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BioSolar's Launch of Bio-Based Plastic Substrate Development Effort Signals New Era in Solar Power
BioSolarTM, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce thin film, flexible solar cells on bio-based plastic substrates, today announces that the company is launching its development program to produce a proprietary bio-based resin uniquely suited to the rigors required for solar cell production. The methodology the...
Tags: solar cell, solar energy
Research articles 2007-04-10
World record moves lower-cost solar energy a step closer.(Brief Article)
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL (Golden, CO) have taken another step toward reduced costs and increased competitiveness for solar energy. They set a new world record for thin-film solar cell efficiency. The measuremen Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL...
Tags: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, solar cell, solar energy
Research articles 1999-07-05
BP AMOCO TO BRING SOLAR POWER TO 200 SERVICE STATIONS.
BP Amoco is to fit 200 service stations around the world with solar power panels, the most ambitious project of its kind ever undertaken, according to BP France. Solar cells will supply electricity to all new service stations in Australia, Austria, G BP Amoco is to...
Tags: solar cell, solar energy
Research articles 1999-04-23
Sanyo bets on Mexico to produce solar cells.
MEXICO CITY, Dec 11, 2002 (Cronica/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Japanese group Sanyo Electric has announced it will invest US$2 million in Mexico to fabricate photovoltaic generators that will produce solar energy. San MEXICO CITY, Dec 11, 2002 (Cronica/Corporate Mexico by Internet...
Tags: photovoltaics, Sanyo Electric Co., solar cell, solar energy
Research articles 2002-12-11

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G24 dye-sensitized solar tech out in time for the holidays
Cleantech gadget lovers and Blackberry addicts may want to get out their holiday wish lists. Cardiff, Wales-based G24 Innovations said electronic bags incorporating its dye-sensitized solar cell DSSC technology are to be out in time for the December shopping season. The bags can be used to power everything from iPhones...
Tags: technology, Solar Cell, Photovoltaics, E-reader
News items 2009-10-16
Texas researchers look to unleash spray-on solar cell potential
If Brian Korgel's latest research project is able to lower photovoltaic manufacturing costs, it could revolutionize the solar cell market. But for now, it's still a research project with game-changing, paintable potential, he told the Cleantech Group today. The University of Texas at Austin chemical engineer and his team have...
Tags: Solar Cell
News items 2009-08-31
Home Fuel Cell Maker Bloom Energy Raising Largest Round Yet
Fuel cell startup Bloom Energy is a curious combination of high- and low-profile. As one of the first cleantech investments made by famed venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, it has been the subject of intense speculation for years, since it was first discovered operating as Ion America. But...
Tags: Fuel Cell, Clean Technology, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-03-24
Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record at Over 40%
ENERGY Scientists at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8% of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest confirmed efficiency of any photovoltaic device to...
Tags: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, photovoltaics
Research articles 2008-09-01
Ascent Solar Awarded Second Phase of High Efficiency Solar Cell Program
LITTLETON, Colo. -- Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI) today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to continue development of a flexible thin-film tandem solar cell with a goal of achieving photovoltaic conversion efficiencies of 20%. A tandem solar cell is a combination of two...
Tags: Air Force, cell, Manufacturing, photovoltaics
Research articles 2008-03-20
Energy Conversion Devices Project to Cut Solar Cell Cost: $6M Cost- Shared Project to Develop Innovative Manufacturing Technology
WASHINGTON, May 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced today that the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL has awarded a subcontract to Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. ECD to develop new solar cell manufacturing technology. The contract provides matching funds for a research and development program...
Tags: Manufacturing, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Research articles 2003-05-08
NREL solar cell sets world efficiency record at 40.8%.(IN THE NEWS)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8% of the light that hits it into electricity. This is reportedly the highest confirmed efficiency of any...
Tags: In The News Inc.
Research articles 2008-11-01
Honda Soltec Commemorates Opening of Solar Cell Production Plant; Accelerating Honda's Energy Creation Business
Tokyo, Japan, Nov 12, 2007 - JCN Newswire - Honda Soltec Co., Ltd., Honda's wholly-owned solar cell subsidiary, today commemorated the opening of its solar cell production plant with a ceremony attended by approximately 80 dignitaries, guests and Honda officials, including Yoshiko Shiotani, the governor of Kumamoto prefecture; Junichi Mitsuyama,...
Tags: Honda Motor Co., solar cell
Research articles 2007-11-12
Ascent Solar Wins High Efficiency Solar Cell Program
LITTLETON, Colo. -- Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI) (BSX:AKC) today announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop an innovative flexible thin film tandem solar cell with the goal of demonstrating thin film photovoltaic efficiencies of 20%. Tandem solar cells are a combination of...
Tags: Air Force, cell, Manufacturing, photovoltaics
Research articles 2007-05-09
Honda to Mass Produce Next-Generation Thin Film Solar Cell
Tokyo, Japan, Dec 19, 2005 - JCN Newswire - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced its plan to begin mass production in 2007, of an independently developed thin film solar cell composed of non-silicon compound materials, which requires 50% less energy, and thus generate 50% less CO2, during production compared...
Tags: Honda Motor Co.
Research articles 2005-12-19
Solar cell to be tested in space.
* Solar cell to be tested in space - A more efficient and less costly solar cell developed at the Solar Energy Research Institute SERI in Golden for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA has been tested on a recently launched satellite. NASA Lewis Research Center...
Tags: NASA, photovoltaics
Research articles 1991-06-01
Solar cell with 42.8% efficiency.(ENERGY/POWER PRODUCTION)
By using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware UD, USA, has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell efficiency of 42.8% from sunlight at standard terrestrial conditions. ...
Tags: DARPA
Research articles 2007-09-01
Spectrolab and NREL Honored for High-Efficiency Terrestrial Solar Cell Technology
Business Editors LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--May 21, 2002 Spectrolab, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL have received an award for a jointly developed terrestrial solar cell that is capable of record-breaking efficiency in converting sunlight to electricity....
Tags: Boeing Co., National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Research articles 2002-05-21
Solar Cell Power Performance Boosted 60-70% by Nanoparticles Used in Octillion's 'NanoPower Window'
New Study in American Institute of Physics' Publication Confirms That Silicon Nanoparticles Used in Octillion's NanoPower Window, When Placed on a Silicon Solar Cell, Can Boost Power, Reduce Energy-Wasting Heat, and Prolong Life of Conventional Solar Cells VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Octillion Corp. (OTCBB:OCTL) today announces that a published...
Tags: Company, nanoparticle, performance, SEC
Research articles 2007-08-20
SOLAR CELL TESTED IN SPACE
A solar cell developed at the Solar Energy Research Institute SERI in Golden, Colorado, USA, for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is being tested in space after being launched on a satellite in early May. The NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio,...
Tags: NASA
Research articles 1991-07-01
Orkla ASA increases stake in solar technology company Renewable Energy Corporation ASA
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-5 February 2007-Orkla ASA increases stake in solar technology company Renewable Energy Corporation ASAC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Norwegian multi-sector group Orkla ASA said on Monday (5 February) that it has increased its holding in solar cell silicon, wafers and modules maker Renewable Energy Corporation ASA REC...
Tags: Renewable Energy Corporation ASA
Research articles 2007-02-05
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