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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

India and UK Governments to Collaborate on Research for Sustainable Bioenergy

The Government of India and the UK will jointly launch a research programme worth £10 million in the area of sustainable bioenergy. This was announced by the Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willets.

17 Nov 2011

EDF Energies Nouvelles Installs Nanosolar Utility Panels at Two Solar Power Projects

Nanosolar, a pioneer in thin film solar cell printing, has declared that it is in collaboration with EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) and enXco. EDF EN’s subsidiary in the United States, has supplied Nanosolar utility panels to two separate solar power projects having a total capacity of roughly 6 MWp.

17 Nov 2011

Photo Voltaic Power Plant to Power Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, California

SunPower, a NASDAQ listed company manufacturing high efficiency photovoltaic power systems, has planned to set up its 13.78 megawatt power system at the Naval Air Weapons Station located in china Lake California.

15 Nov 2011

Airtel Upgrades its Base Stations in Nigeria with Flexenclosure’s Power Management Solution

Bharti Airtel, an international telecommunications company, has inked a deal with Ericsson, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications equipment, to use Flexenclosure’s green energy solution called E-site for upgrading an initial lot of 250 base stations powered by diesel in Nigeria.

14 Nov 2011

Gratzel Solar Cells Achieve Record Conversion Efficiency

A research team led by Michael Gratzel at the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces of EPFL has increased the Gratzel solar cell efficiency to 12.3%, which is now equivalent to that of existing silicon solar panels available in the market.

14 Nov 2011

Verengo Solar Plus Extends its Operations in All Nine Counties of Bay Area

Verengo Solar Plus, one of the leading residential solar installation companies in Southern California has expanded its operations into Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Sonoma and Solano counties.

14 Nov 2011