The Group of III-V Semiconductors of the Solar Energy Institute at the Technical University of Madrid (Instituto de Energía Solar at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, IES-UPM) has developed a highly conductive, high-bandgap ...
Midsummer AB of Järfälla, Sweden, a supplier of equipment for manufacturing flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cells, has increased the energy conversion efficiency of its cells from 15% to 16.2% ...
Tags: PV Cell, flexible copper
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, international mining group Rio Tinto and Australian solar energy firm Ingenero have announced an agreement for the development of the Weipa ...
Tags: Solar, Ingenero, Diesel-PV Hybrid
Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech Energy plans to merge with PV module maker Apollo Solar Energy, a subsidiary solar wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET), while GET plans to merge with fellow maker Utech Solar, a Gintech ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, taiwan
Taiwan-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) suffered a net loss of NT$131 million (US$4.3 million) for the first quarter, an improvement from the net loss of NT$671 million posted for the preceding ...
Tags: Green Energy, Taiwan, Lights, Lighting
China has officially unveiled this year’s energy policies and will continue to develop renewable energy. To drive investment and demand to installations, the Chinese government implemented some feed-in tariff (FiT) programs and ...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Solar Energy
Paris-based Exosun, which designs and supplies solar trackers for ground-mounted utility-scale solar power plants, and concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar module maker Soitec of Bernin, France have joined forces to offer a new CPV ...
Tags: Soitec CPV, Energy, Electrical, Electronics, solar
Semprius Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which designs and makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar modules, has manufactured the first four-junction, four-terminal stacked solar cell using its proprietary micro transfer printing process ...
Tags: Semprius CPV Solar Junction, Solar, Electrical, Electronics, Solar Cell
Photovoltaics specialist BELECTRIC OPV and construction paint and insulation system manufacturer DAW SE (Deutsche Amphibolin-Werke) have joined forces to work on the integration of cutting-edge organic photovoltaics (OPV) into different ...
Energy and Climate Minister Greg Barker has announced a new UK Solar PV strategy this month that involves developing government estates, factories, supermarkets and car parks into 'Solar Hubs'. The strategy will support the government's ...
Tags: Solar PV Market, PV, Solar
Researchers at Georgia State University, the University of Leeds and China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a way to use standard semiconductors to detect light over a much broader range of wavelengths, potentially opening up ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Renewable energy company Lightsource has this month invested in a ground-mounted photovoltaic power plant, which boasts a capacity of 8.4MWp, approximately 40 miles from Bristol. The solar investor struck up a deal with ET Solutions AG, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Power Plant
According to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), 3 billion square feet of green construction space has earned LEED certification around the globe. "This milestone is the result of leaders across our industry making the business and ...
Tags: Certification, Construction, LEED
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that 3 billion square feet of green construction space has earned LEED® certification around the globe. "This milestone is the result of leaders across our industry making the business ...
Tags: certification, Construction, Decoration, Green Building
Taiwan-based PV module makers have been expanding or will expand production capacities in 2014 to compete for orders from Japan-based clients who have adjusted their business strategies, according industry sources in Taiwan. These ...
Tags: PV Module, PV vendors