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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...
FUJIFILM Dimatix Technology Used to Pioneer Inkjet Fabrication of Highly Efficient Solar Cells
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FUJIFILM Dimatix, the world's leading supplier of drop-on-demand inkjet printheads for industrial applications, today announced that its cartridge-based Dimatix Materials Printer (DMP) has been used in...
NREL: Record Makes Thin-Film Solar Cell Competitive with Silicon Efficiency
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energyâs National Renewable Energy Laboratory have moved closer to creating a thin-film solar cell that can compete with the efficiency of the more common silicon-based solar cell.
Reports - Clean Edge - Clean-Energy Trends 2008
Amid a challenging economic outlookâplummeting housing prices, rising foreclosure rates, record-high oil prices, sinking consumer confidence, looming recessionâ2007 was another banner year for clean energy, with no signs of a...
Toward next generation of high-efficiency plastic solar cells
Researchers in the United States and Austria report an advance toward the next generation of plastic solar cells, which are widely heralded as a low cost, environmentally-friendly alternative to inorganic solar cells for meeting rising...
Solid State Technology - Japan's AIST touts efficiency with dye-sensitized solar cell, Eu material
Mar. 10, 2008 - Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) recently made a pair of announcements about its research into solar cell materials, saying it has achieved 11.0% energy conversion efficiency...
JAPANESE GOVT LAB MAKES BETTER DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - March 5, 2008 Wednesday 1:34 PM EST - Semiconductor International
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tuesday announced a way to improve the energy-conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells.
AIST's Tandem Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Features 11% Conversion Efficiency -- Tech-On!
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) developed a tandem type dye-sensitized solar cell with an energy conversion efficiency of 11.0%. The new solar cell outperforms any existing solar cells,...
Novel research boosts solar cell efficiency - optics.org
Solar panels that combine the ubiquity and low cost of silicon-based solar cells with the high efficiencies associated with more expensive compound semiconductor technologies could be in production within three years.
Photovoltaic Cells Are Still Very Green, Comparative Test Shows - New York Times
Solar power generated by photovoltaic cells is among the greenest of energy options. The cells just sit there, basking in the sun and emitting nothing but electrons.
Green invention special: Long-life solar cells - tech - 25 February 2008 - New Scientist Tech
Polymer solar cells used to convert sunlight to electricity are degraded by ultraviolet light, which limits their lifespan. Yang Yang, a materials scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, US, has a simple solution. He...
Dark Side of Solar Cells Brightens: Scientific American
It takes power to make powerâeven with a solar grand plan. From the mining of quartz sand to the coating with ethylene-vinyl acetate, manufacturing a photovoltaic (PV) solar cell requires energyâmost often derived from the...
Nanowire-Embedded Fabrics Generate Electricity from Motion
Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a "power shirt" able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers and others whose physical motion could be...
Technology Review: Flexible, Nanowire Solar Cells
Researchers at McMaster University, in Ontario, say that they have grown light-absorbing nanowires made of high-performance photovoltaic materials on thin but highly durable carbon-nanotube fabric. They've also harvested similar nanowires...
U.S. solar company Suniva gets $50 mln in funding | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. solar cell maker Suniva on Tuesday said it received $50 million in funding from venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs Group Inc
High Efficiency Photovoltaic AOS Solar Technology Targets 90% Silicon Reduction and 50% Manufacturing Energy Reduction
AOS Solar, Inc. is developing Solar Silicon 4.0 technology that combines crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) efficiency with low cost, high throughput thin film manufacturing economics.
Fraunhofer ISE sets new record for inverter efficiency â SiC transistors increase efficiency of PV systems â Fraunhofer ISE
A maximum efficiency rating of 98.5 percent for photovoltaic inverters has been achieved by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in a test using prototype silicon carbide-based MOSFETs manufactured by CREE, Inc., USA....