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“Nanocoax” Answers “Thick and Thin” Challenge in Solar Cells

Recently, researchers of Boston College have reported that a nano-size solar cell that drew inspiration by the coaxial cable provides higher efficiency in comparison with formerly developed nanotech thin-film solar cell by solving the “thick & thin” issue inherent to harnessing light and generating electricity. This report was made in the online version of the Physica Status Solidi journal.

11 Jun 2010

Canadian Solar to Showcase New CS6X Power Module at the Intersolar 2010

Solar company Canadian Solar Inc. has been chosen as a Top 10 finalist in the “photovoltaic” category for the Intersolar Award for the company’s innovative NewEdge series.

11 Jun 2010

Ballast Nedam Inks Agreement with Walney Offshore Windfarms

Ballast Nedam Offshore has inked an agreement with Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd. for installing 51 foundations meant for offshore wind turbines under the Walney II project.

11 Jun 2010

DelSolar to Showcase Solar Modules at 2010 Intersolar

DelSolar will showcase its high-efficiency solar modules during the solar industry trade fair 2010 Intersolar.

11 Jun 2010

LPP Combustion’s New Technology Generates Green Power from Bio-ethanol

LPP Combustion, LLC, a pioneer in liquid fuel technology designed a Lean, Pre-mixed, Prevaporized (LPP) combustion technology to generate clean, green power. The LPP combustion technology converts liquid fuels into LPP Gas, a substitute natural gas. LLC generated green power on a 30kW Capstone C30 gas turbine.

11 Jun 2010

WePOWER’s Solar Products Awarded SRCC Certification

WePOWER’s Solar Products have been awarded with SRCC certification. The Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) has accorded its “stamp of approval” to the entire line of Solar Thermal Direct Energy Products from WePOWER.

11 Jun 2010

Reportlinker.com Announces China’s Solar Industry Development Market Report

Reportlinker.com has announced that there is a new market research report on China’s solar photovoltaic industry development readily available in its catalogue. Other vital factors such as major industry forecasts, trends, production plans and key companies also feature in this report.

11 Jun 2010

Helix Wind Anticipates Issuance of Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Patent Application

Helix Wind, Corp. has revealed that they are expecting an issuing order of a US patent application that they filed with their legal counsel, Thibault Patent Group.

11 Jun 2010

RICOH Builds Solar-Powered Billboard in Time Square

Ricoh Americas Corporation, a provider of document management solutions and services, and digital office equipment, completed the construction of Ricoh Eco Board at 3 Times Square. In celebration of the Eco Board’s completion, a ceremony will be held in Time Square, New York.

11 Jun 2010

ENN Solar Energy to Supply Silicon Modules to CECEP

ENN Solar Energy Co., a leading manufacturer in large-size thin film modules will be catering 5.7 m2 tandem junction silicon thin film modules to a photovoltaic (PV) plant.

11 Jun 2010

GTM Research Reveals Top-Listed Solar PV Equipment Manufacturers

According to GTM Research’s research note, global photovoltaic cell production grew by 51%; from 7.1 GW in 2008 to 10.7 GW in 2009. The production of PV panel grew by 41% over 2008 to 8.9 GW. In 2009’s third and fourth quarters, the majority of PV panels were deployed in Germany.

11 Jun 2010

Report Sees Strong Prospects for Electricity Microgrids

Giants such as Cisco, GE, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Siemens and Verizon, will join smaller specialist firms pursuing a Microgrid market opportunity that will reach $1.8 billion by 2015. So says a new report, MICROGRID MARKETS AND OPPORTUNITIES, just published by Smart Grid Analysis (SGA); NanoMarkets' group dedicated to analyzing emerging market and technology opportunities in the Smart Grid.

10 Jun 2010