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India Needs Concentrated Solar Power to Achieve Safer, More Reliable Energy FutureSan Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2012 In the wake of historic summer blackouts that left more than 700 million Indians without power, a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), an India-based independent research organization, shows that concentrated solar power can play an essential role in achieving a secure and diversified energy future for India. "After experiencing the world's largest blackout this summer, the Indian government knows the urgent ne ... read more |
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 Motech Americas launches UL 1,000 Volt Certified Modules for PV Installations in North America Motech Americas LLC, the most experienced manufacturer of solar modules with its Newark, Delaware facility in operations for more than 20 years, has announced the launch of new UL 1,000 volt Certifi ... more | .. |
 Interior Greenlights New Era for Solar Development on Public Lands in the Southwest U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has signed the final "Record of Decision" greenlighting the implementation of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for solar energy devel ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Selected by Iberdrola for Utility Project in Mexico Solar Frontier and Iberdrola Ingenieria and Construccion Mexico S.A. de C.V. has announced that Solar Frontier has completed delivery of 1.5 megawatt peak (MWp) of its CIS thin-film modules to a 5MW ... more | .. |
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 KYOCERA Supplies Solar Modules for North Queensland Kyocera Solar recently supplied 348 kilowatts (kW) of solar modules that now cover the roof of the Townsville RSL Stadium in North Queensland, Australia. The photovoltaic installation, which w ... more | .. |
 Germany raises electricity charge to finance renewables Germany's electrical grid operators said Monday they were raising by nearly 50 percent the charge to consumers that finances subsidies for renewable energy as the country phases out nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 Researchers Create 'Nanoflowers' for Energy Storage, Solar Cells Researchers from North Carolina State University have created flower-like structures out of germanium sulfide (GeS) - a semiconductor material - that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surf ... more | .. |
 Research findings in solar cells will have an impact on solar panel industry University of Luxembourg's Laboratory for Photovoltaics has established a method to observe and prevent solar cell degradation before solar cell production is finished, which has implications for th ... more |
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Motech Americas launches UL 1,000 Volt Certified Modules for PV Installations in North America 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 ann ... more | .. |
 China denounces solar tariffs China has denounced the U.S. decision to raise tariffs on imports of solar panels by Chinese companies. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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 Australia turns on large-scale solar plant Australia's biggest solar farm was officially connected this week. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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