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Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Formed to Discover Cheaper Energy Alternatives

Daniel Poneman, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, has created a Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) last Friday.

27 Jul 2010

India to Focus on 1000 MW Solar Energy Production by 2013

The joint press meet unveiled the planned guidelines for selecting fresh grid connected solar power projects. According to Shinde PFC and REC will support and finance some of the planned grid connected projects.

27 Jul 2010

Graphene OPV cells Might become Economical and Convenient in the Future

Flexible transparent carbon atom films have been developed by a Southern California University team. The researchers opine that these films have a great potential towards a new solar cell breed.

27 Jul 2010

Cheap Solar Panels Yield Raised by TU Delft

Gijs van Elzakker, a Ph.D scholar from TU Delft, working in Inventux and his team have increased the energy yield of cheap solar panels from 7% to 9% using amorphous silicon as a very thin layer of silicon is sufficient to produce thin film solar cells unlike the more conventional crystalline silicon.

27 Jul 2010

Solar for All Conduct Design Contest

Solar energy, which is a clean source of energy, has great potential if it is regulated and inexpensive for consumers with low wages To meet this goal Solar for All has been conducting a design competition that is run by the Canopus Foundation to stumble on and reward technical innovations that make use of solar photovoltaic technology most appropriate for the developing world in terms of cost and accessibility.

27 Jul 2010

Amtech and Subsidiaries to Exhibit at Solar and Semiconductor Trade Shows in San Francisco

Amtech Systems and its subsidiaries will participate in two trade shows - the 2010 Inter Solar North America and SEMICON West solar shows to be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, from 13 to 15 July 2010.

27 Jul 2010

PSHS Main Campus Gets Solar Lighting System from 1985 Alumni Batch

The Philippines Science High School alumni batch of 1985, the Jubilarian Batch for 2010, has donated to the school’s main campus a non-utility Solar Energy Augmented Lighting System. This donation was made through the guidance of the Wilfred and Bonnie Uytengsu Foundation.

27 Jul 2010

Solar Electric Power Association Currently In Japan on a Fact Finding Mission

The group is also planning to travel all over central Japan to understand various steps taken by the Japanese government and its allied research institutions in implementing solar power production.

27 Jul 2010

Companiesandmarkets.com Releases a Report on Indian Solar Energy Market

Companiesandmarkets.com is a company engaged in providing market research reports on products and companies. The company sources its range of information from various leading publishers and information providers and boasts details about around 500,000 markets and information of over 100,000 companies. Recently, the company has published a report on ‘Solar Energy Market in India’.

27 Jul 2010

Sierra Club and Sungevity Plan Free Workshop on ‘Truth About Solar’ on 27th July

The free workshop planned on 27th July is designed to provide details about the use of rooftop solar technology, type of solar technology suitable for individual home owners and use of solar energy and the environment.

27 Jul 2010