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Q-Cells attains new Si efficiency recordFreiburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2011 Q-Cells SE has marked a new world record in the field of major polycrystalline solar cells. The independent calibration laboratory of Fraunhofer ISE (Institute for Solar Energy Systems) in Freiburg (Germany) confirmed the record efficiency rating of 19.5% on an area of 243 cm". The high-performance solar cell is based on the new Q.ANTUM cell concept, developed by Q-Cells in recent years. On the occasion of the biggest industry fair in the world, Intersolar 2011 in Munich, Q-Cells has been nominate ... read more |
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 Westinghouse Solar to Introduce AC Solar Power System Westinghouse Solar has announced that it will be exhibiting during the upcoming Intersolar 2011 trade show on June 8-10, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Westinghouse Solar will exhibit their latest Plug-an ... more | .. |
 Saudi Electricity and Showa Shell Sekiyu Sign MOU for Saudi Arabian Development Saudi Electricity Company and Showa Shell Sekiyu have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a 500kW solar power plant on Farasan Island using Solar Frontier's leading edge CIS ... more | .. |
 Envision Solar Completes First Project with Morrow-Meadows Envision Solar International has successfully completed the design, engineering and installation of a 300-kilowatt shaded parking solar array for Morrow Meadows in Arizona. The array will provide sh ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Alfa Laval Wins Breakthrough Solar-Power Order Alfa Laval has received an order in the US to provide Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to the world's largest concentrated solar power plant. The order value is substantial and well in line with ... more | .. |
 Warehouse Goes Solar with 1000 panels States Logistics Services installed a 363 kilowatt DC solar power system on the roof of their distribution center in Buena Park, CA, which will produce up to 82 percent of the distribution facility' ... more | .. |
 PV installations to exceed 21 GW in 2011 More than 21 GW of new PV capacity is predicted to be installed in 2011, up from around 18 GW in 2010 according to IMS Research's latest report on PV demand. The market research firm has raised its ... more | .. |
 Torresol Energy Commissions 19.9MW Gemasolar Power Plant Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar and SENER, has announced the commissioning of its flagship 19.9MW Gemasolar Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in Seville, Spain. The world's ... more |
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 US on Pace to Become World's Largest Solar Market GoSolarUSA welcomed news from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) this month that falling production costs are helping to make solar energy one of the U.S.'s fastest-growing industries. ... more | .. |
 Cleaner Air Solutions to Install over 3MW of SolarEdge Systems in UK SolarEdge Technologies and Cleaner Air Solutions have announced a new distribution partnership increasing SolarEdge's activities in the UK. In the first quarter of 2011 Cleaner Air Solutions ordered ... more | .. |
 ADB urges Asia to pursue solar power Asia must pursue solar power to sustain the region's economic growth, the Asian Development Bank said. ... more | .. |
 Photovoltaics are an architectural design tool Rock Valley College, nearing completion in August 2011, has finished installation of a 1.2kW Photovoltaic (PV) Integrated Curtain Wall located at the South and South East corner of the 106,000 Math ... more |
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 Solar Panels for Backup Power at Nuclear Plants The Foundation for Resilient Societies, a citizen group dedicated to protection of critical infrastructure against natural disasters, has proposed solar panels and other high-reliability power sourc ... more | .. |
 Flexible films for photovoltaics What do potato chips and thin-film solar cells have in common? Both need films that protect them from air and water vapor: the chips in order to stay fresh and crisp; the solar cells in order to hav ... more | .. |
 Solar inverter Losses cut in half It was a matter of minutes, Dr. Heribert Schmidt remembers the day in spring of 2002. To find opportunities for improvement, he had often pondered about the switching plan of an inverter while in hi ... more | .. |
 Telvent Selected for Solar Thermal Power Plant in Abu Dhabi Telvent has announced that it has been selected to design, install and manage the distributed control system (DCS) for Shams Power Company's Shams-1 solar thermal power plant in MadinatZayed, 75 mil ... more |
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Space tourism's growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement
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 Positive Energy completes construction of 2MW PV park Positive Energy has completed for the company Solar Gate, the construction of a 2MWp photovoltaic park in the Prefecture of Lakonia in Greece. The operation of the plant will have substantial enviro ... more | .. |
 Historic Green Energy Deal Funds Long-Term School Roof Renewal Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Trustees have approved a landmark agreement that would see solar panels installed on hundreds of school rooftops while offsetting the costs of major roof mainten ... more | .. |
 Clear Skies Residential Nears Goal Clear Skies Solar has announced it has received an additional $412k in residential contracts. "We are pleased to announce that we have received an additional $412k in signed contracts under ou ... more | .. |
 Dairy Installs 3200 Solar Panels Lakeside Dairy in Hanford has installed a new solar energy system to power its milking barn and other dairy operations and cut its use of conventional energy by 75 percent. The family-run dairy oper ... more |
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  Mars Exploration Rover Spirit Laid To Rest NASA will cease any further attempts to make contact with the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, which last communicated with Earth on March 22, 2010. A transmission that will end on Wednesda ... more | .. |
 Japan's Softbank announces solar power plan Japanese telecom company Softbank is to work with local authorities in a drive towards renewable energy, its president said on Wednesday after announcing the construction of 10 large solar power plants. ... more | .. |
 Japanese PM pledges 10 mn solar-powered homes Japan will have ten million solar-powered homes, Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged Wednesday, as the country makes a major push in coming years towards renewable energy following its nuclear crisis. ... more |
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  Students Develop Cheaper, Greener, Alternative Energy Storage Every year, the world consumes 15 Terrawatts of power. Since the amount of annual harvestable solar energy has been estimated at 50 Terrawatts, students at Stevens Institute of Technology are workin ... more | .. |
 Emerson To Provide Power Technology For One Of The Largest Solar Energy Projects In US Emerson has been awarded a contract to supply power technology for one of the largest solar energy projects in the United States. Under an agreement with Wind Turbine and Energy Cables (WTEC) Emerso ... more | .. |
 RSI Silicon Products Invents Way to Use Sugar to Manufacture Silicon At RSI Silicon Products the process of making silicon for solar panels is all sweetness and light. Literally. "Our process uses sugar cane or sugar beets," Inventor Steve Amendola said of RSI's newl ... more | .. |
 Centrosolar and Zep Solar sign license agreement The Hamburg-based Centrosolar AG has signed a license agreement with Zep Solar. Zep Solar provides mounting solutions for installing photovoltaic systems, enabling modules with a specialized Zep Gro ... more |
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 New 5MW Multi-Technology Solar Installation Arizona Western College (AWC), Main Street Power Company, developer PPA Partners, local utility Arizona Public Service (APS), and EPC Rosendin Electric have broken ground on a five-megawatt solar pr ... more | .. |
 MAG expands solar systems business MAG is expanding its solar panel manufacturing systems business with the establishment of U.S.-based operations to build and distribute crystalline silicon (c-Si) module production lines with capaci ... more | .. |
 Record efficiency for flexible CIGS solar cells on plastics It's all about the money. To make solar electricity affordable on a large scale, scientists and engineers worldwide have long been trying to develop a low-cost solar cell, which is both highly effic ... more | .. |
 Japan 'plans solar panels for all new buildings' Japan is considering a plan that would make it compulsory for all new buildings and houses to come fitted with solar panels by 2030, a business daily said Sunday. ... more |
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