Thermophotovoltaic Device Has Potential to Reach Huge Solar Efficiencies
Photo: Andrej Lenert, Evelyn Wang, Marin Soljacic, Ivan Celanovic, David Bierman, Walker Chan, and Youngsuk Nam Traditional photovoltaic solar cells have an inherent limit on the efficiency at which they can convert sunlight into energy….
Are utilities missing the rooftop solar opportunity?
The grim reaper is stalking utilities across America. Instead of a scythe, he’s carrying a solar panel in his hands. As homeowners and businesses increasingly cover their roofs with solar panels, the centralized power grid…
Spain’s Solar Pullback Threatens Pocketbooks
Justo Cruz Rodríguez faces ruin after investing in solar power in the Spanish town of Águilas. ÁGUILAS, Spain — Six years ago, Justo Cruz Rodríguez, who runs a small business here designing signs, was looking…
Toshiba moves into German solar
Toshiba Corporation has entered the solar power market in Germany with a new on-site consumption model for apartment buildings. While Germany introduced a feed-in tariff system for renewable energy in 2000, and the adoption of…
Ethiopian solar project approved
Global Trade Development Consulting and Energy Ventures have been awarded a contract by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy and the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation to build, operate, and transfer three 100MW solar…
Solar powered wireless electrochromic glass
SAGE Electrochromics Inc has developed electrochromic glass that is solar-powered and can be wirelessly controlled with an iPad. SageGlass Simplicity is a solar-powered wireless version of SageGlass electrochromic glazing solution. It is dynamic glass, which…
SolarWorld AG acquires Bosch solar cell and module production
With this purchase, SolarWorld takes over Bosch‘s cell production plant with a nominal year-end capacity of 700 MW and a module production plant with a nominal year-end capacity of 200 MW. The plant will become…
Solar PV in perspective – from 2012 to 2014 – Renewable Energy Focus
The ongoing economic crisis and regulatory changes in several countries, such as Italy and Germany, continue to cause problems for the global solar photovoltaic (PV) market. 2012 was an especially difficult year for the solar…
