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Solar panel cost price to drop to 36 cents/watt

Solar Technology News - June 19, 2013 - Comments Off on Solar panel cost price to drop to 36 cents/watt

Dr Scott Watkins holding a sheet of flexible solar cells. Credit: CSIRO

Australian scientists print large, flexible solar cells

Solar Technology News - May 23, 2013 - Comments Off on Australian scientists print large, flexible solar cells

IBM developing solar energy system with 80% efficiency

Solar Technology News - May 15, 2013 - Comments Off on IBM developing solar energy system with 80% efficiency

Graphene could be used to make solar paint

Solar Technology News - May 7, 2013 - Comments Off on Graphene could be used to make solar paint

Solar Impulse test flight. Credit: Solar Impulse

Solar plane begins cross-country flight

Arizona, Solar Technology News - May 3, 2013 - Comments Off on Solar plane begins cross-country flight

Solar to make natural gas more efficient

Solar Technology News - April 17, 2013 - Comments Off on Solar to make natural gas more efficient

The Solar Impulse in 2012. Credit: Solar Impulse

Solar plane to fly across the U.S.

Solar Technology News - April 1, 2013 - Comments Off on Solar plane to fly across the U.S.

Nanowire crystals used as the solar cells. SEM (Scaning Electron Microscope) image of GaAs nanowire crystal grown on a Silicon substrate. Credit: Niels Bohr Institute

Nanowires could increase cell efficiency 15 times

Solar Technology News - March 26, 2013 - Comments Off on Nanowires could increase cell efficiency 15 times

Professor Dastoor of the University of Newcastle. Credit: Newcastle Herald

Australian team developing low-cost solar paint

Solar Technology News - March 20, 2013 - Comments Off on Australian team developing low-cost solar paint

New efficiency record could increase smartphone battery life

Solar Technology News - March 8, 2013 - Comments Off on New efficiency record could increase smartphone battery life

First Solar's R&D team in Perrysburg, Ohio, set a new world record for CdTe solar cell efficiency, 18.7 percent, as certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Credit: Business Wire

New world record: thin-film cells reach 18.7% efficiency

Solar Technology News - February 28, 2013 - Comments Off on New world record: thin-film cells reach 18.7% efficiency

Australian-U.S. collaboration to halve cost of solar thermal

Solar Technology News - February 13, 2013 - Comments Off on Australian-U.S. collaboration to halve cost of solar thermal

Solar Frontier’s Atsugi Research Center. Credit: Solar Frontier

Thin-Film Solar Cell Hits Record 19.7% Efficiency

Solar Technology News - February 6, 2013 - Comments Off on Thin-Film Solar Cell Hits Record 19.7% Efficiency

Natcore Scientists Develop ‘Blackest’ Solar PV Cell

Solar Technology News - February 1, 2013 - Comments Off on Natcore Scientists Develop ‘Blackest’ Solar PV Cell

Structure of the Fenna–Matthews–Olson pigment–protein complex that is found in green sulphur bacteria. Credit: Daniel Cole, Cambridge University

Ocean-Dwelling Bacteria Could Help Boost PV Cell Efficiency

Solar Technology News - January 31, 2013 - Comments Off on Ocean-Dwelling Bacteria Could Help Boost PV Cell Efficiency

PV Charger Powers Smartphones & Provides Light to Those in Need

Solar Technology News - January 24, 2013 - Comments Off on PV Charger Powers Smartphones & Provides Light to Those in Need

Researchers in Qatar Find Unconventional Use for Solar Energy

Solar Technology News - January 23, 2013 - Comments Off on Researchers in Qatar Find Unconventional Use for Solar Energy

An operator inspects a photolithography tool used to manufacture high-efficiency Solar Junction concentrator solar cells. NREL's pioneering multijunction work led to the Solar Junction SJ3 solar cell with tunable bandgaps, lattice-matched architecture, and ultra-concentrated tunnel junctions. Credit: Daniel Derkacs/Solar Junction

New World Record Set at 44% Solar Cell Efficiency

Solar Technology News - January 14, 2013 - Comments Off on New World Record Set at 44% Solar Cell Efficiency

Thin-film solar cells at different stages of the peel-and-stick process. Credit: Stanford

Stanford Scientists Develop Peel-and-Stick Solar Cells

Solar Technology News - January 11, 2013 - Comments Off on Stanford Scientists Develop Peel-and-Stick Solar Cells

PV-Powered Plane Set to Fly Around The World

Solar Technology News - January 3, 2013 - Comments Off on PV-Powered Plane Set to Fly Around The World

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