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BOC Gets Long Term Deals With Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturers in India

Reinforcing its position as India’s leading gas technology supplier to the photovoltaic (PV) industry, BOC India (BOCI), a member of The Linde Group, has won four new long-term gas supply deals with large PV manufacturers, Moser Baer, Euro Multivision, Solar Semiconductor and Indo Solar (formally Phoenix Solar)

10 Nov 2009

Super Efficient Solar Cells From Sydney University

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10 Nov 2009

Technological Developments Moving Us Towards Personalised Solar Energy

New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of “personalized solar energy,” in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities

9 Nov 2009

Solar Power Pioneer Moves On To Next Generation Solar Cells

A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development of the next generation of super efficient solar cells

9 Nov 2009

French Solar Power Plant Gets Working

Neoen and Arkema announce the start-up of a photovoltaic power plant on Arkema’s Serquigny industrial site in Haute-Normandie, France

8 Nov 2009

DOE Invests in Solar Power Research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Argonne National Laboratory nearly $2.7 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for three solar-energy related research projects

5 Nov 2009

MIT and Total Research Solar Power Batteries

Total announces the signing of a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are designed to enable the storage of solar power

3 Nov 2009

Konarka Making Shade Structures in Africa and the Middle East From Materials That Converts Light to Power

Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company is collaborating with Enviromena Power Systems, leading developer of solar projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), to investigate the integration of Konarka Power Plastic into various Enviromena shade structure projects

29 Oct 2009

Applied Materials SunFab Thin Film Line Makes Manufacturing Solar Cells Cheaper

Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that it has significantly lowered the cost for customers to manufacture solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on its SunFab Thin Film Line using its next-generation module technology

29 Oct 2009

University of Central Florida Awarded Grant Into Making Solar Cells More Efficient

The University of Central Florida has been awarded a $7.5 million research grant to study ways to make photovoltaic solar cells more efficient in capturing and converting solar energy into electricity and less costly to manufacture

27 Oct 2009