May 21st, 2014 | by James Ayre
If you’re interested in knowing exactly where in the country solar energy is the most efficient — as compared to [&hellip
August 21st, 2013 | by Tina Casey
You know we’re getting somewhere when record-shattering solar power efficiency marks are popping up faster than zombies at your local [&hellip
March 14th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
Recent research from MIT and the Santa Fe Institute confirms that Wright’s Law and Moore’s Law are very good predictors for technological [&hellip
June 21st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Other than the solar energy news we’ve already posted on, here’s some more solar energy news from the last [&hellip
March 1st, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
“Scientists boosted the significance of tandem polymer solar cells by successfully testing cells with low-bandgap polymers that achieved certified [&hellip
December 21st, 2011 | by Andrew
SCHOTT Solar is producing silicon solar PV cells with nearly 20% efficiency at comparatively low cost using a combination of innovative technologies that promise to drive the cost of manufacturing solar photovoltaic cells, and the cost of producing electricity from solar energy, further down the curve
December 20th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Scientists at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reported “the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external [&hellip
December 14th, 2011 | by Andrew
By harvesting both heat and photons from sunlight, Chromasun's latest hybrid concentrated solar photovoltaic-thermal (CPVT) system can provide at least three times the energy conversion efficiency of standalone solar PV systems. Field tests, the most recent at Santa Clara University's 2007 Solar Decathlon House, indicate that installing Chromasun's MCT Collector system on building rooftops is grid-competitive without any subsidization.
December 5th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Yes, it’s that time again — another solar power efficiency record has been set! The category: thin-film solar module [&hellip
June 1st, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
Solar records are broken left and right. We can't cover them all, of course, but try to cover the big ones. Recently, researchers ar Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, set a pretty big one. They increased the solar cell efficiency record of flexible solar cells made of copper indium gallium (di)selenide (aka CIGS) from 17.6% to 18.7%, a pretty significant increase
April 19th, 2011 | by Nicholas Brown
Solar Junction, a company headquartered in San Jose, California has once again broken the efficiency world record for production-ready solar cells, which was confirmed by the United States' National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) last week. The new record, 43.5%, is 1.2% higher than the previous record
July 15th, 2010 | by Zachary Shahan
[social_buttons] In a move to try to create a solar cell conversion efficiency rate of over 20%, Chinese company JA [&hellip
May 6th, 2010 | by Tina Casey
A team of German researchers has nudged aside a U.S. record for thin film solar efficiency, previously held by the [&hellip
February 17th, 2010 | by Tina Casey
Innovalight of Sunnyvale, California has just won a key patent for a new process that will significantly lower the cost [&hellip
October 25th, 2009 | by Tina Casey
Sharp Corporation has just announced that it has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency using a compound layered [&hellip
October 23rd, 2009 | by Zachary Shahan
Solarmer Energy broke the world record for plastic cell efficiency last year. Now, they’ve just broken it again. The new [&hellip
August 21st, 2009 | by Zachary Shahan
[social_buttons] A Chinese company set a new world record in solar power efficiency this week. According to the company, Suntech [&hellip
July 10th, 2009 | by Tina Casey
Dirt and reflection are no friends to thin film solar panel efficiency, and XeroCoat Inc. is on the way to [&hellip
November 15th, 2008 | by Susan Kraemer
Nano-engineering students at Rensselaer have created a solar power game-changer: more than 96% absorption of sunlight from all angles, from [&hellip
