Solar Cells Info

Ewing, N.J., February 22, 2008
Source: WorldWater.com /Prime Newswire
http://www.worldwater.com/pages-news/1-News-IraqMobileMaxPure-2-08.html
Units will Supply 30,000 Gallons Per Day of Irrigation, Fresh Drinking Water and Electricity to Iraqi Farmers and their Families.

Mobile MaxPureWorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. (OTC BB:WWAT.OB-News), developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, shipped an order of 12 MobileMaxPure™ Units for use by farmers in the Euphrates Valley of Iraq. The order is being funded by the Morrell Foundation, an international charitable foundation providing assistance to people across the world, particularly those in need of a clean water supply. At the request of the U.S. Marines at Camp Fallujah, WorldWater and Morrell are supplying the systems to the Military for assistance to the farmers. As shown at right, pictured are six of the 12 units picked up from WorldWater’s headquarters in Ewing, NJ on December 27 that are being stored by Morrell prior to overseas shipment.
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A pilot program that would have heated San Francisco’s solar market with $3 million in incentives — and become the largest such program in the nation — has been put on hold because of budget concerns. Sun Run president says uncertainty could make the city less attractive to solar companies.
by: Jennifer Kho, Bullet Arrow / March 28, 2008
Source:  GreentechMedia.com
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/solar-setback-in-san-francisco-740.html

San Francisco’s solar incentive pilot program, expected to be the largest such municipal program in the country, has been put on hold.  Until this week, the program was slated to begin Monday. It would have set aside $3 million in rebates intended to bring 1.5 megawatts of solar installations to the city by offering between $3,000 and $4,000 for residential installations and up to $10,000 for commercial installations. (more…)

DOE Selects 12 Solar America Cities to advance President Bush’s Solar America Initiative
Denver, CO, March 28, 2008
Source: US Dept of Energy press release
http://www.energy.gov/news/6099.htm

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today announced that DOE will make available up to $2.4 million to 12 cities across the country selected as Solar America Cities, chosen for their commitment and comprehensive approach to the deployment of solar technologies and the development of sustainable solar infrastructures.  These projects further President Bush’s Solar America Initiative (SAI), which aims to make electricity from solar photovoltaics cost-competitive with conventional electricity by 2015.  Combined with industry cost share and funding from each city, total investment in all 12 cities is estimated at $12.1 million.  Secretary Bodman made the announcement while delivering keynote remarks at the New Frontiers in Energy Summit 2008 in Denver. (more…)

Littleton, CO, March 20, 2008
Source: United Press International (UPI)
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Industry/Briefing/
2008/03/20/air_force_contracts_for_solar_cell_tech/2538/

The U.S. Air Force says it has selected Colorado-based Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. to develop highly efficient solar cell technology. Ascent Solar, a designer of thin-film photovoltaic modules for solar cells, has received a phase II contract from the Air Force to research a way to achieve a 20 percent efficiency rate in flexible thin-film tandem solar cells. The Air Force Small Business Innovative Research initiative under the Office of the Secretary of Defense announced the deal potentially worth approximately $750,000. (more…)

Motonobu Kawai, Nikkei Microdevices / Mar 21, 2008
Source: TechOn
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080321/149296/

Mitsubishi Electric Corp scored a world record conversion efficiency rate of 18.6% in a multicrystalline Si solar cell. The cell uses the company’s new technology called “honeycomb texture,” which was unveiled in February 2008. The efficiency rate was measured at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, a public standards agency in Japan. (more…)

By Michael Berger, March 4, 2008
Source: Nanowerk Spotlight
http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=4798.php

Nanotechnology is already part of the process through which silicon-based photovoltaic solar cells – which make up some 95 percent of the solar cell market today – produce electricity. Nanotechnology is also the focus of research and development of a new generation of solar power technology that includes organic and inorganic solar cells derived from nanocrystals that can convert sunlight into electricity at a fraction of the cost of silicon solar cells. (more…)

Masaaki Maruyama, Industry-University Collaboration Managing Office /
Source: TechOn /Mar 3, 2008
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080303/148336/

Feasibility test of wavelength conversion material for solar cells using Eu complex. Tests on durability, etc, are being conducted at Sanvic’s Hosoe Plant (photo courtesy of AIST)  Nanoarchitectonics Research Center of Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) developed a light wavelength conversion material for use in crystalline silicon solar cells. (more…)

Yousuke Ogasawara, Nikkei Electronics, Mar 7, 2008
Source: TechOn
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080307/148677/

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) developed a tandem type dye-sensitized solar cell with an energy conversion efficiency of 11.0%. The new solar cell outperforms any existing solar cells, according to AIST.  A tandem type solar cell has a structure in which two types of dye-sensitized solar cells are attached to each other. To enhance the conversion efficiency, AIST formed a highly transparent TiO2 electrode and used it in the upper cell. (more…)

Satoshi Ookubo, Nikkei Electronics /Feb 27, 2008
Source. TechOn.com
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080227/148136/

Peccell Technologies Inc prototyped a large-size solar cell module measuring 2.1 x 0.8m. The company developed a transparent conductive dye-sensitized solar cell using a plastic substrate in collaboration with Fujimori Kogyo Co Ltd and Showa Denko KK.

With the use of plastic substrate, the 0.5mm thick module is flexible and weighs only 800g/m2. According to Peccell, it is the lightest solar cell and the largest in the world for a dye-sensitized cell. The module conversion efficiency is expected to be approximately 3%. When installed indoors, the output voltage of the module exceeds 100V.  The module is on display at the 1st International Photovoltaic Power Generation Expo (PV EXPO 2008) from Feb 27-28, 2008. (more…)

by SolarIndustry Staff, 26 February 2008
Source: SolarIndustryMag.com
http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.1022

ersol Solar Energy AG says its consolidated revenue increased from 127.8 million euro in 2006 to 160.2 million euro in 2007, corresponding to growth of 25.4 %. Key drivers of the boost in revenue were increased cell production (from 40 MWp in 2006 to 53 MWp in 2007) and revenue from subsidiary aimex-solar GmbH in 2007. (more…)