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Zayed Future Energy Prize Committee Honors Fraunhofer Solar Researchers

"We are absolutely delighted that the Zayed Future Energy Prize committee has decided to honor Fraunhofer ISE's more than 30 years of work on sustainable energy supply in this way," says Prof. Eicke R. Weber, director of Fraunhofer ISE. "This generous prize will enable us to offer our re- search in support of countries that haven't yet set out to develop a new energy economy.

23 Jan 2014

UC Riverside to Host Solar Energy Conference in Inland Southern California on Feb. 6

The University of California, Riverside will host a conference focused on solar energy in Inland Southern California on Thursday, Feb. 6 at its Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology.

22 Jan 2014

New Energy Achieves Compatibility of SolarWindow Architecture with Electricity-Generating Coatings

New Energy Technologies, Inc. developer of the world’s first-of-its-kind, see-through technology capable of generating electricity on glass and flexible plastics, announced today that the Company has achieved compatibility of the SolarWindow™ architecture with a variety of active layer electricity-generating coatings. In organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, the active layer plays a critical role in determining a number of the key properties of the device, including: color, amount of visible light transmission (VLT), wavelength response, and power production.

22 Jan 2014

Yingli Green Energy Subsidiary Gets Certificate for Contracting Foreign Engineering Projects in China

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar", today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited ("Yingli China"), has obtained the Certificate for Contracting Foreign Engineering Projects from governmental authority of People's Republic of China.

22 Jan 2014

Canadian Solar Achieves Highest PTC Ratings for Polysilicon Modules

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that the Company's polysilicon ("PV") modules achieved the highest PTC ratings amongst all major poly module manufacturers.

From Canadian Solar 22 Jan 2014

CSEM Photovoltaics Center Reports Successful First Year

One year on from its launch, the CSEM Photovoltaics Center is looking back on a very positive first year and confident about the future of solar energy.

22 Jan 2014

New Report Provides Overview of Romanian Photovoltaic Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Romania Photovoltaic (Solar PV) Market: Outlook 2014 - 2025" report to their offering.

21 Jan 2014

Lightway Solar Teams Up with Tigo Energy to Introduce New LWSS Smart Module Line

Lightway, a world-leading, vertically integrated solar company, announced today that its new LWSS Smart Module line will use technology from Tigo Energy and is shipping immediately. The new line of modules features integrated power optimization that enables the solar module to perform module-level max power point tracking (MPPT) to maximize system yield and increase design flexibility.

21 Jan 2014

Etrion Meets 2013 Production Target of Over 100 Million kWh of Solar Electricity

Etrion Corporation, a solar independent power producer, announces an operations update, including preliminary production results for the year ended December 31, 2013.

20 Jan 2014