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Sharp Boosts Its Triple-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Another 0.2%, Regains The Record

May 5th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan

Beyond details on the new efficiency record, this Solar Love repost below includes a bit more info on different types

Sharp Hits Concentrator Solar Cell Efficiency Record, 43.5%

May 31st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan

Sharp has developed solar cells that match the concentrator solar cell efficiency world record set by Solar Junction last

Skylight that Doubles as Solar Panel

February 1st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan

Deep in the heart of Silicon Valley, an office building home to Google is about to become a prototype for a cleantech product that’s capable of harvesting the sun’s power in a whole new way. The product in question is EnFocus Engineering’s Diamond-Power panel—a high-tech module that’s one part skylight, one part solar panel

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Photo credit: Dennis Schroeder, NREL, Semprius

Semprius to Produce Dot-Sized, Low Cost-High Efficiency Solar CPV Cells, Modules at NC Plant

December 16th, 2011 | by Andrew

Fresh out of having its dot-sized, triple junction solar PV cells validated at 41% efficiency, Semprius is building a 35 MW production facility in North Carolina. Using a massive parallel micro-transfer process, its concentrated PV modules are expected to be competitive with fossil fuels. Siemens and VC partners have taken an equity stake in the start-up, a dramatic illustration of how federal government support is being leveraged by private industry