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Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays
May 24, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar cells, flexible displays for computers and consumer electronics and f...
First Four-Junction Solar Cell for Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems
May 24, 2013 (SPX)
Soitec (Euronext) has announced the industry's first four-junction solar cell device, which works under concentrated sunlight, putting the company on the solar-...
Solar Industry Capital Spending Hits Seven-Year Low in 2013
May 24, 2013 (SPX)
Although global capital spending this year in the photovoltaics (PV) supply chain is expected to fall to its lowest level since 2006, indications signal that th...
Sempra U.S. Gas and Power, Consolidated Edison Development announce solar partnership
May 24, 2013 (SPX)
Sempra U.S. Gas and Power and Consolidated Edison Development (ConEdison Development) has announced an agreement to partner in two of Sempra U.S. Gas and Power'...
Boston's Largest Solar Rooftop Development Brought to Life by FireFlower Alternative Energy
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Local company FireFlower Alternative Energy has partnered with First Highland Management and Development to develop the largest rooftop solar array in the City ...
Walmart Announces Completion of Eight New Solar Arrays in Massachusetts
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Walmart has announced the completion of eight new solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays in Massachusetts with an event at its Walpole store, demonstrating the store's ...
ProtekPark Solar Launches REVIVE Line for Quick and Efficient Solar Parking and EV Charging Integration
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
ProtekPark Solar has launched REVIVE, a system designed to integrate solar energy solutions with EV charging stations into a variety of structures commonly foun...
DuPont Solamet Photovoltaic Metallizations Boost Power in New JA Solar Cypress Panels
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
DuPont Microcircuit Materials (DuPont) and JA Solar Holdings (JA Solar), recently collaborated to achieve a reported 19.4 percent solar cell efficiency. The new...
Owens Corning Selects Constellation to Develop Solar Project for DelMar N.Y. Facility
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Owens Corning and Constellation have announced the development of a 2.6-megawatt (DC) solar generation project that will supply clean energy to the company's th...
Empower Energies Completes Four Solar Projects for General Motors
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Empower Energies has announced the completion of four new photovoltaic (PV) solar projects at the General Motors Warren Technical Center campus, in Warren, MI. ...
NIST demonstrates significant improvement in the performance of solar-powered hydrogen generation
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a surface on a micro...
U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin Commission Microgrid at Fort Bliss
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin officials commissioned the first U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) grid-tied microgrid integrating both renewable resources and ene...
New insights into how materials transfer heat could lead to improved electronics
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
U of T Engineering researchers, working with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University, have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which cou...
Artificial Forest for Solar Water-Splitting
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
In the wake of the sobering news that atmospheric carbon dioxide is now at its highest level in at least three million years, an important advance in the race t...
Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color Out of Thin Films
May 17, 2013 (SPX)
Inspired by the structure of moth eyes, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed nanostructures that limit reflection at the interfaces whe...
China warns EU to drop telecom probe, solar panel tax
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
China warned the European Union against escalating trade disputes Thursday, urging Brussels to drop plans to probe Chinese telecom products and impose hefty tax...
China denounces anticipated EU solar tariffs
May 16, 2013 (UPI)
China warned that the European Union's proposed levying of punitive duties on Chinese solar panels would "severely impair" bilateral trade ties. The comments Th...
Guinea-Bissau announces first solar plant
May 15, 2013 (AFP)
An American utility company has begun the construction of the first solar power plant in electricity-starved Guinea-Bissau, officials said on Wednesday. Prime M...
Nano-breakthrough: Solving the case of the herringbone crystal
May 15, 2013 (SPX)
Leading nanoscientists created beautiful, tiled patterns with flat nanocrystals, but they were left with a mystery: Why did some sets of crystals arrange themse...
Solar panels as inexpensive as paint
May 15, 2013 (SPX)
Most Americans want the U.S. to place more emphasis on developing solar power, recent polls suggest. A major impediment, however, is the cost to manufacture, in...
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