation will not only offset a substantial portion of the Institute’s greenhouse gas ...
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Researchers to test a solar farm at sea
The sun shines just as much out at sea as it does on land. There are also no restrictions on area use and seawater even helps to cool the solar panel technology. It’s only a matter of time before the first floating solar energy farms are installed at sea. A floating solar farm: This model is equipped with sensors that gather wave information and data on both the movement of, and ...
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Unicorn Intelligent Water-Free Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
Unicorn is a revolution in water-free solar panel cleaning technology, which not only provided you the flexibility to choose the cleaning frequency based on your need, but also differentiates dust from bird droppings or panel breakage. It is selfcleaning, self-powered providing high reliability of cleaning thereby ensuring improved efficiency. It is suited for both roof top and ground mount ...
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Unicorn Intelligent Water-Free Solar Panel Cleaning Robot
Unicorn is a revolution in water-free solar panel cleaning technology, which not only provided you the flexibility to choose the cleaning frequency based on your need, but also differentiates dust from bird droppings or panel breakage. It is selfcleaning, self-powered providing high reliability of cleaning thereby ensuring improved efficiency. It is suited for both roof top and ground mount farms ...
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Ascent Solar Announces Winners of Innovative Design Competition
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of lightweight flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today the winners of its company sponsored Innovative Design Competition. The winning team of students from Boston University, whose team developed a portable solar powered water purification system, won first place as well as the Grand ...
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Solar Heating and Cooling Research & Innovation Roadmap available for public consultation
Solar thermal industry stakeholders are given the opportunity to review the Solar Heating and Cooling Research & Innovation Roadmap developed by the experts of the European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC‑Platform). The solar thermal technology panel of the RHC-Platform developed a Solar Heating and Cooling Research & Innovation Roadmap. This document, which is ...
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Buy Solar Panels For Home Contributing To Cleaner Greener Environment
The people can buy solar panels for home applications whether they have separate homes or living in a condo. The latest solar panel system technology allows customers to install these panels in more ways than one. However, homeowners renovating their homes can increase their resale values greatly by having solar panel system installed in their new roofs. This will bring down the costs of ...
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Solar energy can lower power bills
Solar power does not need to be subsidized becau:e :he technology behind it is mature enough to compete with other power generation technologies, the top official of a solar power company told ANC. Lean Leviste, the founder and CEO of Solar Philippines told ANC, going solar could also lower power costs for consumer:. He said his company's P2.99 per kilowatt-hour bid to provide power to Meralco, ...
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ITRI Won Solar Industry Awards 2011
The Angel Business Communication Ltd. of the UK published the award winners for the Solar Industry Awards (SIA) in 2011, one of the most prestigious awards in the energy field, and held a presentation ceremony at the 26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, EU PVSEC today (September 6). ITRI is awarded as an Excellent Organization with its Green Energy Antenna Technology ...
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EPA Installs Prototype Solar-Powered Monitoring System at Durham Library
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with Durham County, N.C., announced the Village Green Project that will make local air quality conditions available in real time to the public for research and educational purposes. The research project involves the installation and testing of a solar-powered air monitoring system that measures pollutants. EPA built the system ...
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Operators deploy learning drones to cut PV, wind labor costs
Operators and tech companies are combining drones with artificial intelligence to provide faster, more-detailed plant inspections and earlier preventative actions, sector experts told New Energy Update. As solar operators continue to seek operational savings amid intense market competition, drone technology is set to have a major impact on PV and wind costs in the coming years. The ...
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Coca-Cola Hellenic cuts CO2 emissions by adding solar power to its energy reduction programme
Coca-Cola Hellenic announced that it has launched an innovative renewable energy initiative by installing rooftop solar panels on all of its bottling plants in Italy. The announcement came at the inauguration of a combined heat and power (CHP*) generation system at the Company"s Nogara production facility near Verona in Italy. Solar panels and CHP technology are being introduced in partnership ...
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Feed-in-tariff Schemes Speed Up Solar Power System Deployments in Asia-Pacific, Finds Frost & Sullivan
Spurred on by favorable government policies and incentives, several Asia-Pacific countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, and Malaysiahave begun to make large-scale investments in solar power projects. The market is also attracting the attention of manufacturers in the U.S. and Europe, which are scouting for newer markets to conduct business in, following the oversupply of ...
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