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Trina Solar - News Release - 0 views

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Trina Solar
Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated
manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots,
wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced the
inauguration of the largest rooftop solar system in Europe with a capacity of
40MW.
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ITS has secured 6 EUR Million in funding to finance production ramp up : Innotech Solar - 1 views

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Innotech Solar AS has today completed a funding round of 6 EUR Million with the investors Sustainable Technologies Funds and
Northzone Ventures.
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Monash University of Australia Innovation for Tripling Energy Conversion in Solar Cells - 0 views

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Scientists at Monash University, in collaboration with colleagues from the universities of Wollongong and Ulm in Germany, have produced tandem dye-sensitised solar cells with a three-fold increase in energy conversion efficiency compared with previously reported tandem dye-sensitised solar cells.
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Solar Report Shows 30% Decrease in Cost of Solar Over 10 Years - 0 views

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Rendement de 23,4% pour une cellule solaire < Technologie - Enerzine.com - 0 views

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Des chercheurs de la branche ISE de l'Institut Fraunhofer ont obtenu un taux de rendement de 23,4% pour une cellule solaire monocristalline en silicium composée d'une couche mince semi-conductrice de type-p sur un substrat semi-conducteur
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SMA Solar Technology AG enters micro-inverters market through acquisition ~ Cleanergy.org -... - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 04 Sep 09 - Snapshot

Micro inverters are particularly well-suited for the use in small photovoltaic systems of 1 kWp or under. In some larger photovoltaic systems which use string inverters, shading of individual modules and the subsequently lower energy harvest of the entire system can be avoided by equipping and operating those modules with individual module inverters.
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Fraunhofer ISE sets a new world record - PV inverter efficiency exceeds 99 percent - Fraunh... - 0 views

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The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has set a new world record of 99.03 % for the efficiency of inverters used in photovoltaic systems.
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They are constantly becoming better and less expensive, whereas the costs for passive components, which contain significant amounts of copper and other metals, are rising continuously.”
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New World Record in Solar Power Efficiency : CleanTechnica - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 22 Aug 09 - Snapshot

A Chinese company set a new world record in solar power efficiency this week. According to the company, Suntech Power Holdings, they achieved a 15.6% conversion efficiency on “a commercial grade multi-crystalline silicon PV module.” This breaks a 15-year-old world record set by US company Sandia National Labs.
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Solar Panels - Can They Survive Bad Weather? | Mindzle - Living Green Smart - Sustainable L... - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 17 Aug 09 - Snapshot

The biggest question asked when planning to install solar panels is, “can they tolerate extreme weather conditions?” Every year many roofs are damaged by the weather extremes. Is it really wise to put solar panels on a roof that has to withstand those kinds of weather extremes? Here is some information to help you decide.
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Space Elevator: Science Fiction or Global Warming Cure? - PC World - 0 views

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A space elevator would essentially be a long rope made of nanomaterials, stretching from Earth to a counterweight at geosynchronous altitude, about 22,000 miles (35,406 kilometers) above Earth's surface. Special craft, like elevator cars, would travel along the ribbon, carrying people and goods into space in a matter of days.
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One in 10 home solar power panels replaced in first 10 years - The Mainichi Daily News - 0 views

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Around one in 10 household solar panel systems have been replaced for malfunctions within 10 years of installation, according to a survey released by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

About 13 percent, or 34 of 257 households surveyed have had their solar panels replaced fully or partially within 10 years of installation, while output records from another eight systems suggested possible failure.
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Hans De Keulenaer on 15 Aug 09

A rare report on long-term performance.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A rare report on long-term performance.</div>

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Solar Power from Space - Business Exchange - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 28 Jul 09 - Snapshot

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Earlier this year, Pacific Gas & Electric, a major California utility company, signed an agreement to purchase hundreds of megawatts of power from Solaren, an SBSP company, beginning in 2016. Last month, another SBSP company, PowerSat Corporation, filed two patents for technologies that the company claims can shave billions of dollars off the launch costs for an SBSP system.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Earlier this year, Pacific Gas & Electric, a major California utility company, signed an agreement to purchase hundreds of megawatts of power from Solaren, an SBSP company, beginning in 2016. Last month, another SBSP company, PowerSat Corporation, filed two patents for technologies that the company claims can shave billions of dollars off the launch costs for an SBSP system.</div>

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Une révolution dans la production de cellules solaires < Technologie - Enerzine.com - 0 views

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Selon le chef de la division commerciale, Andreas Dill, "l'astuce consistait à combiner notre grande expérience en matière d'équipement d'impression de disque optique (CD/DVD/Blu-ray) avec notre technologie de pointe de nano-enduction." Il en résulte, Solaris, la première machine nanotechnologique unique pour l'enduction, conçue pour la production de masse.
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A first for solar firms: PV performance insurance - 0 views

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Photovoltaics firm Signet Solar has inked what might be a first in the renewables industry (PDF): a 25-year insurance plan that covers the performance warranty of Signet's solar modules.

Implemented by insurance provider Munich Re, the plan is designed to protect against the risk of performance deterioration in Signet's photovoltaics. Signet guarantees that its modules will perform to at least 90 per cent capacity in the first 10 years and to at least 80 per cent in the remaining 15 years.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Photovoltaics firm Signet Solar has inked what might be a first in the renewables industry (PDF): a 25-year insurance plan that covers the performance warranty of Signet's solar modules. <br /> <br /> Implemented by insurance provider Munich Re, the plan is designed to protect against the risk of performance deterioration in Signet's photovoltaics. Signet guarantees that its modules will perform to at least 90 per cent capacity in the first 10 years and to at least 80 per cent in the remaining 15 years.</div>

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First Solar :: Lowering the Cost of Solar Electricity :: News Release - 0 views

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First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it reduced its
manufacturing cost for solar modules in the fourth quarter to 98 cents
per watt, breaking the $1 per watt price barrier.
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6 Reasons to Stay On the Electric Grid : CleanTechnica - 0 views

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Imagine using only the energy from the sun to power your home. You would never have to pay an electric bill again and or be impacted by power outages. It may sound great, but there are numerous advantages to having a solar home that is on-the-grid when available.
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Greentech Media | First Solar Reaches Grid-Parity Milestone, Says Report - 0 views

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A 12.6-megawatt system installed by First Solar (NSDQ: FSLR) for Sempra Generation showed that the system can produce electricity at below the price of conventional power in the United States, said Mark Bachman, an equity analyst at Pacific Crest, in a research note Tuesday.
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Flat Panel Technology Boosts Solar Efficiency - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 08 Jun 08 - Snapshot

Xtreme Energetics has investigated the possibility of using mechanical trackers to perform the same light-focusing duties as other solar array manufacturers have. However, HP’s transparent transistor can do the job electronically, rather than mechanically, and significantly reduce the costs of such an installation. Such a solar array is known as a concentrating photovoltaic (or CPV) solar array. To date, CPV arrays are fairly expensive and cannot store energy, making them less useful. They also work best in specific sections of the world — those with the highest levels of solar radiation, such as the southwest United States and northern Africa.
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Home solar: What kind of system should you buy? | csmonitor.com - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 16 Sep 08 - Snapshot

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The type of solar energy capture system you put on your home depends on your needs. If you want to go full tilt and generate usable electricity from your home's rooftop - and even possibly contribute power back to the larger grid - tried-and-true photovoltaic arrays might be just the ticket. A typical installation involves the panels, which are constructed of many individual silicon-based photovoltaic cells and their support structures, along with an inverter, electrical conduit piping, and AC/DC disconnect switches.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The type of solar energy capture system you put on your home depends on your needs. If you want to go full tilt and generate usable electricity from your home's rooftop - and even possibly contribute power back to the larger grid - tried-and-true photovoltaic arrays might be just the ticket. A typical installation involves the panels, which are constructed of many individual silicon-based photovoltaic cells and their support structures, along with an inverter, electrical conduit piping, and AC/DC disconnect switches.</div>

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IBM, Harvard Launch Distributed-Computing Search for Super-Efficient Solar Cells - 0 views

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IBM and researchers from Harvard University launched a joint effort today to identify more efficient and lower-cost solar cell materials using distributed computing. Leveraging small amounts of computing power from potentially hundreds of thousands of personal computers, this latest addition to the company's World Community Grid platform will process more than 1 million configurations of atoms over the next two years in search of an organic molecule that can be used to make materials for an ultra-efficient plastic photovoltaic cell.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">IBM and researchers from Harvard University launched a joint effort today to identify more efficient and lower-cost solar cell materials using distributed computing. Leveraging small amounts of computing power from potentially hundreds of thousands of personal computers, this latest addition to the company's World Community Grid platform will process more than 1 million configurations of atoms over the next two years in search of an organic molecule that can be used to make materials for an ultra-efficient plastic photovoltaic cell.</div>

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