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SunEdison Canada’s Solar Panels Receive Approval from Ontario Power Authority

SunEdison Canada Origination, an associate company of MEMC Electronic Materials, has declared the receipt of a letter of confirmation from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) that they are meeting 60% of domestic content requirements to support the solar energy project under the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program.

20 Apr 2011

General Motors Receives 135 Clean Energy Patents in 2010

The latest patent growth index on clean-energy in the U.S. indicates that General Motors, a leading automaker in the U.S., has obtained 135 patents constituting around 14% of the total 1,881 patent applications received from 700 companies.

19 Apr 2011

Plasma Nanoscience for Efficient Creation and Storage of Energy

Plasma nanoscience could help tackle the challenge faced by the world today regarding creation and storage of energy by conducting more research in this field.

18 Apr 2011

Veeco Instruments Receives Funding from U.S. Department of Energy for Generating Solar Power

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as an element of its SunShot Advanced PV Manufacturing Partnerships Program, has recently declared a grant of $57 million to the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at the State University of New York at Albany.

18 Apr 2011

Pakistan Engineering Council to Set Up Solar Power Generation Systems

Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has declared the proposed introduction of the Feed in Tariff (FIT) system, which utilizes the smart grid solar technology, to encourage people to invest in solar power equipment for use in their own houses or buildings.

18 Apr 2011

India Aims to Conquer Solar Power Market by 2022

India is gearing to become one of the top solar markets in the world. The Indian Government, through its Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, is looking forward to achieving 20 GW of solar power generation by the year 2022.

18 Apr 2011

GT Solar’s Monocast Silicon Material Boosts Cell Efficiencies

GT Solar International declared that Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have established that monocast silicon material, developed at its advanced ingot casting furnace, showed an average cell efficiency of 18.8% and a maximum efficiency of more than 19%.

18 Apr 2011