Featured in Rising above – 11-2011

PV for glass and steel

Organic PV: Several developers of novel solar cells are teaming up with suppliers of building façade and envelope materials to turn buildings into renewable electricity generators. But why are these industrial players working with developers of solar cells that fall so far below acceptable efficiencies?

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pv magazine

31 Oct 2011

The mood at this year’s EU PVSEC was acutely sensitive as to what the next 12 months or so hold in store. But while the conventional photovoltaics industry prepares for a period of belt-tightening, other industries, specifically those that supply the global construction market, are turning to novel PV technologies as opportunities to add value …

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