Alta Devices, a development stage company focused on enhancing the production capabilities of high efficiency solar photovoltaic (PV) applications, announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has verified the company’s new solar panel to have 23.5% efficiency.
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new online tool for optimizing materials and production for solar cells.
Green Power EMC, a nonprofit corporation and one of the leading providers of renewable resources in Georgia, has established a solar plant in Warner Robins, Georgia. The plant expands Green Power EMC’s energy portfolio and will increase its total renewable energy generation to approximately 28 MW.
Andreas Mershin, a researcher at the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, has developed a photovoltaic cell from plant materials. This work is an expansion of a research project, which was started by Shuguang Zhang, an associate director at Center for Biomedical Engineering in MIT, eight years ago. The work shows a promising step towards the integration of biomolecules to build solar cells.
A new solar-powered battery charger has been launched by Nokero International, a developer of affordable solar technology solutions. The advanced, small and sleek charger, C110, utilizes sunlight to restore power to recyclable and rechargeable AA batteries.
The flat glass business of PPG Industries has declared the expansion of its production capacity at the Fresno plant in California in order to produce SOLARPHIRE PV glass. This is an ultra-low iron glass that is utilized in manufacturing parts for the solar industry.
Barry D. Bruce from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, together with scientists from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have designed a novel system that uses photosynthetic processes to generate efficient and low-cost energy, paving the way to develop green electricity easily and economically.
Gehrlicher Solar, a Germany-based company specialized in planning and construction of solar power plants, has entered a joint venture contract with Merk Solar Enerji Çözümleri, an affiliate of Akfel Group, to serve the Turkish photovoltaic markets.
As a developer of low-cost, high-efficiency thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, MiaSole has marked a milestone in panel production by achieving 17.3% efficiency.
Corning, a provider of specialty glass and ceramics, has won a first commercial order for supply of photovoltaic (PV) glass substrates.
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