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University of Missouri Engineer Introduces Solar Product to Harvest More Solar Power

Collecting the available solar light efficiently is a problem with most of the solar panels supplied in the markets today. A majority of them harvest only 20% of the available light.

25 May 2011

Empa Scientists Improve Conversion Efficiency of CIGS Solar Cells

A team of scientists led by Ayodhya N. Tiwari, at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have further improved the power conversion capabilities of flexible solar cells manufactured utilizing copper indium gallium (di)selenide or CIGS.

25 May 2011

UC San Diego Receives Grant to Improve Clean Energy Usage in California

The Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) of the California Energy Commission has declared a grant of $1.4 million for UC San Diego to speedup the growth and usage of green renewable energy in California.

25 May 2011

Nanoscale Antennas Promise Higher Conversion Rates of Solar Energy into Electricity

Nanoscale antennas hold out the promise of higher resolution optical imaging of nano objects, including proteins and DNA molecules, and converting solar energy into electricity at very high efficiencies.

25 May 2011

Community Energy Contracts Accord to Sell Solar Power to Exelon Generation

Community Energy Solar, a utility level solar projects developing company, declared that it has entered into a 15 year power purchase accord with Exelon Generation, a utility company, to supply the power generated from its 6 MW solar power facility being constructed in Lancaster County, PA. The accord also covers the sale of renewable energy credits generated from the project.

25 May 2011

eIQ Energy to Provide Parallel Solar Technology to Granite Construction

eIQ Energy, a company that deploys a unique power management technology to provide inexpensive and efficient solar power, has contracted an accord with Granite Construction to supply Parallel Solar technology for its hot mix facility and aggregate located in Coalinga, California.

25 May 2011