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Scientists discover bilayer structure in efficient solar material
Apr 26, 2012 (SPX)
Detailed studies of one of the best-performing organic photovoltaic materials reveal an unusual bilayer lamellar structure that may help explain the material's ...
SunWize Completes the Largest Solar Installation for American Samoa Power Authority
Apr 26, 2012 (SPX)
SunWize Technologies recently completed the largest solar installation on the island of American Samoa in the South Pacific. Backed by the United States Departm...
Researchers develop a path to liquid solar cells that can be printed onto surfaces
Apr 26, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted ...
Ambitious Solar Program in India Drives Prices to Impressive Lows
Apr 26, 2012 (SPX)
India's ambitious national solar program has catalyzed rapid growth in the solar market, driving prices for solar energy to impressive lows and demonstrating ho...
The solar cell that also shines: Luminescent 'LED-type' design breaks efficiency record
Apr 24, 2012 (SPX)
To produce the maximum amount of energy, solar cells are designed to absorb as much light from the Sun as possible. Now researchers from the University of Calif...
Geostellar Teams with GeoEye to Map the Solar Power Potential of Every Rooftop in the United States
Apr 24, 2012 (SPX)
GeoEye, has announced a strategic relationship with Geostellar, an innovative technology company that is transforming the solar energy industry. Under the terms...
1.5MW Solar Generation Project from Constellation Energy Dedicated in New Jersey
Apr 23, 2012 (SPX)
Constellation Energy and Middle Township Board of Education have announced the completion of an aggregate 1.5-megawatt (DC) solar generation project. Baltimore-...
La Vina Ranch and SPG Solar Install Solar to Power Cold Storage Facility
Apr 23, 2012 (SPX)
La Vina Ranch in Madera, CA and SPG Solar, a national solar energy company serving commercial solar clients, have completed a 396 kilowatt (kW) DC ground-mounte...
'Super-nano' plastic fibres touted for next-generation IT
Apr 22, 2012 (AFP)
Materials scientists in France said on Sunday they had made highly-conductive plastic wires on the nanoscale, an invention with potential for mobile devices, co...
EMCORE Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
EMCORE has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation (BATC) to design, manufacture, test and deliver solar pa...
Surplus Supply of Polysilicon Pressures Pricing - but not all Polysilicon Prices are Equal
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
An ongoing surplus in the production of polysilicon-the key raw material in the photovoltaic (PV) industry-will lead to excess supply, leading to further erosio...
Hanwha Solar Deepens Roots in North America
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
Hanwha Solar has opened a state-of-the-art PV research and development (R and D) laboratory in Santa Clara, Calif. The facility will explore a variety of next-g...
New Program Expands Ability to Tap into City's Abundant Sunshine
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Water and Power Commissioners have approved the creation of a Solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Demonstr...
Solar Manufacturers No Longer Slashing Price to Bring In Orders
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
According to EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, slowed demand on the German market, the uncertainty towards the future market in Italy, and unclear...
Energy-Efficient Lighting Company Gets Even Greener with Solar System
Apr 18, 2012 (SPX)
GeoGenix has announced that it recently completed the installation of a 133-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system for Wood-Ridge, N.J.-base...
Construction Progressing on Sandy Cross Solar Farm in North Carolina
Apr 18, 2012 (SPX)
O2 Energies is harvesting something new on the grounds of a family-owned North Carolina soybean farm: 1.5-megawatts worth of electricity produced by the solar a...
EU: $65M for Third World green energy
Apr 18, 2012 (UPI)
The European Union said this week it will commit $65 million to a technical assistance fund for setting up sustainable energy projects in developing countries. ...
Nanotube electrodes improve solar cells
Apr 18, 2012 (SPX)
Forests of carbon nanotubes are an efficient alternative for platinum electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), according to new research by collaborators...
Clean Energy Collective Launches Community Solar Garden Financing Program
Apr 18, 2012 (SPX)
Clean Energy Collective (CEC) and Sooper Credit Union (SCU) have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership whereby Sooper Credit Union will ...
Ex-Im Bank Approves Export Financing for Solar Project in India
Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)
Supporting U.S. jobs at companies in eight states, the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved an $80.32 million...
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