Solar Cells Info

Aliso Viejo, CA, August 06, 2007
Source: PR Newswire
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CLM12006082007-1.htm

XsunX, Inc. , a developer of advanced manufacturing systems and thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, will begin offering its planned 2008 production capacities for its new Amorphous Silicon Solar Modules, beginning at the 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Trade Show in Milan, Italy September 3-7, and continuing at the Solar Power 2007 Conference and Trade Show in Long Beach, California from September 24-27. (more…)

July 31, 2007 /Munich, Germany
Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=49491

The difficulty in securing a feedstock supply to produce conventional wafer-based solar cells has encouraged a frenzy of industry projects related to thin-film solar cells.  WTC estimates that the market for thin-film cells is set to explode in the next few years, reaching $1.5 billion in 2012. While America has been steadily losing ground to Japan and Europe in wafer-based cells, about half of the thin-film cells are made by US companies and this share is expected to remain high. (more…)

Kingston, August 7, 2007
Source: poughkeepsiejournal.com
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070807/NEWS01/70807023

Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, has secured a $4 million investment from the House of Represntatives for research and development at the planned Solar Energy Consortium in Kingston.  The funds will be directed to C-9 Corporation, a company that plans to conduct its solar operation in partnership with consortium. Hinchey secured the funds for C-9 Corporation as part of the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008, which cleared the House on Sunday. (more…)

Dye-sensitive Solar Cells, developed at Ohio State Univ., could be future of Green Power
3 August 2007
Source: Casavaria.com
http://casavaria.com/sentido/environment/2007/07-0803-pink-solar.htm

As environmental groups, lobbyists and the general public push for more environmentally friendly industrial practices, scientists are finding innovative ways to bring down costs and increase the efficiency of renewable resources. The dye-sensitive solar cells (DSSC), with a pinkish sheen, now being developed at Ohio State University, are an example of the type of engineering innovation that could bring about a genuine green-power revolution.
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Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 01 Aug 2007
Source: vnunet.com
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2195442/solar-cells-break-efficiency

Researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) have developed a solar cell that can convert sunlight to power with 42.8 per cent efficiency – a new record.  Following the team’s success the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA) has authorised an extension to funding so that the team can built the machinery to manufacture the panels on a large scale.
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R. Colin Johnson, EE Times, August 1, 2007
Source: EETimes Online
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201202360

A new composite material for plastic solar cells, formulated at Ohio State University, offers what researchers there claim is the best bet yet for beating the relatively high cost of grid-supplied electricity. Building on the best aspects of previous attempts to construct organic dye-sensitized solar cells, these researchers promise to best today’s inorganic silicon-based solar cells, and beat the cost of traditional electricity generation sources in just a few years. (more…)

Vacaville, CA, Aug 07, 2007
source: SunPower Corp. press release
http://investors.sunpowercorp.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=258645

Meritage Homes has opened a new home community in Vacaville, Calif. that features solar electric power systems from SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR) as a standard feature. The homes are also built to exceed State and Federal energy efficiency standards by 35 percent or more. Meritage expects that the solar power systems, combined with the energy efficient features, will save homeowners up to 70 percent on their electric utility bills.
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EMCORE Announces Record Conversion Efficiency of Multi-Junction Concentrator Solar Cells Designed for Terrestrial Applications for Volume Production Achievement of Record 39% Conversion Efficiency at 1000x Concentrated Illumination Affirms EMCORE’s Position As a Leader in Advanced Terrestrial Photovoltaic Technology

Albuquerque, NM, August 6, 2007
Source: Emcore Corp. press release http://www.emcore.com/news/release.php?id=162

EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), announced today that it has attained a record 39% conversion efficiency under 1000x concentrated illumination on its multi-junction solar cell products currently in high volume production. These solar cells are for terrestrial Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) applications. EMCORE’s Concentrator Triple-Junction (CTJ) solar cells were designed and optimized for the most desirable operating conditions, i.e. 500-1000x concentration, for cost effective commercial CPV systems. The record conversion efficiency of 39% was measured on 1-cm2 production concentrator solar cells and at 1000x illumination. EMCORE is currently manufacturing ultra-high efficiency CTJ cells with a variety of form factors for multiple customers and has shipped several million concentrator solar cells to CPV system manufacturers worldwide. (more…)