SunShot solar projects among innovations of the year
Two U.S. Department of Energy-funded projects listed among 2013’s innovations of the year. Glare analysis tool and high efficiency, lower cost cell make R&D Magazine list.
Singapore awards S$12 million in solar research grants
The Singapore Energy Innovation Programme Office (EIPO) has awarded research grants totaling S$12 million (US$9.44 million) to five research teams under the first grant call of the Energy Innovation Research Programme (EIRP).
NREL develops 31.1% efficient cell
The U.S. Energy Department gets closer to goal of a 48% efficient concentrator cell two months after the most recent world record.
U.S. opens $135 million clean energy research center
The U.S. Energy Department and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have announced the opening of the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF), which is focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration.
University of Cyprus will lead EU net metering research
The University of Cyprus has announced plans for a second, 10 to 13 MW, solar park and revealed it will lead a 1.3 million research program into the adoption of net metering across the EU.
Solar windows one step nearer commercial production
U.S. building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) developer New Energy Technologies Ltd has announced significant advances in its patented SolarWindow, spray-on solar power coating system.
High efficiency cells from lower grade silicon
University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have released results indicating that lower-quality silicon can be used to produce high efficiency solar cells. The development is based on controlling the charge state of hydrogen atoms within silicon to help correct defects on an atomic level.
Germany: First meeting of the Photovoltaics Innovation Alliance
Over 100 scientists are meeting in Germanys capital today to discuss the interim results of their research and development projects, funded by the Photovoltaics Innovation Alliance. The goal is solar power cost reductions.
Wind-solar hybrid plants up to twice as efficient
Solar and wind power generation complement each other better than previously thought, according to a study released by the Reiner Lemoine Institut and Solarpraxis AG.
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.
