SE-PowerFoil – Research Project on roll-to-roll manufacturing technology for high-efficient multi-junction thin-film silicon flexible photovoltaic modules Compared with wafer-based photovoltaic panels, photovoltaic systems based on thin-film photovoltaic panels already are the lowest cost, despite their (still) lower efficiencies. Thin-film silicon-based flexible photovoltaic technologies have strong potential. Amorphous silicon based on flexible photovoltaic laminates with aluminium [...]

LARCIS – Large-area CIS-based thin-film modules for highly productive manufacturing Many established companies as well as photovoltaic newcomers have made decisions in favor of the copper indium selenium (CIS) based technology, although for the commercial production of large copper indium gallium diselenide and disulphide Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2 (CIS) modules on the multi-megawatt scale, most processes remain to [...]

  FREMONT, Calif., November 25, 2009 – Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative proprietary photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, announced it has signed a new multi-year framework agreement worth up to $105 million with solar integrator Sun System  S.p.A., based in Milan, Italy. The solar panels for this Euro-based agreement will be manufactured at [...]

  Last News On ClimateGate: Global warming accelerates; Climategate rumbles on Three Things You Should Know About Climategate Fanaticism brought us hacked emails and ClimateGate "Climate Gate" Development: CEI Files Notice of Intent to Sue NASA   … countries’ freedom of information laws, and apparent and widespread intent to defraud at the highest levels of [...]

Nobility Solar Projects a.s. plans to build PV plants with a total output of 40 megawatts next year. For its plants, the Czech company relies solely on SolarMax inverters from the Swiss inverter manufacturer Sputnik Engineering AG. Biel , 25. November 2009. By the end of 2010 the company Nobility Solar Projects plans to more [...]

FLEXCELLENCE – Resarch Project on roll-to-roll technology for the production of high-efficiency low cost thin film silicon photovoltaic modules. Thin-film silicon solar modules have high potential in the current booming photovoltaic market. They can be produced by means of chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes which have high potential for low production costs per watt, and [...]

SANYO “eneloop bike” and “Solar Parking Lot” Receive Eco-Products Award from the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry   Tokyo, November 24, 2009 – SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO) is pleased to announce that for its electric hybrid bicycle, “eneloop bike” and the development of a Solar Parking Lot it has been awarded an Eco-Products [...]