CleanTechnica » solar thin film 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 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Carbon Nanotube Thin Films Cut Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Costs http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/21/dye-sensitized-solar-cells-with-carbon-nanotube-thin-films-cut-dye-sensitized-solar-cell-costs/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/21/dye-sensitized-solar-cells-with-carbon-nanotube-thin-films-cut-dye-sensitized-solar-cell-costs/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:59:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36278   As far as I’m aware, we haven’t written about dye-sensitized solar cells in years. But I ran across this article below on a potential breakthrough in the dye-sensitized solar cell arena and thought it might interest you all. Here’s the full article, from ResearchSEA: Dye-sensitized solar cells that use carbon nanotube thin films as

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/21/dye-sensitized-solar-cells-with-carbon-nanotube-thin-films-cut-dye-sensitized-solar-cell-costs/feed/ 0 Flexible CIGS Solar Panel Efficiency Record Set by SoloPower http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/14/flexible-cigs-solar-panel-efficiency-record-set-by-solopower/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/14/flexible-cigs-solar-panel-efficiency-record-set-by-solopower/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:45:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=36056   Another week, another solar power efficiency record set! A California-based manufacturer of flexible thin-film solar cells and solar panels, SoloPower, yesterday announced a record aperture area efficiency for flexible copper, indium, gallium and (di)selenide (“CIGS”) modules — 13.4%. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) independently certified the record efficiency. “Importantly, the cells were made in SoloPower’s San

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/14/flexible-cigs-solar-panel-efficiency-record-set-by-solopower/feed/ 2 What’s the Best Solar Technology for Your Home, Community, Business or Farm? http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/01/what-is-solar-energy-types-solar-energy-technology/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/01/what-is-solar-energy-types-solar-energy-technology/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:06:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=35348   Because of all the media attention about solar power, most people think of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. People in or on the fringe of the clean energy business might know about the Chinese’ so called “dumping” of low cost PV panels onto the U. S. market; about how schools and universities are installing PV

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/01/what-is-solar-energy-types-solar-energy-technology/feed/ 13 Colorado to be Home to GE Thin-Film Solar Plant, Largest in the US http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:27:41 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=31380 Folks out in Denver, Colorado applauded an announcement Thursday night from Gov. John Hickenlooper that GE had chosen Colorado, more specifically the Denver suburb of Aurora, as the site for a new thin-film solar manufacturing plant. GE anticipates investing as much as $600 million in the plant, which is expected to employ 400 workers involved in manufacturing as much as 400-megawatts (MW) worth of thin-film solar panels, enough to power 80,000 homes a year.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/10/14/colorado-to-be-home-to-ge-thin-film-solar-plant-largest-in-the-us/feed/ 7 First Solar Sets Thin Film CdTe Solar Cell Efficiency World Record http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/27/first-solar-sets-thin-film-cd-te-solar-cell-efficiency-world-record/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/27/first-solar-sets-thin-film-cd-te-solar-cell-efficiency-world-record/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:05:14 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=29220 First Solar has set a new world record for converting the energy from sunlight into electricity. One of its latest cadmium-telluride photovoltaic cells, which are used in its thin film solar PV panels, achieved a 17.3% conversion efficiency in testing at the NREL in Colorado, blowing away the previous record of 16.7%, which was set back in 2001.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/27/first-solar-sets-thin-film-cd-te-solar-cell-efficiency-world-record/feed/ 5 550MW First Solar Project to Supply Two California Utilities http://cleantechnica.com/2010/03/17/550mw-first-solar-project-to-supply-two-california-utilities/ http://cleantechnica.com/2010/03/17/550mw-first-solar-project-to-supply-two-california-utilities/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:03:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=7222 First Solar seems to have an ability to get solar projects past the environmental reviews and actually built. Over Christmas, it got its first 21MW Blythe pilot project solar thin film project up and running in California and this month it will break ground on another 30MW plant courtesy of Hollywood Liberal environmentalist and wealthy

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2010/03/17/550mw-first-solar-project-to-supply-two-california-utilities/feed/ 0 A New Place for Solar Energy: Highway Right of Way http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/29/a-new-place-for-solar-energy-highway-right-of-way/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/29/a-new-place-for-solar-energy-highway-right-of-way/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:20:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1747 Editor’s Note : This is a guest post from William Ellard, an economist specializing in energy and renewable energy markets. He is currently working with national solar energy firms to bring distributed solar power to municipalities in the American Southwest. During a recent work meeting with the Western Renewable Energy Zones Initiative, it became clear

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/29/a-new-place-for-solar-energy-highway-right-of-way/feed/ 57 Solar Stocks Plummet Despite Obama Victory http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/13/solar-stocks-plummet-despite-obama-victory/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/13/solar-stocks-plummet-despite-obama-victory/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:16:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=1485 With Obama as President-elect, solar stock prices must be sky high at the moment, right? Wrong. If you look at the values of most stocks around election day, they did increase. This peak was short lived however for most solar companies and it was followed by a huge decline. Just how steep are we talking?

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/11/13/solar-stocks-plummet-despite-obama-victory/feed/ 11 New Solar Trends at Solar 2008 Conference in San Diego http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/14/new-solar-trends-at-solar-2008-conference-in-san-deigo/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/14/new-solar-trends-at-solar-2008-conference-in-san-deigo/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 10:32:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/05/14/new-solar-trends-at-solar-2008-conference-in-san-deigo/ New trends spotted at the American Solar Energy Society conference last week in San Diego (courtesy of Illinois Solar Energy Association President Mark Burger, who attended): From Bosch, a new generation of solar flat plate collectors (used in solar thermal water heating applications) that can be mounted on the roof at a lower angle, addressing

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