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Midsummer launches low cost versatile R and D platform for thin film deposition

Mar 21, 2014 (SPX)

Midsummer has announced the launch of the UNO, a low cost versatile research and development platform for thin film deposition specifically developed for univer...

Japan Energy Storage Subsidies To Spark Market Growth

Mar 21, 2014 (SPX)

"The introduction of subsidies for consumers and businesses installing energy storage in Japan and Germany is forecast to spark a drive to install the systems a...

California Firm Awarded Patent for Zero-Fuel Solar Plastic Molding Technology

Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)

LightManufacturing has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the firm US Patent 8,662,877 covering the use of concentrated solar t...

Nanotube composites increase the efficiency of next generation of solar cells

Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)

Carbon nanotubes are becoming increasingly attractive for photovoltaic solar cells as a replacement to silicon. Researchers at Umea University in Sweden have di...

Next-Gen PV Technologies to Take Center Stage as Solar Expenditures Rebound

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Advanced photovoltaic (PV) technologies such as diamond wire and n-type substrates will increasingly find their way into mainstream solar manufacturing, especia...

Canadian Solar Announces the Opening of Its Microgrid Testing Centre

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Canadian Solar has announced the opening of Canadian Solar Microgrid Testing Centre. The Centre will focus on micro-grid solution testing, and system solution d...

Research Partnership With Cutting Edge 24/7 Solar Technology

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Solar generated electricity, which can suffer from intermittency issues and related impacts on the grid, is about to blossom at Arizona State University. Work w...

Sale of Bosch Solar Energy's cell and module production in Arnstadt to SolarWorld

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

The deal under which the production of crystalline photovoltaic cells and modules in Arnstadt will be sold by Bosch to SolarWorld has been closed. All the condi...

Suntech Power Certifies Ecoppia's Innovative Water-Free Solar Array Cleaning Solution

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Ecoppia has announced that Suntech Power, a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic solar panels, has certified Ecoppia's solution for use on Suntech solar panels....

Greenlight Planet Launches Most Affordable Solar Mobile Charging Product In Africa

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Greenlight Planet, a for-profit solar energy company serving off-grid families in Africa and South Asia announces the launch of two new products across sub-Saha...

ReneSola to Provide Virtus II Modules, String Inverters, and Micro Inverters to UK Solar Project

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

ReneSola has announced that it will deliver 66 Replus string inverters and 100 Micro Replus micro inverters to Enlightened Solar, as part of a larger sale of Re...

KYOCERA Solar Modules Pass TUV Rheinland's Salt Mist Corrosion Test

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Kyocera has announced that its entire product line of solar modules has passed the Salt Mist Corrosion Test, IEC61701:2011 Edition 2, Severity Level 6, administ...

SolarBridge Technologies Secures Funding To Support Expansion Efforts

Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)

SolarBridge Technologies has announced it has closed a $42 million round of funding led by Constellation Technology Ventures, part of Exelon, the nation's leadi...

High-Concentration Solar Photovoltaic Systems to Reach Greater Efficiencies

Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)

Consistent improvements in technology and gradually lower costs will drive high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) systems to superior efficiencies, making HCPV ...

Chinese solar maker in landmark bond default to sell assets

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

The first company in China to default on a corporate bond said Tuesday it would sell assets in a bid to meet interest payments as possible bankruptcy looms. Sha...

EU edges towards renewable energy targets

Mar 10, 2014 (AFP)

The European Union is making steady progress towards its 2020 renewable energy target, a key effort in curbing the greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global wa...

Promising News for Solar Fuels from Berkeley Lab Researchers at JCAP

Mar 08, 2014 (SPX)

There's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis. A new study by Berkeley Lab researchers at the Joint Center...

ET Solar Builds Large Scale Solar Power Projects in UK

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

ET Solar Energy has announced that it has entered into the UK market and has started to construct an 8.4 MWp ground mounted solar power plant. The 8.4 MWp solar...

JA Solar to Supply 7.8MW of Square Mono Modules to British Solar Renewables

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

JA Solar Holdings has announced that it will supply 7.8MW of its high-efficiency full square mono solar modules to British Solar Renewables, a U.K.-based develo...

Team models photosynthesis and finds room for improvement

Mar 06, 2014 (SPX)

Teaching crop plants to concentrate carbon dioxide in their leaves could increase photosynthetic efficiency by 60 percent and yields by as much as 40 percent, r...