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Launch of the Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center
__ SVTC Technologies, the independent semiconductor process-development foundry, announced that its SVTC Solar business unit has launched the Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development...
III-V solar startup raises $9.5 million
LONDON Wakonda Technologies Inc. (Medford, Mass.), a developer of solar photovoltaic products, has said it has raised $9.5 million in Series A financing from Advanced Technology Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Polaris Venture...
Solar market offers new opportunities for lasers
The most important objective for today's photovoltaic (PV) market is to reduce the ratio of manufacturing cost to power output, and more specifically for solar modules, the manufacturing cost per kilowatt hour (kWh).
Cool glass, with smarts
'Smart glass' may sound like something the U.S. Green Building Council recently cooked up. In fact, it's been the subject of considerable research worldwide for at least 20...
UC-San Diego Will Generate 10 Percent of Its Own Power
SAN DIEGO, California -- The University of California-San Diego calls itself "one of the nation's greenest college campuses," and to enhance that status, the university has begun to install the components of a multi-faceted sustainable...
New Strategy for Printed Electronics
|Dr. Peter Harrop, IDTechEx It is now generally accepted that printed electronics is headed to be a business of the order of $300 billion yearly in about twenty years...
New integrated solar panel released
Boiler and Plumbing News> Plumbing & Heating Products A new type of solar panel that is designed to replace metal roofs is set to be launched onto the market, it has...
Arizona State to Launch Solar Research Facility
By Ed Taylor, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz. Jul. 11--Arizona State University has hired three prominent scientists to launch a new Solar Power Laboratory aimed at advancing solar energy...
Day4 Energy Selected For Japanese Study Of Large-Scale Solar Power Projects
Day4 Energy has announced that it has supplied Day4 48MC solar modules to Tokyo-based Mitsui for an installation sponsored by the Japanese Government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
SVTC enters the photovoltaic industry with aggressive R&D partnership program
Independent semiconductor development foundry SVTC Technologies has announced big plans for developing a strong R&D presence in the rapidly expanding photovoltaics industry.
Solar Cell Efficiency Increased with Popcorn Ball Design | NDN
Researchers from the University of Washington in the U.S. have developed dye-sensitized solar cells with a nanoscale âpopcorn-ball designâ that can better manipulate light and convert solar energy to electricity with double the...