PV Technology News
This feed contains TECHNOLOGY news articles selected by the Prometheus staff.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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).
Monday, April 28, 2008
Independent semiconductor development foundry SVTC Technologies has announced big plans for developing a strong R&D presence in the rapidly expanding photovoltaics industry.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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...
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
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.
Friday, March 21, 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...
Friday, March 21, 2008
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...
Monday, March 10, 2008
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...
Friday, March 7, 2008
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tuesday announced a way to improve the energy-conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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,...
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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.
Monday, February 25, 2008
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...
Friday, February 22, 2008
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...
Friday, February 15, 2008
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...
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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....