What Happened to the Thin Film Solar Market?
There is no thin-film solar market. There’s First Solar with cadmium telluride (CdTe), Solar Frontier with CIGS, and until recently Sharp in amorphous silicon (a-Si), with a few smaller players...
View ArticleReport: Global Markets and Technologies for PV Systems
I’m happy to announce the publication of my most recent report, Global Markets and Technologies for Photovoltaic Systems, by the research company BCC Research. You won’t be finding it in your local...
View ArticleNatcore Develops First Black Silicon Solar Cell
Natcore is a solar company based in Red Bank, New Jersey, and cooperates with Rice University and National Renewable Energy Laboratory to bring new and promising thin-film solar cell technologies to...
View ArticleSharp Hits 37.7% Solar Cell Efficiency
Sharp Corporation has set the world record for solar cell conversion efficiency – 37.7 percent – the Osaka-based multinational announced. The Japanese electronics company said it achieved the...
View ArticleHiFlex Researchers Develop Flexible Organic Solar for Mobile
A technology developed by the HiFlex research project promises flexible, lightweight, on-the-go charging for mobile electronics and remote applications. New organic photovoltaic module (OPV) is...
View ArticleUniversity of Albany Grabs $20M for Next-Gen PV Manufacturing Equipment
Under a new partnership with the U.S. Photovoltaic Consortium (PVMC) and Ceres Technologies the University of Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s Albany NanoTech Complex CNSE will...
View ArticleSilevo Brings 21% Efficient PV Modules to Market
Silevo, Inc. is bringing a new type of silicon-based photovoltaic to the market that the company is calling a hybrid PV cell. The Triex design integrates a standard silicon wafer with other, active...
View ArticleWalmart Installs 14K Solar Panels at AZ Distribution Facility
Companies like Google, Apple and Facebook often capture headlines with their clean energy initiatives, but over the last year, Walmart has become an installed solar capacity leader. The company...
View ArticleCity of Toronto Orders 8,800 Solar Panels
The forecast for Toronto is hopefully calling for sunny skies. The city will certainly need it following an announcement that 8,800 solar panels installed atop 10 city-owned arenas and community...
View ArticleTwo-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Sets NREL Record
The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Lab has announced a world record of 31.1% conversion efficiency for a two-junction solar cell under one sun of illumination. Multi-junction solar cells...
View ArticleWorld’s Thinnest Solar Absorbers Created at Stanford
Last week Stanford scientists published work that in the journal Nano Letters that makes most thin-film PV devices look like a whale. The new...The post World’s Thinnest Solar Absorbers Created at...
View ArticleSolar: The Great Payback?
The most common question I hear when discussing the value of solar is to ask: “What’s the Payback Period?” Don’t answer this question!! The...The post Solar: The Great Payback? appeared first on Solar...
View ArticleAdvanced Crystalline Silicon Solar: Will it Hit $1/Watt?
Advanced crystalline silicon technologies are the most likely to achieve the US Department of Energy SunShot Initiative goal of reducing the cost The post Advanced Crystalline Silicon Solar: Will it...
View ArticleSpace-Based Solar Power: Japan is a Believer
A couple common criticisms of solar power here on our beautiful planet are that it becomes useless at night and not all The post Space-Based Solar Power: Japan is a Believer appeared first on Solar Feeds.
View ArticleSilicon Supercapacitor Built by Researchers
Researchers at the Vanderbilt University in Nashville propose a novel silicon supercapacitor design. Such supercapacitor can be, theoretically, integrated into a silicon The post Silicon Supercapacitor...
View ArticlePerovskite Structures = Cheaper Solar?
Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are using organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials to create cheaper and more efficient solar cells. According The post Perovskite...
View ArticlePrinting OLEDs and Solar Cells is Now A REALITY
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP), Germany, worked together with mechanical engineering company MBRAUN to develop a production The post Printing OLEDs and Solar...
View ArticleTetraSun: Solar from Copper
The majority of silicon solar photovoltaics use silver to conduct electricity but thanks in part to help from the National Renewable Energy The post TetraSun: Solar from Copper appeared first on Solar...
View ArticleSolar Pipeline is 43 Gigawatts Strong!
There are enough solar photovoltaic installations in the pipeline to power 6 million households. NPD Solarbuzz, an industry research and analytics firm, The post Solar Pipeline is 43 Gigawatts Strong!...
View ArticleQuantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell Hit Efficiency Record
Solar cells made with inexpensive, non-toxic copper-based quantum dots can achieve record longevity and efficiency, according to a study by Los Alamos The post Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell Hit...
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