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Germany: New PV research lab opens in Berlin
The Free University of Berlin and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has opened a new laboratory for photovoltaic research in the German capital.
Natcore unveils new solar research center in US' Rochester
Natcore Technology Inc. has opened its new solar research and development center today in Kodak’s Eastman business park in Rochester, the U.S. Flexible solar cells will be a key focus.
Dyesol celebrates award and sures up share price
Australian dye-sensitized photovoltaics developer Dyesol, which is developing Dye Solar Cell (DSC) applications, has taken steps to sure up its share price. At the same time, the "father" of DSC has been awarded the 2012 Albert...
Solar Frontier claims 17.8% aperture efficiency
In what it claims is a world record, Japanese CIGS manufacturer Solar Frontier today announced that it has achieved an aperture are efficiency of 17.8 percent, on a 30cm by 30cm submodule. The record was achieved at the company’s...
BIPV glass markets to rise rapidly
A new report looking at the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glass market predicts that its market value will rise by at least 400 percent over the next five years. It also highlights the firms to watch and explains why...
Virtual power station project maps distributed generation
Australian scientists are working on a research project to network solar arrays across many roofs and households, into a "virtual power station". The project hopes to improve the "predictability, quality and response" of power...
"Broadband nanoplasmonic" technology increases c-Si thin film efficiency
A collaborative research project, based in the Australian state of Victoria, claims to have developed the world’s most efficient broadband nanoplasmonic solar cells. The result, published in the journal Nano Letters, report the...
Taking PV to new places
A new research project at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), is aiming to get photovoltaics applied in brave new ways and many more places. The project, at the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Low-Carbon Living at...
Hybrid solar cells with potential to push through efficiency barrier
New research from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. is developing a method by which more of sun’s spectrum can be harnessed by a photovoltaic cell. In theory, the hybrid semiconductor method could push through the...
PV grid development highlighted as biggest hurdle to implementation
The PV Legal project has found that while positive progress has been made in reducing bureaucratic barriers to photovoltaic implementation, there are still many in place, which continue to hinder development. Grid connection was...
Germany’s Röttgen to address energy storage conference
Germany’s Federal Environment Minister, Norbert Röttgen, has confirmed his attendance at the first "Energy Storage – Summit for the Storage of Renewable Energies" conference, scheduled to be held in Düsseldorf this March. During...
Transparent electronics market good news for solar
A report looking into the commercial viability of transparent electronics provides a very positive assessment of its opportunities within the solar industry, including predictions of in excess of 1,000 percent growth in some...
CIGS market to double by 2015
Lux Research has found that the copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar market is likely to double between now and 2015. However, it warns that only a few manufacturers will succeed.
Flower power
Scientists from Germany and the U.S. use a sunflower pattern to enhance concentrated solar efficiency. The RWTH Aachen University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) create a heliostat array that is more compact.
First project for SunPower’s new CPV tech
The Arizona State University (ASU), Salt River Project (SRP) and SunPower Corp. announced today that a one-megawatt (MW) project will go ahead, the first to use SunPower’s C7, concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology. SunPower...
Mars Rover enjoys its day in the sun
After spending more than seven years constantly on the move in hazardous, previously uncharted territory, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity—a geologic robot— is taking some time to kick back and bask in the sun.
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