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Ultra Portable Backpack Power Plant Updated in New Version

Bourne has completed a new version of its Backpack Power Plant (BPP-1) hydrokinetic system, a zero-fuel continuous 24/7/365 power generator that is ultra-portable

13 Oct 2009

Construction Starts on Eco Friendly Power Plant in Slovakia

In the presence of ¼ubomír Jahnátek, the Slovakian Minister of Economics, the ground-breaking ceremony was held today for the Malženice combined cycle power plant in Slovakia. Malženice is located in Trnava, a region with highly dynamic economic development. Siemens Energy is erecting the natural-gas-fired plant for E.ON as a turnkey project

12 Oct 2009

Leadership in Photovoltaic Materials Wins Award for Dow Corning

Dow Corning Corporation, a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation, was named winner of the 2009 SOLAR Industry Award in the photovoltaic material category for its new Dow Corning® PV-6100 Encapsulant Series and manufacturing process, which have demonstrated cost savings and superior protection for solar modules

12 Oct 2009

Adding Silver to Plastic to Make Cheap, Flexible Solar Cells

Researchers at Ohio State University are experimenting with polymer semiconductors that absorb the sun’s energy and generate electricity. The goal: lighter, cheaper, and more-flexible solar cells

8 Oct 2009

"Opportunities for Printed Silicon" Report Released by NanoMarkets Forecasting Used of Printed Silicon in Solar Cells, Displays and Other Devices

NanoMarkets, a leading industry analyst firm based here, has just released its newest report, "Opportunities for Printed Silicon: 2009 to 2016." The report continues NanoMarkets' extensive industry coverage...

8 Oct 2009

Low Cost But High Efficiency Solar Cell Developed by IMEC and BP Solar

IMEC, one of the leading European research centers in photovoltaics, and BP Solar, a leading energy company, demonstrated a 18% conversion efficiency for silicon solar cells made of BP Solar’s newly developed Mono2 silicon

7 Oct 2009

IMEC Produces Solution Processed Polymer Organic Solar Cell

IMEC has demonstrated a fully solution-processed organic solar cell with a spray-coated active layer and a metal top contact spray-coated on top

7 Oct 2009

Joint French Research Team Developed for Thin Film Solar Power

Total and Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces (LPICM), a joint R&D research team between the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and France’s Ecole Polytechnique engineering school, today announce the creation of a joint research team focusing on thin film technologies for photovoltaic solar applications

1 Oct 2009

From Printed Flexible Solar Cells to Biomedical Products, CSIRO Celebrates Breakthrough Technology

Flexible plastic solar cells that can be printed like money, carbon fibres so thin they can be spun into yarns and a raft of new biomedical products to combating illness and injury are just some of the research breakthroughs being developed by the new CSIRO National Research Flagship for Future Manufacturing launched today

1 Oct 2009

Air Products Signs Supply Contract for Thin Film Photovoltaics Plant

Air Products today announced it has signed, through its subsidiary Air Products San Fu Co. Ltd. in Taiwan, a long-term contract to provide nitrogen to NexPower Technology Corporation (NexPower), at its new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility in the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) in Houli, Taichung, Taiwan

1 Oct 2009