Ascent Solar Technologies was selected for the Air Force SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) Phase 2 award to demonstrate its next flexible lightweight photovoltaic technology built upon its existing flexible, monolithically integrated, thin-film CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide) one. The Air Force SBIR Phase 2 program is expected to … [continued]
A new, relatively high-voltage solar cell that can charge the li-ion batteries of portable electronics such as e-book readers and cellphones in partial shade has been created by the University of Warwick and Molecular Solar. This type of solar cell is called an organic solar cell, plastic solar cell, or … [continued]
Editor’s Update October 3, 2012: I have confirmed with SoloPower that it has NOT actually published anything on the cost of SoloPower’s solar modules, and that the numbers in the original post (which we retrieved from Greentech Media) were extrapolated from another technology. As such, I’ve deleted lines referencing … [continued]
First Solar may win a contract to supply the solar panels required to construct the world’s largest solar power farm for NextEra Energy Incorporated (NEE). The electricity generation capacity of this plant will be 1,000 MW (1 million kilowatts). NextEra is considering First Solar’s cadmium telluride solar technology for … [continued]
Ernst & Young have released the latest version of their renewable energy attractiveness index (released every quarter). Overall, China is still leading after taking the top spot from the US last year. The top 10 countries are as follows (the highest possible score is 100)….
