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United Solar Announces World Record Thin-Film Silicon Cell EfficiencyAuburn Hills MI (SPX) Feb 02, 2011 United Solar has announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed an initial 12% conversion efficiency of a large-area solar cell using UNI-SOLAR's proprietary Nano-Crystalline(TM) silicon. To date, this is the highest large-area cell efficiency confirmed by NREL for thin-film silicon PV technology. United Solar has worked with NREL for more than two decades in the research and development of advanced thin-film PV technologies. "I am extremely impressed with United Sola ... read more |
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 Duke Energy And SunEdison Announce Completion Of Solar Farm Duke Energy and Sun Edison have announced the activation of the final phases of a 17.2 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Davidson County, N.C. Constructed in five phases and covering over 200 acres ... more | .. |
 SolarCity Expands To East Coast SolarCity, already the largest solar service provider in the U.S. with 1,000 employees and more than 10,000 projects completed or underway, is expanding its operations to the East Coast. The c ... more | .. |
 Solar LED Lights Illuminate Three Miles Of Lummi Nation Pathway Carmanah Technologies is providing 70 EverGEN 1710 solar LED lighting systems to illuminate Haxton Way Trail for the Lummi Nation Indian Reservation, Lummi Nation, Washington. The EverGEN solar ligh ... more | .. |
 Comprehensive Line Of Henkel Products Support Solar Cell And Module Assembly And Installation To reduce costs and improve the reliability of sensitive photovoltaic devices, Henkel Corporation offers a comprehensive line of adhesives, sealants and cleaners for PV manufacturing and installatio ... more |
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  New Reactor Paves The Way For Efficiently Producing Fuel From Sunlight Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide-or ceria-and it is the centerpiece of a promising new tech ... more | .. |
 Cheap solar energy set to displace n-power New research has established that sophisticated new solar energy production methods make it far and away the cheapest and least hazardous energy source, certainly cheaper and safer than nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 Solar School Moves Into Canada Centrosolar Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrosolar Group AG has announced the introduction of the CentroSchool training program to the Ontario solar market. Centrosolar has been trai ... more | .. |
 Taiwan IT giant Foxconn beaten in solar cell deal Inventec Corp, a leading Taiwanese notebook maker, said Thursday it had beaten IT giant Foxconn in buying a local solar cell company after offering a higher price at the last minute. ... more |
  
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 The Practical Full-Spectrum Solar Cell Comes Closer Solar cells are made from semiconductors whose ability to respond to light is determined by their band gaps (energy gaps). Different colors have different energies, and no single semiconductor has a ... more | .. |
 JA Solar To Supply PV Modules To Leading Italian Renewable Energy Company JA Solar Holdings, one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar cells and solar power products, has announced that the Company has signed a module supply contract with a leadin ... more | .. |
 Centrosolar Scores TSMC Europe Project CENTROSOLAR is to become the exclusive manufacturer in Europe of crystalline solar modules for TSMC Limited, Taiwan. TSMC is the world's biggest semiconductor foundry and a leading player in terms o ... more | .. |
 Solar Thin-Film Manufacturers Enticed To UK By Vibrant Solar Market The uptake in solar panels on the back of the feed-in tariff mechanism is creating excitement amongst industry insiders in the UK. Indeed, recent announcements about impressive growth figures from s ... more |
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 Dymon Power Corporation Awards Contract To Ontario Solar Provider Dymon Power Corporation (Dymon) has selected Ontario Solar Provider (OSP) as project manager for the development, procurement, design, installation and financing of its eight rooftop solar PV Projec ... more | .. |
 Solis Partners Predicts A Banner Year For Commercial Solar In N.J. Solis Partners is predicting a banner year for commercial solar installations in the state of New Jersey. In addition to the state and federal incentives that have stimulated the growth in New ... more | .. |
 Solar Installation At Perdue To Be One of East Coast's Largest More than 11,000 solar panels will be installed at two Perdue facilities this summer, resulting in one of the largest commercially-owned solar power systems in the eastern United States. Perdu ... more | .. |
 BrightSource Energy's LPT 550 Technology Selected For Solar Thermal Power Plant In Crete BrightSource Energy has announced that Nur Energie, a UK-based independent power producer, has selected its LPT 550 energy system for the development of a 38-megawatt solar thermal power plant on th ... more |
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 Martifer Solar USA Moves North County Transit District Towards Greener Future The North County Transit District (NCTD) transportation network contracted Martifer Solar USA for a combined 482.52kW of ground and roof-mounted solar arrays on the Sprinter rail line and Breeze bus ... more | .. |
 United Solar And Solar Integrated Provide Coca-Cola With Major PV Installations In Record Time Solar Integrated Technologies and power company ContourGlobal have made rapid progress on green energy solutions on four different sites of Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) Bottling Company S.A. using thin- ... more | .. |
Parent of Taiwan's Foxconn enters solar power The parent of Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn will pay over $130 million to become the major shareholder in a solar cell company as part of a plan to expand into renewable energy, officials said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 New coating could boost solar cell output Scientists in Japan say material mimicking a covering of moth's eyes, among the least reflective coatings in nature, may increase the efficiency of solar cells. ... more |
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 World's largest solar park planned in Greece: PM Debt-hit Greece plans to build the world's largest solar park over depleted coal mines in the northern city of Kozani, Prime Minister George Papandreou said this week. ... more | .. |
 SolarPrint Launches Unmatched Energy Harvesting Technology SolarPrint has expanded the possibilities of next-generation energy harvesting for wireless sensors with the launch of its dye-sensitised solar cell (DSSC) technology. SolarPrint's DSSC techno ... more | .. |
 Petra Solar Launches Research Center In Middle East Petra Solar has announced its continued international expansion with the launch of a research and development center in Amman, Jordan. This new office will enable Petra Solar to provide regional tec ... more | .. |
 Southwest Solar Technologies Opens 18 Acre Research Park In Arizona Southwest Solar Technologies has announced that it has completed initial development of the Southwest Solar Research Park in Phoenix, Arizona. The 18-acre, state-of-the-art, secured facility is loca ... more |
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 Largest Single-Roof Top Solar System In North America Glimcher Realty Trust has announced plans for the largest single-roof top solar system in North America to be built on the roof of Jersey Gardens in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The 4.8MW solar array will ... more | .. |
 SolarWorld Lauds US Embrace Of Domestic Production Of Solar Tech The $725 billion Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011, signed into law by President Obama on Jan. 7, contains a provision that is sure to promote the self-reliance of the United States and ... more | .. |
  Lucintel Benchmarks Wind With Solar Energy Wind and solar are clean renewable energy sources available across the globe. The business of generating electricity from wind and solar energy is growing and is poised for rapid expansion as the US ... more | .. |
 Envision Solar Installs Solar Parking Project At Ecotech Institute Envision Solar International has announced the design and installation of its Solar Tree parking structures at the new Ecotech Institute, the first and only college entirely focused on renewable ene ... more |
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 ReneSola Improves Cell Efficiency With New 'Virtus Wafer' ReneSola has announced that it has developed a new multicrystalline wafer, the Virtus Wafer, which improves solar cell efficiency. The Virtus Wafer, which has been endorsed by several leading ... more | .. |
 Solar Activated Air Conditioning System Hitachi Plant Technologies has recently developed an environmentally-friendly Solar Activated Air Conditioning System employing its own developed solar energy collector. The system reduces consumpti ... more | .. |
 Cost-Effective, Compact And Lightweight Solar Energy System GOAL ZERO has introduced the GOAL ZERO Guide 10 rechargeable power pack and Guide 10 Adventure Kit, delivering its most cost-effective, compact and lightweight solar energy system to date. Con ... more | .. |
 SunPower And SCE Sign Contracts For 711MW Of Solar Power SunPower has announced that it has signed three power purchase agreements with Southern California Edison (SCE) for delivery of a total of 711 megawatts (MW) of solar power. SunPower will install it ... more |
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