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![]() Newark DE (SPX) Oct 11, 2012 Motech Americas has announced the launch of new UL 1,000 volt Certified Modules for PV installations in North America. The UL 1,000 volt Certified feature has been integrated into MOTECH's newly announced multicrystalline IM Plus Series modules with power outputs up to 260 watts and 310 watts and the monocrystalline XS Plus Series with leading power levels of 265 and 320 watts, all with positive tolerance, creating significant cost savings for installation, maintenance and operations. With this en ... read more |
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![]() US confirms heavy duties on Chinese solar cells The United States confirmed Wednesday hefty anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese solar cell makers that have added to trade tensions between the two economic powers. ... more | .. |
![]() China calls on US to rescind solar-cell duties Beijing on Thursday urged the United States to rescind hefty anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on China's solar-cell makers amid an intensifying row in the sector dominated by Chinese companies. ... more | .. |
![]() Australia turns on large-scale solar plant Australia's biggest solar farm was officially connected this week. ... more | .. | ||
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![]() Solar cells made from black silicon Solar cells convert three-quarters of the energy contained in the Sun's spectrum into electricity - yet the infrared spectrum is entirely lost in standard solar cells. In contrast, black silicon sol ... more | .. |
![]() PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm in Arizona Begins Commercial Operation PSEG Solar Source has announced the commercial operation of the 25.2 megawatt DC (19 megawatt AC) Queen Creek Solar Farm in Queen Creek, Arizona. Salt River Project (SRP) has a 20-year agreement to ... more | .. |
![]() LADWP Board Approves New Solar Power Agreements With its approval of two long-term solar power purchasing agreements, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) Board of Water and Power Commissioners moved decisively to meet Los Ange ... more | .. |
![]() European Interregional Collaboration on Thin-Film PV Imec and its partners in the Solliance initiative announce that they have launched, together with the Institute of Materials Research of the University of Hasselt (IMO), the Solar Flare Interreg Pro ... more |
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![]() Researchers Reveal How Solvent Mixtures Affect Organic Solar Cell Structure Controlling "mixing" between acceptor and donor layers, or solar cell domains, in polymer-based solar cells could increase their efficiency, according to a team of researchers that included physicis ... more | .. |
![]() China's solar slump to strengthen sector? While China's solar slump has serious repercussions, it could result in a stronger solar sector, insiders say. ... more | .. |
![]() EMCORE To Supply Solar Panels For ICESat-2 Mission EMCORE Corporation (EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing cont ... more | .. |
![]() Panasonic HIT Photovoltaic Cells Demonstrate High PID Resistance Panasonic has announced that its HIT photovoltaic module's high-level of resistance to potential induced degradation (PID) has been verified by the results of tests conducted within and outside the ... more |
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![]() Optimism Sets Tone As Solar Power International Makes First Visit to Southeast Inspired by keynote speaker President Bill Clinton's assertion that solar energy will be "keeping America at the head of the [future] business," solar energy industry professionals who attended Sola ... more | .. |
![]() New Manitoulin Island Hotel to be Powered by Eclipsall Solar PV Panels Eclipsall has announced that the new $10.8 million dollar Manitoulin Hotel and Conference Centre scheduled to open next month on Manitoulin Island in Northeastern Ontario, will feature an array of s ... more | .. |
![]() Eclipsall Solar PV Panels Featured in Veridian Headquarters Rooftop Solar Array Veridian Connections "flipped the switch" last Friday on a 140kW solar panel array on their Ajax, ON headquarters building. Solera Sustainable Energies, an Ajax, ON company, developed the project. E ... more | .. |
![]() New efficiency record for photovoltaic cells - thanks to heterojunction In the medium term, an investment of only $2500 in photovoltaic cells would suffice to provide more than enough electricity for the consumption of a four people household. This promising scenario ha ... more |
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![]() SolarAid and SunFunder Launch New Crowdfunding Project to Finance Solar Lighting in Zambia SolarAid and SunFunder will launch an innovative financing partnership to bring solar power to over 20,000 people in Eastern Zambia. SunFunder is providing up to $50,000 in loans to SolarAid t ... more | .. |
![]() Trina Solar Roadshow puts Installers on Fast Track Trina Solar Limited has announced the launch of its live Roadshow across the UK. Between 2nd and 10th October, a Trina Solar event truck will tour the country, engaging the UK's solar PV installer c ... more | .. |
![]() Innovative metallization process for reliable, high-efficiency solar cells Imec has announced that it has developed an innovative process for plated front contact formation of silicon solar cells using only one sequence to plate several metals. The large-area solar c ... more | .. |
![]() Imec, RENA and SoLayTec present innovative ALD passivation for high-efficiency i-PERC Silicon Solar Cells At this week's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (27th EUPVSEC, 24/08-28/08), imec, RENA and SoLayTec present thin (165 m), large area (156x156mm2) i-PERC-type Silicon sol ... more |
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![]() How silicon purity affects the performance of solar cells Most solar cells are made from crystalline silicon. Crystalline silicon is expensive because it has to be very pure to make efficient solar cells. Unfortunately, nobody knows exactly how pure and th ... more | .. |
![]() Dow Corning, LG Electronics and Seowon University Announce PV System Installations Dow Corning Corporation has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with LG Electronics and Seowon University relating to innovative photovoltaic (PV) systems using LG Electronics modules m ... more | .. |
![]() 4JET Introduces New Laser Solution for Processing Flexible Solar Cells 4JET Technologies GmbH (Alsdorf near Aachen) is launching a new laser scribing system for flexible solar cells during EUPVSEC in Hamburg. The unique tool design enables the P1-P3 serial integr ... more | .. |
![]() Solar panels more popular than satellite TV with homebuyers With the results of a new survey conducted by mortgage lender ING Direct recently revealing that British property buyers regard a solar PV installation as their most desirable "non-essential deal-se ... more |
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![]() Imec and Solvay Announce World Record Efficiency for Organic Photovoltaic Module Imec and the chemicals company Solvay have announced an organic photovoltaic module with a world-record certified efficiency of 5.5 percent*. An optimum performance at module-level is a crucial step ... more | .. |
![]() KYOCERA Solar Modules Tested to Show Only Minimal Power Output Degradation After 20 Years in the Field Kyocera Corporation's solar modules installed in a French village to the east of Lyon recently marked a special anniversary - the modules, which were used for France's first grid-tied solar power ge ... more | .. |
![]() Imec and SolarWorld present ultra-thin PERC-based PV module that achieves Class A module efficiencies At this week's European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (27th EU PVSEC, 24/08-28/08), imec and SolarWorld will present ultra-thin (100 m), large-area (156x156mm2) PERC-type mono- ... more | .. |
![]() EU solar panel makers want fresh China probe European solar panel makers called for a second probe Tuesday into imports from China, charging that not only are they dumped on the market but that Chinese firms get unfair government support too. ... more |
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![]() Two-thirds of the world's new solar panels were installed in Europe in 2011 Europe accounted for two thirds of the world-wide newly installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2011, with 18.5 GW. Its overall PV capacity totalled 52 GW. The yearly electricity produced by PV coul ... more | .. |
![]() SolarBridge Technologies Introduces New Monitoring System SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge) has announced new versions of both the SolarBridge Power Portal web-based AC module management platform and the SolarBridge Power Manager communication gateway ... more | .. |
![]() AREVA integrates energy storage in its Solar CLFR design AREVA Solar is collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories on a new concentrated solar power (CSP) installation with thermal energy storage. The CSP storage project combines AREVA's modular Comp ... more | .. |
![]() Panasonic Marks First Shipment of Branded Solar Panels to North America Panasonic Eco Solutions North America announces the availability of the HIT Power 240S and HIT Power 235S solar modules in the United States. The 240S panel offers integrators and installers a cell ... more |
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