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Triple-junction Concentrator Solar Cell By Sharp Sets New PV Conversion Efficiency World-record At 44.4%

06.17.2013 · Posted in Solar Energy

Sharp Corporation (Osaka, Japan) has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 44.4%, using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell, the company announced on June 14th, 2013. These solar photovoltaic (PV) cells are used in a lens-based concentrator system that focuses sunlight on the cells to generate electricity. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy ...

The World Invests $244 Billion In Renewable Energy In 2012

06.12.2013 · Posted in General

For only the second time since 2006, global investments in renewable energy in 2012 failed to top the year before, falling 12% mainly due to dramatically lower solar prices and weakened US and EU markets, says the Frankfurt School – UNEP/BNEF report, Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2013. However, with $244 billion (including small ...

Solargiga Is Now Sharps Largest PV Products Supplier

06.11.2013 · Posted in Companies

China-based Solargiga Energy Holdings has signed a new contract to include 370MW of PV modules in 2013. This makes Solargiga, Sharp’s largest PV product supplier, according to the company. Having been a long-term supplier of ingots and solar wafers to Sharp Corporation, China-based Solargiga Energy Holdings has signed a new deal to include 370MW of ...

Is It Possible Solar Energy To Replace Nuclear

05.30.2013 · Posted in Solar Energy

Could a Photovoltaic installation to compete with a large, centralized nuclear plant, given current technical and economic constraints? I suppose the answer is no – not without a lot of land use, transmission build out, and some sort of storage solution to smooth supply and demand. But is that really the world you want anyway? ...

Printer For Solar Panels Developed In Australia

05.27.2013 · Posted in Solar Energy

Researchers at Australia’s Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) — a collaboration between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne, Monash University and industry partners — have successfully printed an A3 sheet of photovoltaic cells. The printer is relatively cheap and uses common industrial chemicals and the resulting solar cells ...