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How defects appear and disappear in CIGSe solar cells

Apr 28, 2016 (SPX)

Copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGSe) solar cells have the highest efficiency of polycrystalline thin-film solar cells. The four elements comprising CIGSe are ...

Flipping a chemical switch helps perovskite solar cells beat the heat

Apr 28, 2016 (SPX)

Thin films of crystalline materials called perovskites provide a promising new way of making inexpensive and efficient solar cells. Now, an international team o...

Construction is bustling at Florida's first 'sustainable town'

Apr 27, 2016 (AFP)

With deep pockets and an environmentalist's zeal, retired American football player Syd Kitson dreamed up a plan to build the United States' first solar-powered ...

New Concentrated Solar Power Startup Announces Hong Kong JV

Apr 27, 2016 (SPX)

Virginia-based startup 247Solar Inc. reports it is has formed a Hong Kong-based Joint Venture (JV) with Shenzhen Enesoon Science and Technology Co. to build 100...

France fires up push for renewable energies

Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)

France announced Monday it was raising its renewable energy goals and would become the first country to issue "green bonds" to fund projects which benefit the e...

EDF moves deeper into U.S. solar market

Apr 25, 2016 (UPI)

A renewable energy division of British energy company EDF said the acquisition of a small-sized solar company in Vermont will help build its U.S. portfolio. EDF...

Solar-powered plane lands in California after Pacific crossing

Apr 24, 2016 (AFP)

Solar Impulse 2, an experimental plane flying around the world without consuming a drop of fuel, has landed in California, one leg closer to completing its trai...

Solar plane on course, flying from Hawaii to California

Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)

An experimental plane trying to fly around the world on solar energy was about a third of the way between Hawaii and California Friday on its quiet quest to mak...

New world record for fullerene-free polymer solar cells

Apr 21, 2016 (SPX)

Polymer solar cells can be even cheaper and more reliable thanks to a breakthrough by scientists at Linkoping University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CA...

Phanes wins tender for first phase of region's largest distributed solar project

Apr 21, 2016 (SPX)

Green Energy Tomorrow, the regionally focused rooftop solar specialist launched by Phanes Group - has signed an agreement with DP World to deliver the first pha...

Nanomaterial to drive new generation of solar cells - IS THIS A DUPE

Apr 21, 2016 (SPX)

Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial which opens new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which could one...

Nanomaterial to drive new generation of solar cells

Apr 21, 2016 (SPX)

Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial which opens new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells, which could one...

PolyU develops solar cells with highest power conversion efficiency

Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)

Perovskite solar cells first appeared in 2009 with an efficiency of just 3.8%. With the outstanding photovoltaic properties, perovskite solar cell has become a ...

Riddle of missing zinc oxide and solar cells solved.

Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)

This explains why zinc-oxide (ZnO) dye-sensitised solar cells have not yet met expectations. The results evolved from collaboration between Monash University (A...

Making and saving money with solar

Apr 20, 2016 (SPX)

Creating energy with solar is not only environmentally friendly, it can also be good for your bank account too. Whether you are considering solar as a way of of...

Mistra to develop lightweight solar modules for vehicles

Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)

Swedish solar energy expert Midsummer has received funding from Mistra for the development of lightweight solar modules on vehicles. The developed solar panels ...

Verengo Solar Reaches 100 Megawatt Milestone

Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)

Verengo has announced it has surpassed installation of 100 megawatts (MW) of rooftop solar systems since the company's founding in 2008. Verengo reached the 100...

Researchers generate clean energy using bacteria-powered solar panel

Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers have taken the next step in the evolution of bacteria-powered energy. For the first time ever, researchers connected nine biological-solar (bio-sola...

China solar giant says president 'assisting' inquiries

Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)

The new president of Chinese solar giant Wuxi Suntech Power is "assisting an inquiry" at Customs' request, its parent said Tuesday after reports he had gone mis...

Perovskite solar-cell absorbers improved by giving them a squeeze

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Solar cells made of artificial metallic crystalline structures called perovskites have shown great promise in recent years. Now Stanford University scientists h...