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UC Berkeley Engineers Develop Innovative Technique for Growing Nanolasers Directly on Silicon Surface

Engineers working at the Berkeley, University of California, have developed a process whereby nanolasers could be grown directly on a silicon surface.

14 Feb 2011

INM Scientists Develop CIGS Solar Cells with Improved Efficiency

Researchers at the INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials have been able to develop a barrier layer that would separate the metal carrier from the absorber film, leading to increased efficiency for the CIGS Solar Cells, which are metal- based.

14 Feb 2011

Centrotec to Acquire Solar23

Centrotec Sustainable, a company based in Brilon in Germany, has declared that its subsidiary company, Ubbink, has purchased a 60% share in Solar23. Solar23 aims at developing the African solar PV and solar thermal projects like off-grid solar solutions.

14 Feb 2011

Southern California Edison Enters Power Purchase Agreement with First Solar

Southern California Edison (SCE) declared that it has entered into a power purchase agreement with First Solar for250 MW AC solar photovoltaic power generated with photovoltaic panels. The signed accord is subject to approval of the project by the California Public Utilities Commission.

14 Feb 2011

Suniva to Introduce ARTisun Select Poduct Line to Produce Efficient Solar Cells

Suniva, a USA-based producer of monocrystalline silicon solar cells and modules, has declared that its patented ARTisun Select series solar cells are designed to achieve an efficiency of 19%, an achievement for screen-printed cells under mass-scale production.

14 Feb 2011

Sunvalley Solar Signs MOU with Tianwei SolarFilms to Develop Solar Projects in the USA

Sunvalley Solar declared that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tianwei SolarFilms to institute a strategical joint venture in the United States.

14 Feb 2011

Solar Energy Initiatives Signs Development Deal for Solar PPA Project

Solar Energy Initiatives, a company operating in the solar power development market, has declared that the company has arranged to secure a developer fee as well as the reimbursement of project expenditures on a 1-MW solar power purchase agreement (PPA) project with ESA Renewables.

14 Feb 2011

EuPD Research Inks Cooperation Agreement with British Photovoltaic Association

Renewable energy consulting firm, EuPD Research, has signed a cooperation agreement with the British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA), a renewable energy trade organization concentrating on the photovoltaic technologies and applications in the UK market.

14 Feb 2011

San Diego Gas + Electric Contracts 25 Year Accord with NRG Solar to Buy Solar Power

San Diego Gas & Electric declared that it has contracted a 25 year accord with NRG Solar, an NRG Energy company to buy 26 MW of solar power from its proposed solar power facility in San Diego County, California.

14 Feb 2011

Campbell Soup to Install Solar System Over a 60 Acre Plot at its Ohio Plant

Campbell Soup Company declared that it has contracted a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Land Lease Agreement (LLA) with BNB Napoleon Solar, a fully owned auxiliary company of BNB Renewable Energy Holdings, located in Exton, PA.

14 Feb 2011