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Several Factors Converge to Put Solar Cell Market at a Crossroads

Several factors have converged over the past several months that will impact the solar cell market

30 Mar 2009

Department of Energy Award Goes to Construction Projects at Brookhaven Lab

Two large construction projects at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, the U.S. ATLAS Detector Project and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), have been named winners of the DOE Secretary's Award for Achievement

30 Mar 2009

Atlantis and Statkraft To Develop European Tidal Current Electricity Generation

Atlantis Resources Corporation, one of the world’s leading developers of electricity-generating tidal current turbines, has entered into a cooperation agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy

30 Mar 2009

Research Points to Silicon Based Solar Cells Leading Photovoltaics Market for Years to Come

According to NanoMarkets, Amorphous silicon (a-Si) - a thin-film photovoltaic (TFPV) material that has been around since the late 70s - will continue to lead the TFPV space for several years to come

30 Mar 2009

Feeding Fish Oils to Flatulent Cows Reduces Methane Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented – helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions

29 Mar 2009

Florida to Get World's Second Largest Solar Power Plant

Lauren Engineers and Constructors recently signed a contract with Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a new 75 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant located near Indiantown, FL

29 Mar 2009

Centex Constructing Energy Efficient Homes in Minneapolis Area

Centex Corporation today announced that construction is under way on Centex Energy Advantage homes across the Minneapolis metro area

29 Mar 2009

TrickleSaver Energy Saving Devices Coming to Australia and New Zealand

Australians and New Zealanders will soon be able to save 'trickling' power, save money AND save the planet by using 'TrickleSaver' energy saving devices

29 Mar 2009

MIT Study Labels Modern Manufacturing as Spectacularly Inefficient

Modern manufacturing methods are spectacularly inefficient in their use of energy and materials, according to a detailed MIT analysis of the energy use of 20 major manufacturing processes

29 Mar 2009

Nanotech Treatment for Solar Cells Boosts Efficiency

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways

29 Mar 2009