US, Abu Dhabi collaborate on solar research
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy initiative, will collaborate to test the performance
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Building-integrated PV: Its time has come
The use of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems has been around for a long time (16 years since the first commercial-scale
A call to solar cell makers: Aim to reduce your carbon footprint
The thin-film photovoltaic (PV) industry needs to aim not only for grid parity — making solar energy comparable in cost to
New spectrometer to aid in German solar research
Bruker BioSpin will provide the world’s first commercial millimetre-wave 263-gigahertz EPR spectrometer for use at Berlin’s Helmholtz-Zentrum. The
Schott joins European solar cell research effort
Germany-based Schott Solar, a photovoltaics manufacturer, has entered into a three-year research partnership with IMEC, a European nanoelectronics research centre,
A first for solar firms: PV performance insurance
Photovoltaics firm Signet Solar has inked what might be a first in the renewables industry (PDF): a 25-year insurance plan
Linde to help supply new Italian PV plant
Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, has been awarded the exclusive contract to supply high-purity gases to Italy’
Siemens boosts efficiency of PV solar inverters
Siemens AG says its new transformerless solar inverters have achieved an effiency of 98 per cent — 2 per cent higher
SolarWorld expands capacity at Freiburg plant
Germany’s SolarWorld AG held a topping-out ceremony this week for its new production facility for solar silicon wafers in
It's a solar panel, it's weather protection ... it's Flexa
The Italian firm Enerqos, a photovoltaic (PV) system and solar power plant construction company has teamed with ESP, a specialist
Ex-Soviet Army grounds to become Germany's largest solar plant
A former Soviet Army training area in eastern Germany is on course to house what will be Germany’s largest
2009 forecast for solar market: Mostly cloudy
Expect the photovoltaics (PV) industry to see a major market drop this year, warns electronics market analyst iSuppli. The firm