solar cells
Have China’s solar cell makers been “dumping” their products on the US market at low prices that undercut the competition? The US Department of Commerce this week made a preliminary finding that says, “Yes.” Delivered in response to a complaint filed last year by SolarWorld, a German-based photovoltaics (PV)
solar cells
Researchers in Canada say the public could see cheap and easy-to-manufacture plastic solar cells on the market in the next five to seven years, according to an item in today’s Energy Efficiency News. The researchers at the National Institute for Nanotechnology and the University of Alberta say the largest
biofuels
Following are some of the top headlines yesterday from the world of cleantech: * Technology developed at the University of Chicago might soon land in the marketplace in the form of a new and more efficient plastic solar cell for portable electronics. Solarmer Energy Inc. says it expects to have a
large-scale solar
While many corporations are slashing employment and sloughing off whole business divisions, Toshiba Corp. is launching a brand-new organization to tap the growing global demand for solar photovoltaic systems. Toshiba’s new Photovoltaic Systems Division will focus on large-scale solar installations by utilities and industrial plants. The company says it’
Georgia
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue might not have much past green cred — he has, after all, been a global warming skeptic who’s suggested prayer as a way to resolve the state’s severe drought — but he boosted his rep a bit this week by cutting the ribbon for Suniva Inc.
clean energy
Virtual computer networks can do more than help in the search for little green men or aid in humanitarian-focused research. IBM and Harvard University are hoping to tap the power of virtual networks to develop a cheap yet effective plastic solar cell. Harvard’s Clean Energy Project will use IBM’
MIT
One of the issues with solar cells is the amount of sunlight they convert into electricity – and this conversion rate currently isn’t brilliant. But a team of physicists and engineers at MIT in the US have used computer simulations to boost the output from solar photovoltaic cells by as
