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January 30,2009 –
By inverting the typical tandem solar-cell structure and inserting a transparent barrier layer, a team of scientists led by Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger at the University of California-Santa Barbara and Kwanghee Lee at the Gwangju Institute of Sc…….
The rapid decline in oil prices over the past six months has taken away the immediacy of developing biofuels, and the overall economic collapse has reduced funding to a trickle. But despite such short-term gloom and doom, researchers and investors in one of the newest feedstocks for biofuels — algae — say a slower pace could be a good thing.
SiOnyx Inc., a Beverly-based maker of semiconductor material called black silicon that could improve on current solar cells, has expanded its operations with the opening of a West Coast faciility and the hiring of new scientists and engineers.
American Superconductor Corp. of Devens has received a new order for its large-scale dynamic reactive compensation system from National Grid to use in the power company’s grid modernization project on New York’s Long Island.
Beacon Power Corp., a power storage technology developer in Tyngsborough, has signed a two-year agreement with the energy utility company National Grid to share data on Beacon Power’s flywheel energy storage systems.
January 22,2009 –
A promising tool for enabling more widespread use of solar energy is the use of nanotechnology to improve the efficiency of a photovoltaic cell’s conversion of energy from visible photons to electrons. In 2001, power-conver…….
January 22,2009 –
At DisplayBank’s 3rd annual San Jose Conference, Invest in Germany director Claus Habermeier showed why Germany’s PV market is so formidable, thanks to proactive legislation. And Signet Solar’s Keshav Prasad told SST how the…….
January 22,2009 –
Sanyo Electric’s proposed JV with Nippon Oil to make next-generation solar cells is a risky venture, according to local Japanese media.
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January 22,2009 –
Given the excitement surrounding the solar sector, it seems unlikely that a major solar cell supplier could remain below the radar, but Global Solar has. Global Solar’s products are fully commercialized and readily available. The company deposi…….
The Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund, now under the management of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp., has awarded $30,000 to the town of Jamestown to conduct a wind power feasibility study to determine the possibility of erecting and operating wind turbines in that town.