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Solar discovery sets new record for low-grade silicon

The new technique, patented by UNSW researchers earlier this year, is expected to produce efficiencies between 21% and 23%, says Wenham.
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Global Panel Database

ENF presents a collection of data of 17,164 solar panels(16,740 crystalline panels and 424 thin-film panels) in Excel format that cover 554 panel manufacturers’ products....
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Qatar Solar Technologies to Power Qatar's First Passivhaus

Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) today presented Barwa with the first of 136 solar modules that will be used to power Qatar’s Passivhaus-Baytna project. ...
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Artificial Leaf: Solar-To-Fuel Roadmap Developed for Crystalline Silicon

Bringing the concept of an "artificial leaf" closer to reality, a team of researchers at MIT has published a detailed analysis of all the factors that could limit the efficiency of such a system. ...
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PID Resistance of Panasonic HIT Photovoltaic Modules Confirmed by Fraunhofer Institute

Panasonic Corporation today announced that the resistance to potential induced degradation (PID) of its HIT photovoltaic modules has been confirmed by the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon-Photovoltaics (CSP)....
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Polysilicon industry to resume growth in 2013

Polysilicon industry to resume growth in 2013 Bernreuter Research sees rising demand with new PV installations of 36 GW....
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Yingli Green Energy Calls on the European Commission to Halt Protectionism

BAODING, China, Sept. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar ...
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Canadian Solar to Supply 17 MW of Solar Modules to Potentia Solar

High-Performance PV Panels Will Provide Clean, Renewable Energy to More Than a Hundred Commercial Rooftop Installations in Ontario....
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China releases 2011-2015 plan for solar photovoltaic industry

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released the 12th Five-Year Plan for the solar photovoltaic industry (2011-2015). ...
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Can the U.S. Jump Back into the Solar Race?

BOSTON—Back in 1995, when the global market for solar panels was small, the U.S. shipped more than 40 percent of the world’s photovoltaic modules, which produce electricity from light. Today the number is closer to 4 percent....
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Worldwide photovoltaic installations increased by 5,948 MW in 2008, up from 2,826 MW installed during the previous year. In 1985, annual solar installation demand was only 21 MW

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Microwave Cooks up Solar Cell Material

Nanocrystal SemiConductor for Photovoltaics, Sensor, Heat Reuse...
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New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Power the Grid

Low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid....
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NREL Launches Initiative to Build Solar Performance Database

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an initiative to build an open-source database of real-world performance from solar facilities across the country. ...
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Peel-And-Stick Thin Film Solar Cells

Hanyang University in collaboration with Stanford University has succeeded in fabricating peel-and-stick thin film solar cells (TFSCs). ...
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New solar-cell design based on dots and wires

MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires....
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