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Solar PV Firm Bets on Bioplastic
Shrink Nanotechnologies is one of several companies that is using bioplastics to find a new way of making devices that will minimize the use of increasingly-scarce rare metals. The company’s OptiSol...
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Concentrated Solar Tech Receives Major Backing from Investors
U.S. investors have invested $129.4 million in a promising solar technology that uses plastic lenses to concentrate sunlight onto small but highly efficient solar cells. The so-called multijunction...
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Stanford’s Thinner, Roughed-Up Solar Cells Convert 10 Times More Energy
Advances in solar energy efficiencies have so far been made with irregular surfaces, thinner tabbing between cells, more optically perfect glass and even special coatings, but now Stanford engineers...
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The Next Great Solar Cell Material
During Solar Power International 2010 (SPI 10), each afternoon there were more than eight concurrent conference sessions. It was not possible to attend them all, but the “The Next Great Solar Cell...
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Plastic Trumps Silicon in Solar Panel-Making?
According to a UK solar panel expert, silicon—the primary material in solar panel manufacturing today—may soon be a thing of the past. So what material has the versatility to take its place? You...
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Green Patents for Sale: Evergreen’s String Ribbon PV Process
Evergreen Solar (Evergreen), a Massachusetts silicon PV maker, recently announced that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and would try to sell its assets under the reorganization. According to the...
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New Solar Cell Could be Cheaper and Longer Lasting Alternative
The standard solar cell uses silicon oxide, which is expensive and environmentally toxic. One of the promising alternatives is the so-called “Grätzel cell”, a cheaper, cleaner alternative based on more...
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Biodegradable Electronics Could Lessen Environmental Impact of Digital Devices
A team of U.S. scientists says it has developed a class of biodegradable electronics technology that could be utilized for a wide range of products — from consumer devices to medical implants — and...
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Alphabet Generates Energy from Nanostructured Thermoelectric Devices
Alphabet Energy (Alphabet) is a Hayward, California, company that develops thermoelectric materials and products that convert waste heat to electric power. Alphabet’s web site provides this overview of...
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New Process Allows for Increased Efficiency, Lower Cost for Solar Panels
Solar power is a renewable source of energy but still can be expensive to use so any cost reduction is good. Solar engineers from UNSW have developed an innovative method to dramatically improve the...
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Flexible Glass Solar Cells Could Boost Effectiveness of Solar Shingles
U.S. researchers have developed a solar shingle made of flexible glass that could emerge as an alternative to conventional roof shingles and drive down the costs of rooftop solar energy systems. Unlike...
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Shrink Nanotechnologies is one of several companies that is using bioplastics to find a new way of making devices that will minimize the use of increasingly-scarce rare metals. The company’s OptiSol...
View ArticleConcentrated Solar Tech Receives Major Backing from Investors
U.S. investors have invested $129.4 million in a promising solar technology that uses plastic lenses to concentrate sunlight onto small but highly efficient solar cells. The so-called multijunction...
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During Solar Power International 2010 (SPI 10), each afternoon there were more than eight concurrent conference sessions. It was not possible to attend them all, but the “The Next Great Solar Cell...
View ArticleGreen Patents for Sale: Evergreen’s String Ribbon PV Process
Evergreen Solar (Evergreen), a Massachusetts silicon PV maker, recently announced that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and would try to sell its assets under the reorganization. According to the...
View ArticleNew Solar Cell Could be Cheaper and Longer Lasting Alternative
The standard solar cell uses silicon oxide, which is expensive and environmentally toxic. One of the promising alternatives is the so-called “Grätzel cell”, a cheaper, cleaner alternative based on more...
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