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Study Findings Provide Bio-Inspired Route to Develop Better Displays and Solar Cells

Washington – Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that some species of giant clams produce their white coloration much like the displays used in televisions and smartphones do – by combining red, green and blue light.

20 Jan 2016

CES 2016: ACTIVEON Displays Solar-Charging 4K Action Camera

ACTIVEON makes it easier to capture life’s remarkable moments with the new SOLAR X action camera that offers 4K performance and a unique solar-charging solution. The ACTIVEON SOLAR X joins the lineup of ACTIVEON cameras on display this week at the company’s CES 2016 display (Central Plaza 107).

5 Jan 2016

Kyocera Completes Brazil's Largest Highway Solar LED Lighting Project

Kyocera Corporation and Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced today that Kyocera is completing Brazil’s largest highway solar-lighting project on the Arco Metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro, a highway project connecting the five main highways crossing Rio de Janeiro.

6 Aug 2015

ElectricFilm Introduces Line of Proprietary Light Harvesting Technology Solutions

ElectricFilm, LLC today announced the launch of a line of proprietary light harvesting technology solutions that optimizes the conversion of any light – from low indoor levels to full daylight – into reliable, sustainable power with better cost and system performance than alternative methods.

10 Apr 2015

Secrets Behind Performance of Super-Efficient Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

The best hope for cheap, super-efficient solar power is a remarkable family of crystalline materials called hybrid perovskites. In just five years of development, hybrid perovskite solar cells have attained power conversion efficiencies that took decades to achieve with the top-performing conventional materials used to generate electricity from sunlight.

18 Mar 2015

Scientists Identify Mechanism Behind Singlet Exciton Fission Process for Development of More Powerful Solar Cells

The underlying mechanism behind an enigmatic process called “singlet exciton fission”, which could enable the development of significantly more powerful solar cells, has been identified by scientists in a new study.

18 Mar 2015

Natcore Develops All-Back-Contact Silicon HIT-Structure Solar Cell Using Laser Technology

Scientists working in the Rochester R&D Center of Natcore Technology Inc. have produced an all-back-contact silicon "HIT-structure" (heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer) solar cell using their proprietary laser technology.

17 Mar 2015

Solar Energy Cheaper Than Fossil Fuel Energy

US based, Rayton Solar Inc is in route to revolutionize the world – by making solar energy cheaper than energy produced by fossil fuels.

12 Mar 2015

Sunpartner Collaborates with ALCATEL ONETOUCH to Optimize Wysips® Connect PV LiFi Receiver

Last year at Mobile World Congress 2014, Sunpartner Technologies, the French specialist in innovative solar solutions, unveiled the world's first photovoltaic LiFi receiver: Wysips® Connect. Today, the company is developing this ground-breaking technology with CEA-Leti, a French public research institute.

5 Mar 2015

Arzon Solar Introduces Fully Integrated uModule CPV Platform with High Efficiency and High Power

Arzon Solar, LLC, the world’s premier designer and manufacturer of high performance concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar modules and systems, is introducing a new CPV platform called the “Universal Module” (uModule™).

23 Feb 2015