Thin Film Solar Is Finally Having A Moment, And It’s Going To Be Wild
Spotted in the wild: This eye-catching standalone solar array from the UK startup Solivus deploys organic thin film solar technology.
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Selenium Boosts Efficiency Of Thin Film Solar Cells To 22%
Researchers at Colorado State University have found that adding selenium to cadmium telluride thin film solar cells increases efficiency to as much as 22%.
Just Ask Antarctica: Yes, Thin Film Solar Cells Work In Freezing Cold Temps (#CleanTechnica Interview)
Thin film solar cells may sound like shrinking violets — after all, they are thin — but they are about to get an acid test in the subzero climate of Antarctica, where they will equip researchers from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Polar Meteorological Science Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Meteorological Science. Got all … [continued]
Sprague Energy Installs Flexible Thin Film Solar Panels On Its Oil Storage Tanks
Picktricity of Massachusetts has installed thin film solar panels on the top of oil storage tanks owned by Sprague Energy. The results have exceeded all expectations.
Group Hug: US “Solar Sail” Thin Film Solar Company Heads For Deep Space
The super thin film solar technology of Colorado-based Ascent Solar was nurtured along in part by US taxpayers through the Energy Department during the Obama Administration, and now the company has won a juicy slot for in a high profile, “solar sail” deep space project.
New “Large Virus” Thin Film Solar Strategy Pays Off For NIST Team
A common polymer the thickness of a large virus could bring about a “sustainable revolution” of low cost, high volume, rapid payback solar cells
Solar Frontier Pushes CIS (aka CIGS) Thin Film Solar Envelope With New Conversion Record, Factory…
Japan’s Solar Frontier comes up with a killer combo, a new low cost thin film solar manufacturing model and a new solar conversion efficiency record, too.
Thin Film Solar Speaks Truth To (Nuclear) Power (CleanTechnica Exclusive)
Right back at you, Breakthrough Energy Coalition: a US thin film solar company pushes back against the notion that only nuclear energy can save the world.
Thin Film Solar Material Market Forecast Via ReportsnReports
Those contemplating the immediate future of the thin film solar cell material market now have an interesting new resource to draw from, with the release of a comprehensive new report on the subject from ReportsnReports. The report — titled Thin Film Material Market By Type (CdTe, CIGS, a-Si, Others), End-User … [continued]
Solar Cell Degradation Research Can Improve Thin Film Solar Panels
The Laboratory for Photovoltaics at the University of Luxembourg has recently devised a new method to observe the causes of and prevent solar cell degradation before solar cell production is even finished. This will have huge effects on the solar cell manufacturing industry because of how fast chemical damage … [continued]
