CleanTechnica » Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 When And Who Will Reach Solar PV At 2c/kWh? http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/02/will-reach-solar-pv-2ckwh/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/02/will-reach-solar-pv-2ckwh/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:10:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59638 Originally published on RenewEconomy (Editor’s note: This is part of a series of interviews and stories that will run over the next few weeks looking at Germany’s Energiewende, and the transition of Germany’s energy grid to one dominated by renewable energy. You can find them all in our Insight section). Solar PV at 2c/kW by 2050? It’s simply a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/01/22/black-silicon-can-lead-to-more-efficient-solar-cells-new-breakthrough-shows/feed/ 0 New Efficiency Record for Photovoltaic Cells Set, Jump in Efficiency Thanks to Heterojunction Technology http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/30/new-efficiency-record-for-photovoltaic-cells-set-jump-in-efficiency-thanks-to-heterojunction-technology/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/30/new-efficiency-record-for-photovoltaic-cells-set-jump-in-efficiency-thanks-to-heterojunction-technology/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:28:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=43347   A new solar photovoltaic conversion efficiency record for solar cells made of amorphous and monocrystalline silicon of 21.4% was recently set, thanks to the innovations of researchers at EPFL’s Institute of Microengineering in Neuchatel. The research team, led by professor Christophe Ballif, director of the Photovoltaics Laboratory (PVlab), recently presented their work at the

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