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Simplifying solar cells with a new mix of materials
Jan 29, 2016 (SPX)
An international research team has simplified the steps to create highly efficient silicon solar cells by applying a new mix of materials to a standard design. ...
IHS confirms solar wafer supply shortage in 2016
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
In October 29 2015, IHS issued a research note to warn about a potential solar wafer supply shortage in 2016 (https://technology.ihs.com/551225/ihs-warns-of-pot...
Converting solar energy into electrical power using photo-bioelectrochemical cells
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
A new paradigm for the development of photo-bioelectrochemical cells has been reported in the journal Nature Energy by researchers from The Hebrew University of...
SoloPower Systems achieves first commercial deployment in South Africa
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
SoloPower Systems has announced the completion of its first commercial-scale deployment in South Africa. The Company's ultra-light weight photovoltaic (LPV) mod...
Australia doubles down on large-scale solar with launch of largest power plants
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
The Clean Energy Council has congratulated its members AGL and First Solar on the launch of the large-scale solar power plants in Broken Hill and Nyngan today, ...
LADWP Board to continue power supply transformation to clean energy
Jan 26, 2016 (SPX)
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners has unanimously approved modest power rate increases to continue transforming the city's power supply to ...
Seeing the big picture in photosynthetic light harvesting
Jan 22, 2016 (SPX)
To understand what goes on inside a beehive you can't just study the activity of a single bee. Likewise, to understand the photosynthetic light-harvesting that ...
Cheaper solar cells with 20.2 percent efficiency
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
EPFL scientists have developed a solar-panel material that can cut down on photovoltaic costs while achieving competitive power-conversion efficiency of 20.2%. ...
NREL theorizes defects could improve solar cells
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are studying what may seem paradoxical - certain defects in silicon solar cell...
Converting solar energy into electric power via photobioelectrochemical cells
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
A new paradigm for the development of photo-bioelectrochemical cells has been reported in the journal Nature Energy by researchers from The Hebrew University of...
Researchers pinpoint the drivers for low-priced PV systems in the United States
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
The price of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installed on homes and small businesses spans a wide range, and researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's La...
Morocco pushes renewable energy business opportunities
Jan 19, 2016 (SPX)
Morocco's recently-announced goal to generate more than half of its electricity from renewables by 2030 presents strong business opportunities, energy experts a...
On perovskites produced by mechanochemistry
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
Perovskites, substances that perfectly absorb light, are the future of solar energy. The opportunity for their rapid dissemination has just increased thanks to ...
Scientists show a new way to absorb electromagnetic radiation
Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)
A team of authors from MIPT, Kansas State University, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have demonstrated that it is possible to fully absorb electromagnet...
Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance Record
Jan 14, 2016 (JPL)
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity's most distant solar-powered emissary. The milestone occurred at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST...
SolarEdge's StorEdge Solution is Now Internationally Available
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
SolarEdge Technologies has announced the immediate international availability of its StorEdge solution. At the end of 2015, the company already completed a numb...
China Pushed Global Renewable Installed Capacity Beyond 900 Gigawatts in 2015
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
China was the world's leading market across a number of renewable energy technologies in 2015 and helped to drive global renewable installed capacity to an esti...
Green campaigners back Italian giant's tilt to renewable energy
Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)
Italian energy giant Enel was Monday putting the finishing touches to a corporate restructure designed to put renewables at the core of the company's strategy i...
X-rays reveal details of plastic solar cell production
Jan 10, 2016 (SPX)
Plastic solar cells are light, easy to install, and readily produced using a printer. Nevertheless, the processes that take place on the molecular scale during ...
Optimum band gap for hybrid silicon/perovskite tandem solar cell
Jan 10, 2016 (SPX)
Tandem solar cells based on silicon and perovskites have raised high hopes for future high efficiency solar modules. A tandem solar cell works by absorbing the ...
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