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NRL Tests Autonomous ‘Soaring with Solar’ Concept

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section are building on the proven concept of autonomous cooperative soaring of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Their research investigates the presence of solar photovoltaics (PV) to the cooperative autonomous soaring techniques, which enables long endurance flights of unmanned sailplanes that use the […]

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Virtual Technology Center for Efficient Solar Cells

Photovoltaics of the University of Stuttgart (ipv) and the International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC) founded Solar Cells Technology Center 4.0 to make solar cell production in more efficient. Linking up systems to a virtual network in order to make solar cell production in Baden Württemberg more efficient – this was the aim of the […]

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State distribution companies (discoms) are biggest obstacle on open access for solar power

Open access (OA) was one of the main components of the Electricity Act (2003), introduced in an effort to attract private investment in the electricity generation sector, thereby encouraging competition. There is an increasing opportunity to innovate in solar markets in India thanks to the rapidly declining price of photovoltaics (PV). While large-scale ground-mounted solar […]

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Insect Eyes Inspire New Solar Cell Design by Stanford Researchers

Packing tiny solar cells together, like micro-lenses in the compound eye of an insect, could pave the way to a new generation of advanced photovoltaics based on a promising material called perovskite. A new solar cell inspired by the compound eyes of insects could help scientists overcome a major roadblock to the development of solar […]

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Heraeus appeals against Taiwanese Regional Patent Court’s Solar Paste Decision, says Will Continue to Vigorously Protect IP Rights

Heraeus will exercise its right to appeal and seek to prove infringement by some of the sued Giga Solar pastes.  In July this year Heraeus Photovoltaics, announced that the Taiwanese Intellectual Property Court has dismiss the infringement case of Heraeus against Giga Solar and it is reviewing the ruling carefully, it reserves the right to […]

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Imec Reports 23.9 Percent Conversion Efficiency on a 4cm2 Perovskite/ Silicon Solar Module

In 2016, Imec presented for the first time a semi-transparent perovskite module, developed in collaboration with Solliance, stacked on top of an interdigitated back-contact (IBC) crystalline silicon solar cell in a four-terminal tandem configuration, thereby achieving an overall power conversion efficiency of 20.2 percent on an aperture area of 4cm2 Imec has announced an improvement […]

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Scientists have developed new ‘smart’ sunglasses that can generate electric power

Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power enough to operate devices such as hearing aids or step counters. Organic solar cells are flexible, transparent, […]

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United States solar market adds 2,044 megawatts of new capacity in the Q1 of 2017

“Solar is delivering more clean energy, adding jobs 17 times faster than the United States economy and creating tens of billions of dollars in investment. With its cost-competitiveness, we know solar will continue to play a growing role in America’s energy portfolio.” The U.S. solar market has added more than 2GW (2,044 megawatts) of new capacity […]

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Fronius SnapINverters are Increasing the Supply of Renewable Energy Around the World

With SnapINverter from Fronius, The vision of 24 hours of sun is growing ever closer. Solar technology pioneer Fronius has developed a generation of inverters that are inspiring planners, installers and PV system operators alike: the SnapINverter. These devices are already being used successfully in a wide range of applications around the world, from family […]

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