New Polymer Solar Cell Coating Technology Yields 20% Increase In Efficiency
A new solar cell manufacturing technology that uses a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer has been developed by Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers. The thin layer is to be deposited on textured substrates and has been proved to increase the efficiency of polymer solar cells.
Thousands of U.S.-Based Jobs In The Solar Energy Industry Will Be Created in 2011
The Solar Foundation, a nonprofit organization, has good news for whoever is looking for a job career in the clean energy industry, reporting that thousands of solar jobs will be created in 2011. The fact is based on a census of American workers estimating a number of 24,000 positions to be available in the year to come.
Solyndra Installing The Largest Solar Panel System in France
The Californian branch of Solyndra, based in Fremont, has recently finished the latest solar panels installation on a warehouse rooftop near Toulouse, France. The largest system of Solyndra in France consists of more than 7,080 in-house made panels, and will generate around 1,360 MWh a year.
Audi Adds Another 460 MWh Worth of Solar Panels to Their Ingolstadt Factory
Audi seems to have chosen solar power to green up the manufacturing processes of their future E-tron electric cars for both of their factories in Germany. Having already installed 11,600 square meters in 2009, they now want to continue this trend with another 7,500 square meters.
Sahara Solar Breeder: The Japanese Solution To The Energy Crisis
A team of Japanese scientists is currently leading a huge project, called "The Sahara Solar Breeder Project", that can provide a solution to the...
Boeing Plans Large-Scale Production of 39.2 Percent Efficient Photovoltaic Cells
Spectrolab, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing company, is responsible for the creation of the newest terrestrial solar cell, called C3MJ+. The concentrator photovoltaic cells (CPV) are announced to be the industry's highest-efficiency cell with an average conversion efficiency of 39.2 percent.
Philadelphia Eagles Team Goes Green With $30M Worth Wind And Solar Energy Station
The American football team Philadelphia Eagles has announced its implication in the green energy sector with the installation of a $30 million renewable wind and solar energy system in their â€Ã…“battle fieldâ€. The spiral wind turbines, the solar and the co-generation installations will give an unequaled perspective on the sporting venues to come.
French Energy Giant Total Sets Up New Solar Panels Production Line
A new production and assembly unit of photovoltaic (PV) panels will be build at Composite Park in the north-eastern region of Moselle, France. The plant's structure will consists of two production lines for a capacity of 50 MW, equivalent to 220,000 PV panels per year.
Israeli Company Builds Floating Concentrated Solar Panels To Help Clearing Lands
Keeping the land clear for useful projects is vital to some countries that have limited space and that have to manage it as tightly as possible.
If those countries will want to rely on solar power in the future, they'll have to find solutions for managing their solar fields and the land is just not proper for that in some cases. But water bodies are.
Overwhelmed by Demand, SunPower Increases Solar Cells Production
Despite a continued increase of solar panels production at the Malaysia-based factory that will augment the megawatt production by 65% in 2011, Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, revealed in a financial-related conference call that demand for the company's products exceeded supply both in the second half of this year but also going into 2011.
