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Optimism Sets Tone As Solar Power International Makes First Visit to Southeast
Oct 04, 2012 (SPX)
Inspired by keynote speaker President Bill Clinton's assertion that solar energy will be "keeping America at the head of the [future] business," solar energy in...
New Manitoulin Island Hotel to be Powered by Eclipsall Solar PV Panels
Oct 04, 2012 (SPX)
Eclipsall has announced that the new $10.8 million dollar Manitoulin Hotel and Conference Centre scheduled to open next month on Manitoulin Island in Northeaste...
Panasonic HIT Photovoltaic Cells Demonstrate High PID Resistance
Oct 04, 2012 (SPX)
Panasonic has announced that its HIT photovoltaic module's high-level of resistance to potential induced degradation (PID) has been verified by the results of t...
Eclipsall Solar PV Panels Featured in Veridian Headquarters Rooftop Solar Array
Oct 04, 2012 (SPX)
Veridian Connections "flipped the switch" last Friday on a 140kW solar panel array on their Ajax, ON headquarters building. Solera Sustainable Energies, an Ajax...
EMCORE To Supply Solar Panels For ICESat-2 Mission
Oct 02, 2012 (SPX)
EMCORE Corporation (EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, has been aw...
New efficiency record for photovoltaic cells - thanks to heterojunction
Oct 02, 2012 (SPX)
In the medium term, an investment of only $2500 in photovoltaic cells would suffice to provide more than enough electricity for the consumption of a four people...
Imec and Solvay Announce World Record Efficiency for Organic Photovoltaic Module
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
Imec and the chemicals company Solvay have announced an organic photovoltaic module with a world-record certified efficiency of 5.5 percent*. An optimum perform...
Dow Corning, LG Electronics and Seowon University Announce PV System Installations
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
Dow Corning Corporation has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LG Electronics and Seowon University relating to innovative photovoltaic (PV) ...
KYOCERA Solar Modules Tested to Show Only Minimal Power Output Degradation After 20 Years in the Field
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
Kyocera Corporation's solar modules installed in a French village to the east of Lyon recently marked a special anniversary - the modules, which were used for F...
Imec, RENA and SoLayTec present innovative ALD passivation for high-efficiency i-PERC Silicon Solar Cells
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
At this week's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (27th EUPVSEC, 24/08-28/08), imec, RENA and SoLayTec present thin (165 m), large are...
Innovative metallization process for reliable, high-efficiency solar cells
Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)
Imec has announced that it has developed an innovative process for plated front contact formation of silicon solar cells using only one sequence to plate severa...
How silicon purity affects the performance of solar cells
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
Most solar cells are made from crystalline silicon. Crystalline silicon is expensive because it has to be very pure to make efficient solar cells. Unfortunately...
Imec and SolarWorld present ultra-thin PERC-based PV module that achieves Class A module efficiencies
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
At this week's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (27th EU PVSEC, 24/08-28/08), imec and SolarWorld will present ultra-thin (100 m), l...
4JET Introduces New Laser Solution for Processing Flexible Solar Cells
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
4JET Technologies GmbH (Alsdorf near Aachen) is launching a new laser scribing system for flexible solar cells during EUPVSEC in Hamburg. The unique tool design...
Solar panels more popular than satellite TV with homebuyers
Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)
With the results of a new survey conducted by mortgage lender ING Direct recently revealing that British property buyers regard a solar PV installation as their...
Trina Solar Roadshow puts Installers on Fast Track
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
Trina Solar Limited has announced the launch of its live Roadshow across the UK. Between 2nd and 10th October, a Trina Solar event truck will tour the country, ...
AREVA integrates energy storage in its Solar CLFR design
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
AREVA Solar is collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories on a new concentrated solar power (CSP) installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP storage...
Two-thirds of the world's new solar panels were installed in Europe in 2011
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
Europe accounted for two thirds of the world-wide newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2011, with 18.5 GW. Its overall PV capacity totalled 52 GW. The ...
SolarBridge Technologies Introduces New Monitoring System
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge) has announced new versions of both the SolarBridge Power Portal web-based AC module management platform and the SolarBrid...
PROINSO installs first three PV solar kits
Sep 25, 2012 (SPX)
PROINSO has launched and installed the first self-consumption solutions for total or partial power selfconsumption. These integrated installations include the t...
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