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Sol Introduces New Line of Decorative Solar LED Outdoor Lighting Products

Sol Inc., a global leader in commercial outdoor LED lighting solutions powered by solar energy, today announced it has launched a new line of decorative LED lighting fixture and arm options for the company's solar-powered outdoor commercial lights, meeting commercial demand for lights that keep to the esthetics of neighborhoods with traditional or historical architecture.

20 Dec 2013

US DOE Awards Suniva Grant to Increase Solar Cell Technology Innovation

The United States Department of Energy announced yesterday that Suniva has been awarded a $4.5 million grant to pursue innovations in its manufacturing processes for solar cells and modules.

13 Dec 2013

ReneSola’s PV Modules Power 63KW Roof-Top Solar Array at Philadelphia Temple University

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic ("PV") products, today announced its collaboration with Community Energy, Inc., a Pennsylvania based developer of clean energy projects.

13 Dec 2013

ReneSola to Partner with LTS Energy for 330kW Solar Project for California Farm

ReneSola Ltd. ("ReneSola"), a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic ("PV") products, today announced that it will partner with LTS Energy to develop a 330 kW solar project for "Ranch 41," a farm in Fallbrook, California. ReneSola will provide its high-efficiency Virtus II 305W polycrystalline modules for this fixed tilt ground mount PV project.

9 Dec 2013

Researchers Print OLEDs and Solar Cells

Time is slowly running out for bulky television sets, boxy neon signs and the square-edged backlit displays we all know from shops and airports. It won't be long before families gathering together to watch television at home will be calling out: "Unroll the screen, dear, the film's about to start!" And members of the public may soon encounter screens everywhere they go, as almost any surface can be made into a display.

18 Nov 2013

Bi-Facial Solar Cells Absorb Sun’s Thermal Radiation for Generating Power

Thermal radiation from the sun is largely lost on most silicon solar cells. Up-converters transform the infrared radiation into usable light, however. Researchers have now for the first time successfully adapted this effect for use in generating power.

5 Nov 2013

New Market Forecast Report on Concentrated Photovoltaics Technology

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "CPV(Concentrated Photovoltaics) Technology and Market Forecast (2009-2020)" report to their offering.

10 Oct 2013

NPL and e-Luminate Foundation Host ‘Energy and Lighting Showcase’

On 12 September 2013, the e-Luminate Foundation hosted an ‘Energy and Lighting Showcase’ at the Hauser Forum, Cambridge, in partnership with the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

21 Sep 2013

World Intellectual Property Organization Publishes Patent Application of Solar3D Solar Cell

Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today announced the World Intellectual Property Organization, in Geneva, Switzerland, has published the patent application of the Solar3D Solar Cell.

7 Sep 2013

Solar Cells Researcher, Michael Grätzel, Awarded 2013 Marcel Benoist Prize

Michael Grätzel, known for his work on dye-sensitized solar cells, is the recipient of the 2013 Benoist prize.

31 Aug 2013

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