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Toyota and BMW Group Collaborate to Enhance Eco-Friendly Technologies

Toyota Motor (TMC) and BMW Group (BMW) have declared that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in order to partner long-term for advancement of eco-friendly technologies.

5 Dec 2011

Canadian Solar Provides Modules for 9 MW Solar Power Plant in Spain

Canadian Solar, which is one of the main solar companies in the globe, has provided solar modules for a power plant, with 9 MW capacity, by the OPDE Group in Spain. The company has planned to commission the solar system during the fourth quarter of 2011.

3 Dec 2011

HACSB and HelioPower Complete Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing Project in California

HelioPower and the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino (HACSB) have completed the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Track 2 grant project in California. At Maplewood Homes, HACSB dedicated the solar power system as part of its “70 & Solar” celebrations.

3 Dec 2011

Imec Demonstrates Interdigitated Back-Contact Silicon Solar Cells with High Efficiency

Imec and collaborators have demonstrated interdigitated back-contact silicon solar cells that have a high conversion efficiency of 23.3%. Schott Solar, Solland Solar, GDF-SUEZ, Dow Corning, Kaneka, Photovoltech and Total are imec’s partners in the silicon photovoltaic industrial affiliation program.

3 Dec 2011

Fast Jet Stream Winds Do Not Contribute to Considerable Renewable Energy

Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry have challenged the notion that fast jet stream winds in the upper atmosphere contribute to high wind power.

2 Dec 2011

Novel Technique to Fabricate High-Efficiency Silicon-Based Hetero-Junction Solar Cells

imec and Kaneka have introduced zero-silver, silicon-based hetero-junction solar cells at the 21st International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference being conducted from 28 November to 2 December 2011 in Fukuoka, Japan.

30 Nov 2011

BioSolar to Present BioBacksheet Solar Panels at GovGreen Conference

BioSolar will showcase the BioBacksheet integrated photovoltaic panels at the GovGreen Conference, which will be held in Washington DC. Four PV producers manufactured these panels, which are being considered for commercial utilization of the BioBacksheet.

29 Nov 2011

Panasonic Plans for Solar Manufacturing Base in Malaysia

Panasonic has reported the plan of forming a company in Malaysia, which will be the new base for the solar manufacturing of the company. It has planned to establish Panasonic Energy Malaysia during December 2011 and the new company will operate a solar manufacturing unit, which is vertically-integratated, for making solar cells and modules from wafers.

28 Nov 2011

Suniva’s Cells and Modules Power Solar Canopy at Laredo Bus Facility

Suniva, a producer of high-power solar modules and efficient crystalline silicon solar cells, has powered a solar canopy for the Laredo Bus Facility in Decatur, Georgia.

21 Nov 2011

Phoenix Solar Partners with Silicon Ranch to Develop Solar Plants in Tennessee

Phoenix Solar has formed a strategic alliance with Silicon Ranch to finance, develop and build solar photovoltaic power plants in the Southeast and Tennessee.

21 Nov 2011