PETE: The New Solar Cell Manufacturing Process Gives Increased Efficiency
"This is really a conceptual breakthrough, a new energy conversion process, not just a new material or a slightly different tweak.It is actually something fundamentally different about how you can harvest energy," said Nick Melosh, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, who led the research group.
Innovalight’s New Substance Could Increase Solar Cell Efficiency to 80%
A few weeks ago, we wrote that the solar cell company Innovalight has beaten a new record of efficiency in the solar cells field....
How Zinc Oxide Nanostructures Improve Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
In the latest generation of dye-senzitised solar cells, a ZnO nanostructure works as a medium for electron transport and as a scaffold for light harvesting dyes.
How Scientists Made Moulds From Blowflies' Eyes And Used Them in Solar Cells
Along with butterflies and moths, whose eyes have inspired scientists to build more efficient solar cells, a particular type of fly (the blowfly) has been discovered to have the right properties that would make us harvest the sun more efficiently.
Mobile Wind Turbine Generates Both Solar and Wind Energy
Honolulu-based Natural Power Concepts has recently designed a mobile, retractable-blade wind turbine that is capable to generate both solar and wind energy. Being equipped with solar panels, this turbine becomes one of the newest inventions in the alternative energy field.
UK Homeowners Could Rent Their Roofs for Free Solar Power Through Government Plan
The British government has established a scheme with a lifespan of 20 years, costing a total of £8 billion, that allows homeowners to reduce their utility bills by letting a solar power company install their panels on the rooftops... for 25 years.
Capstone Microturbine and Heliofocus CSPs Working Together Efficiently in Israel
We've been talking about the Capstone Turbine Corporation a long time ago. They used their turbines to everything from cars to solar generators. Now, Capstone and HelioFocus (a company specialized in solar concentrators) announced today their first product that converts sunlight into electricity. The solar receiver is from Heliofocus and the turbine from Capstone.
Installation of Largest Rooftop Solar Project in Portland Finally Completed
Portland General Electric and ProLogis have managed to finish what they started in March 2010, bringing their total solar build-out to 3.5 MW of solar energy. Atop of 7 ProLogis distribution warehouses in Clackamas, Portland and Gresham were installed 673,000 square-foot panels producing 2.4 megawatt of solar power.
India Plans to Generate 1,000 MW of Solar Power by 2013
Among the most important solar power harnessing nations like Spain, Japan or Germany, India decided to produce 1,000 MW of solar power by 2013.
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Organic Photovoltaic Solar Cells: A New Graphene-Based, Flexible Kind of Cell
A team of researchers from the University of Southern California has published a paper in the most recent journal ACS Nano, revealing a new approach to solar cells. Specifically, they combined graphene, one of the most recent and studied materials discovered, and organic (Graetzel) solar cells. Their project has produced organic photovoltaic cells (OPV).
