Suniva, a producer of crystalline silicon solar cells and modules, has declared that its ARTisun Select product line of solar cells have achieved 19% average efficacy at factory level production.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Apr 2012
Solar Gard, a division of Saint-Gobain and dealing in automotive and architectural window films, has launched a novel product, Solar Gard Ultragard UV that is specifically designed for trucks. Solar Gard is an International Window Film Association (IWFA) member.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Apr 2012
Fraunhofer Researchers, in collaboration with TenneT TSO, a transmission grid operator, has developed a software to provide daily basis forecasts on the electricity supply from renewable energies, including wind and solar energy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
6 Apr 2012
Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig have created a computational method to study the impact of high energy crop cultivation on birds living in the farmland.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Apr 2012
Lidón Herrera Prats, a final year master degree student at Universitat Jaume I (UJI), has conducted a study that shows biodrying is an effective alternative technique to produce energy from solid waste. She used greenhouse biodrying technology and force ventilated reactors for the study. Another innovation in her study was the use of garden waste instead of municipal waste.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Apr 2012
Southern Energy Management (SEM) announced that it has been certified by the NAHB Research Center as the NAHB Research Center Green Partner of the Year for 2011. The award demonstrates the support provided by the company to its customers in acquiring the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) ICC-700 certification.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
5 Apr 2012
Heliatek GmbH, technology leader in the field of organic solar films, has won the Materials Award at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics EUROPE 2012 in Berlin. This is the latest in a succession of awards for Heliatek's innovative organic solar film technology that promises to deliver a lighter, greener and more versatile alternative to traditional solar panels.
Symbiosis Gathering , a social event based on five Rs for environmental livelihood, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Respect and Restore, will be held from May 17 to 21, 2012 at the Pyramid Lake shore situated in Paiute Reservation, Nevada.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2012
The second International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics began on April 3, 2012 at Leuven. This scientific conference focuses on state-of-the-art crystalline silicon solar cell technology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2012
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), a regulated public utility, has entered into two 20-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the subsidiaries of Silverado Power, an independent solar development group, for a total of 15 MW of solar energy.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2012
DUNMORE, a global supplier of engineered coated and laminated films, is supplying solar PV module backsheets to US-based Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP). ASP produces crystalline silicon solar PV modules for residential, commercial and utility applications. It owns a state-of-the art manufacturing facility in Orlando, Florida, which has an annual production capacity of 100 MW.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
4 Apr 2012
Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS) at the Arizona State University (ASU) will receive $27.5 million from the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Fund to accelerate sustainability initiatives.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Apr 2012
According to environmentalists, a national container deposits system (CDS) will provide $1.78 billion to perform the recycling process in the initial five years of operation. This amount is 17 times more than that offered by the national bin network from the beverage industry.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Apr 2012
Eighteen major research and industrial partners have teamed up in a European Union (EU) Fast Track project to develop high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar modules using nanotechnology.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Apr 2012
On March 29, 2012, the Max Planck Society entered into an agreement with Princeton University to establish a new center that focuses on fusion research. The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald and Garching are the partners of the new center.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
3 Apr 2012