MiaSole, a developer of low-cost, high-efficiency thin-film solar panels, has received a $55 million grant to spur its business to the next level of growth. The funding will help the company to develop the commercial part of its business with traditional flexible and glass-on-glass products.
A research team at the University of California, San Diego is creating a forest of nanowire trees to cleanly harvest more amount of solar energy for generating hydrogen fuel efficiently without utilizing fossil fuels.
Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has announced the release of its latest report on smart windows, “Silver in Photovoltiacs-2012.” In the report the firm projects that suppliers of silver inks and pastes face challenging times as the PV industry’s use of silver declines in the coming years.
According to the recent data, the solar PV market in Belgium has recorded successful growth in 2011 compared to previous years. The total installed capacity of the Belgian PV market accounted for 1,669 MW by the end of 2011.
A global building-integrated and rooftop photovoltaics company, United Solar has signed a solar laminate integration agreement with Baraclit, an Italian manufacturer of concrete prefabricated buildings.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its Foundational Program to Advance Cell Efficiency (F-PACE), has awarded a $300,000 grant to an associate professor of computer and electrical engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU), Sylvain Marsillac. The funding will support Marsillac’s research work to enhance the efficiency of solar energy cells.
Kyoto City has selected the Kyocera Group and SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group, to develop and manage a 4.2 MW solar power plant. This mega solar power project will be the newest one in Kyoto Prefecture.
Two manufacturing giants in the automobile industry, Honda and BMW have turned green by installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at its facilities.
Natcore Technology announced the opening ceremony of a research and development center at Eastman Business Park in Rochester, New York. The center has been constructed and fully equipped at a cost of approximately $1 million.
Oerlikon Group has signed an agreement with Japan-based Tokyo Electron, a global semiconductor production equipment supplier, to divest its solar business based in Trübbach, Switzerland.
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