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New Route Doubles the Efficiency of Hybrid Solar Cells

Organic solar cells have the potential to convert sunlight into electrical energy in an economical and environmentally friendly fashion. The challenge is that they still work less efficiently than inorganic semiconductors. Ultrafast measurements on hybrid cells now reveal a route to double their efficiency.

24 Oct 2011

Spain to Receive Major Investment Package from Gehrlicher Solar

The president of the Murcia Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, and Klaus Gehrlicher, founder and CEO of the German photovoltaic company Gehrlicher Solar AG, met on October 20th to announce major solar power investments within the next five years.

24 Oct 2011

MIT Researchers Discover Technique for Simultaneous Heat and Electricity Generation from Sunlight

A new study that appeared in the journal, Solar Energy moves off from the conventional theory that solar energy will produce either heat energy to produce hot water or steam or electricity alone.

24 Oct 2011

Public Service Electric and Gas Inaugurates Solar System at Rider University

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) along with Rider University has inaugurated a 74 MW solar system at the school in Lawrenceville, NJ.

22 Oct 2011

SANYO to Display HIT Solar Modules at Solar Power UK 2011

SANYO Component Europe (SANYO) has declared that it will participate at the Solar Power UK 2011, solar expo to be held from October 26 -28, 2011 at Birmingham, UK, located International Conference Centre (ICC).

22 Oct 2011

Envision Solar International to Deploy Solar Grove Structure for Utility in California

Envision Solar International, a renewable energy infrastructure ware designing and developing company, declared that it has broken ground to deploy its Solar Grove for a utility in California.

22 Oct 2011

Sustainable Energy Technology Displays Practical Parallel Solar Inverters at Solar Power International 2011

Sustainable Energy Technology has declared that it showcased its PARALEX ‘practical parallel solar’ inverters at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas held Solar Power International 2011.

21 Oct 2011

Konarka Technologies, Webasto Collaborate to Use Organic Solar Cells in Automobiles

Konarka Technologies, a company that developed and commercialized light weight and flexible Konarka Power Plastic organic solar film to generate solar power, declared that it has formed a partnership with Webasto, an automobile supplier for incorporating its Power Plastic organic solar film over the roofing systems of Webasto automobiles.

21 Oct 2011

Siemens Energy Assists in Completion of Les Mées solar Farm in South France

Siemens Energy has declared the construction completion and commissioning of the Les Mées solar farm in the sub-division of Alpes-de- Haute-Provence located in the south of France.

20 Oct 2011

Ground Breaking of Solar Double Cropping Project in Pittsboro

Southern Energy Management (SEM), a company based at Morrisville, along with Piedmont Biofarm, Piedmont Biofuels, and Miraverse Power and Light has declared the ground breaking ceremony of a novel solar project known as ‘Solar Double Cropping’ project to be located in Pittsboro, North Carolina.

20 Oct 2011