Kyocera signs deal for solar-powered smartphone technology
The Japanese electrical giant has entered into a technical and marketing partnership with Sunpartner, which has developed the Wysips Crystal technology for touch screens.
Round-the-world solar flight taxiing towards take off
The Solar Impulse story will enter its second chapter in March next year as it attempts to circumnavigate the globe using only the power of the sun.
Storage and energy management installed at 9 MW PV plant in Pennsylvania
Once complete, the 48-acre solar farm will be largest in the state, with Axion Power International providing its PbC batteries and PowerCube technology as storage.
SolarWorld to wins $4 million US grant for next-generation crystallization tech
The group is working on the $12 million R&D project at both its U.S. and German facilities “to propel the company’s full-production module power density beyond a once-unimaginable milestone of 300 watts-peak.”
US Energy Secretary Moniz announces $53 million in funding for solar R&D at SPI
At the Solar Power International trade show the head of the Department of Energy announced new investments in projects to drive down the cost of electricity from solar, as well as a new round of loan guarantees to be launched in 2015.
SMA joins research study on balancing power with PV
Backed by the German government, the PV-Regel project aims to study how PV can balance power, particularly on an international level, and to develop requirement profiles for PV to balance power in the future.
Sunpreme unveils 500 W bifacial double glass module with 22.2% efficiency
Fraunhofer ISE and the company’s Global Advisory Board member Eicke Weber says the record module efficiency has moved Sunpreme “to the top of the class.”
Organic electronics market to be worth $79.6 billion by 2020
Allied Market Research growth forecast predicts rapid rise in organic electronics within a decade, driven largely by organic displays but PV to play pivotal role.
Trina's Honey sets new P-type mono module record
Trina Solar’s Honey module has set a new P-type mono record, achieving a peak power of 335.2 W with a 60 cell module. It beats its earlier record achieved earlier this year.
Swiss-American duo wins Israeli prize for work in solar-based fuels
Thomas Meyer and Michael Grätzel have developed a method to use solar-generated electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen — a critical step in the generation of solar-based fuels, whose only emission is water.
