Solar energy helps the US economic boom

Solar energy helps t...

A report by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) indicates that the photovoltaic installations in 2009 rose 40% in the U.S. and this year is expected to reach even double. At present...

Valencia will become the capital of world PV

Valencia will become...

On Monday September 6  in Valencia starts the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition and 5th (25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5). An event which will take place throughout...

Cuba advancing a project to convert ocean thermal energy

Cuba advancing a pro...

The Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a system based on taking advantage of temperature differences between sea surface and deep waters. In Matanzas Bay, north of the Caribbean...

Solar energy helps the US economic takeoff

Solar energy helps t...

According to a report by the American Solar Energy Society, photovoltaic installations grew 40% in 2009 and this year is expected to reach even double. It is considered the country...

The new Vestas Wind turbines arrive in Australia

The new Vestas Wind ...

Vestas, Danish manufacturer of wind turbines, received an order for the largest wind project in Australia – with the new V112 wind turbines now marketed in onshore and offshore...

California: a mega project of solar thermal

California: a mega p...

The Energy Commission of California has approved the project to construct and operate the Solar Millennium, a subsidiary of Solar Trust of America, the mega power project of 968 MW...

EV: THINK is entering the French market

EV: THINK is enterin...

THINK, the Scandinavian manufacturer of the electric car of the same name, said Thursday it entered the French market through a partnership created between its division and O2City Mobivia...

Around the world in 80 days with Zerotracer

Around the world in ...

Oerlikon Solar, the producer of production plants for the manufacture of thin film silicon solar modules, becomes the main sponsor of the Swiss team “Oerlikon Solar Racing Team”...



Posts Tagged «solar cells»

Kyocera: the factory ready to produce 16.9% efficient cells

Kyocera: the factory ready to produce 16.9% efficient cells
Japanese Kyocera announced last week that production of its new production site for solar cells Yasu in Shiga Prefecture, Japan would start at full throttle. The new plant, whose construction was completed in March and whose production line...Read More

Researchers find another way to harvest solar energy

Researchers find another way to harvest solar energy
Engineers at Stanford University have discovered a new way to harvest light and thermal energy produced by the Sun. An article published in the Nature Materials journal shows that the cesium coating of solar cell semiconductor material allows...Read More

Egypt will invest $110 billion in renewables

Egypt will invest $110 billion in renewables
In partnership with national and international companies, Egypt announces it will invest $110 billion by 2027 in the production and distribution of electricity. The country has thus be given a grant of 100 million dollars from the Global Environment...Read More

Roofs could generate up to 40% of the electricity demanded by the EU in 2020

Roofs could generate up to 40% of the electricity demanded by the EU in 2020
With a total area of 22,000 km2, 40% of all roofs and 15% of all facades in the EU-27 could be used for photovoltaic applications. This means that you could install PV 1.500GW, with an annual electricity production 1.400TWh, representing 40%...Read More