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Industry-Leading CIGS Photovoltaic Cell Efficiency Announced at Conference

In results presented at the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, HelioVolt Corporation announces that its proprietary FASST® reactive transfer printing process has produced thin film solar cells with 12.2 percent conversion efficiencies in a record setting six minutes.

12 May 2008

Molecular Dimmer Switch Controlling Flow of Solar Energy

In a study of the molecular mechanisms by which plants protect themselves from oxidation damage should they absorb too much sunlight during photosynthesis, a team of researchers has discovered a molecular "dimmer switch" that helps control the flow of solar energy moving through the system of light harvesting proteins.

9 May 2008

Spire Semiconductor to Present its Custom Concentrator Solar Cell Solutions

Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced it will attend the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference from May 11 to May 16, 2008 in San Diego, California.

8 May 2008

Indium Nitride-Based Quantum-Dot Solar Cells Potentially Provide High Efficiency

Magnolia Optical Technologies, Inc. announced today that it is part of the Kopin Corporation team that has been selected for the award of a solar cell development contract from NASA. The Phase II STTR program will develop indium nitride (InN)-based quantum dot solar cell technology.

8 May 2008

Student Project Aims to Develop Cost-Efficient Solar Power

For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point.

8 May 2008

GT Solar Signs Contract to Supply DSS450 Furnaces and Accessories to Nexolon

GT Solar Incorporated, a key global provider of a comprehensive range of equipment, services and technology solutions to the solar power industry, announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply Nexolon Co., Ltd. of South Korea with DSS450 furnaces and accessories worth approximately $8.8 million (US). Deliveries are expected to be made over the next 5 months.

6 May 2008

Manufacturing Facility to Support Rapidly Growing PV Solar Energy Industry

DuPont today announced it will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the rapidly growing photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry.

6 May 2008

Latest Cutting Edge Developments of Solar Energy and Photovoltaics

Green Living Ideas, the world's most comprehensive green living website, and SPG Solar, Inc., the industry's leading integrated developer, designer, and installer of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, announce SPG Solar's exclusive sponsorship of GreenLivingIdeas.com's Solar Energy/Photovoltaic education center.

5 May 2008

LDK Solar to Deliver Approximately 540 MW of Multicrystalline Solar Wafers to Qimonda

LDK Solar Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has signed a five-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Germany-based Qimonda AG (Qimonda).

5 May 2008

Energy Innovations Announces Availability of RayTracker GC Solar Tracker

Energy Innovations, Inc., manufacturer of commercial solar products that maximize usable energy from the sun, announced today the immediate availability of RayTracker(TM) GC, a single-axis, solar tracker for ground-mount and carport-mount applications that maximizes the energy yield of a photovoltaic system.

1 May 2008

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