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Suntech, DuPont to collab on solar backsheets, supply-chain improvements

02/03/2012

A new partnership between Suntech and DuPont will focus on backsheet materials that protect solar panels, their construction and how that affects their longevity, and how backsheets might even improve the module's power output.

Miasolé claims 17% efficient CIGS device, 14% in production

02/02/2012

Miasolé says it has created a 17.3 percent "champion" thin-film copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic device, and has started making 14 percent efficient modules in production.

Europe's 2011-2012 PV installs: Two tales of growth

02/01/2012

Two reports out in the past week examine Europe's solar PV market in 2011, indicating slowing growth in the flagship countries and promise in some smaller regions for 2012 and beyond.


US vs. China solar redux: CASE, Brattle Group lament US jobs at stake

01/30/2012

In the latest round of fisticuffs between US and Chinese solar firms, the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE) and consultancy The Brattle Group claim that any US-levied tariffs on imported Chinese solar products would cost tens of thousands of jobs and dent US solar demand.

US vs. China solar redux: US Commerce Department eyes retroactive penalties

01/30/2012

Another round of fisticuffs between US manufacturers of solar products, aka Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) vs. the Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE). This time CASM seemingly has the US Department of Commerce (DoC) in its corner.

Sorting out solar PV downstream M&A

01/30/2012

Lux Research analyzes the downstream solar landscape, installers to developers and PPA/lease providers, to sort out high-potential innovators from "me-too" firms.


Survey reveals customers' wish list for PV inverter improvements

01/27/2012

System-level monitoring, continued adoption of string inverters for large PV installs, and improvements by Chinese suppliers are among the trends gleaned from a survey of inverter buyers & sellers

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Biogas stations fastest growing renewable energy source in 2011

Biogas stations were developing at the fastest pace from all domestic renewable energy sources last year and their installed output for which the E...

Northrop Grumman Tapped by NASA to Develop Solar Electric Propulsion Flight Concepts for Future Space Missions

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) was recently awarded a contract to study high-powe...

Fluor to Design, Build, Operate and Maintain 125-Megawatt Solar Energy Facility in Arizona

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Arlington Valley Solar Energy II, LLC (AVSE II), a member of LS Power Group, has awarded the com...

Sprint Leads Wireless Industry in Green Power, Securing No. 13 on EPA Fortune 500® Green Power Partner List; Only wir...

Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced today that the company has moved up from No. 20 to No. 13 on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ...

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Measuring: The Key Component For Optimizing Your Solar Simulator

Measurement of a solar simulator is a very important task and should be completed at least every 3 months. Lamps and power outputs of simulators ch...

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FREE WEBCAST: Solar Simulator Spectrum Measurement and Calibration

This free webinar discusses the classification and need of measuring a solar simulator.

FREE WEBCAST: Advances in Materials Converting and PSA Tapes, Including Bus Bar Tapes, for Solar Manufacturing

In this FREE webinar, you will learn about new materials, adhesives, and the converting capabilities, including advances in PSA’s for bus bars, that will help you improve solar manufacturing.

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