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• in Green
  Solar Panels - Solar Thermal Vs. Photovoltaic
  Solar panels offer up their own set of issues.
  by caroline1234 / on Aug 23, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “photovoltaic”

 

• Solar versus the Grid

  
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  A new article published.wdg8{position:absolute;clip:rect(447px,auto,auto,417px);} resources http://prescottaz.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=118973&SectionID=74&SubSectionID=114&S=1 Utilities fighting back!
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• Sun up and street surf with the Solar Electric Scooter

  
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  If youve ever thought that the rider platform of an electric scooter is just crying out for a solar panel, youre not alone. California renewable energy veterans Mike Donnell and Tony VanMeeteren have spent the last four years working on some PV-panel-packing, adult-sized, emission-free electric scooters called SES, ...
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• Fluorescent Dye Increases Solar Cell Efficiency by 38%

  
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  The more recent innovation in polymer solar cells adds a layer of a fluorescent organic dye, squaraine, to boost the amount of light that gets absorbed by the cells, increasing their power conversion efficiency by 38%. Researchers at Yale used polymer solar cells for their project, which have the advantage of being ...
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• Chinese Anger at EU Solar Tariffs

  
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  Doug Young I’ve been trying to avoidwriting about the latest punitive tariffs for Chinese solar panelsthat look set to come from the European Union this week, since thestory has dragged on for more than a year now and the outcome wasalmost inevitable. But that said, it would be a bit remiss of me notto write at ...
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• European Commission Recommends Tariffs on Chinese Solar

  
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  James Montgomery TradeWar. photo via Bigstock The European Commission has decided to recommend duties on Chinesesolar panels up to 67.9 percent, according to reports from multiplesources. Wall Street Journal reports  that thetariffs will affect more than 100 companies, and be implemented ata range ...
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• How ertex Integrates Solar cells into Middle East Buildings

  
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  Green Prophet interviews Dieter Moor, the CEO of ertex – a building integrated photovoltaic company which recently completed a roof-based system for the the Sheik Zayad Learning Center at the Al Ain Zoo. Largely considered an environmental “extra” and a way to upgrade green building ratings, new research ...
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• Solar Garage Roof Will Charge Electric Cars

  
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  Solarwatt GmbH and BMW are teaming up to supply combined rooftop and carport photovoltaic solutions for future BMW i customers. The new Solarwatt Carport System will offer BMW i3 and BMW i8 owners an attractively designed solar-based electric vehicle charging plus household electricity generation system that uses ...
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• Commercialization of Polymer Solar Cell: Giant Leap Forward

  
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  A polymer solar cell is a type of thin-film solar cells made with polymers that produce electricity from sunlight by the photovoltaic effect. Most current commercial solar cells are made from a highly purified silicon crystal. The high cost of these silicon solar cells and their complex production process has ...
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• Newest Solar Project to Use the Power of 2,000 Suns

  
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  New frontiers in the field of solar technology have given rise to equally new innovations, and today the most important of which is perhaps the multi-junction solar cell. ...
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• SunPower Lights Up Desert

  
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  SunPower and Mid Atlantic Solar join forces to begin construction of  the largest solar energy system in the world .
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• Single Atomic Layer Photovoltaic Device May Lead to Flexible Solar Cells

  
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  An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford, National University of Singapore, and the University of Boston have developed an atom-thin photovoltaic device with high quantum efficiency. With a quantum efficiency of 30%, or, translated into layman’s terms, the number of photons converted into ...
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• Reports of Price Increases and Better Margins Boost Solar Stocks

  
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  Doug Young Solar panel makers are finally seeing signs that the clouds could belifting from their embattled sector, sparking a stock rally fortheir volatile shares. Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ )led off the upbeat news, releasing preliminary results that includedbetter-than-expected first-quarter sales and ...
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• MidAmerican, SunPower Begin "Major Construction" at Antelope Valley

  
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  James Montgomery Joshua trees in Antelope Valley, CA. Photo by TomHilton MidAmerican Solar and SunPower [ SPWR ]have begun "major construction" at the Antelope Valley SolarProjects (AVSP), two co-located megasolar projects totaling acombined 579 megawatts (AC) generation capacity that ...
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• A more detailed look at IBMs solar power system. (See more in...

  
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  A more detailed look at IBMs solar power system. (See more in this previous post ). smartercities : This High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal System (HCPVT) can harness the energy of 2,000 suns and provide fresh water and air conditioning in remote locations. The prototype HCPVT system under development uses ...
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• Graphene and Monolayers For More Efficient Solar Cells

  
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  With all the talk about nanomaterials making up more efficient solar cells, most of the focus has been on graphene and its unique properties. It’s easy to forget that other elements could possibly be manufactured similarly. It stands to reason that if you can make one element into a monolayer, then you should be ...
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• NRG Solar Officially Opens Largest Solar Plant in California

  
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  Carlsbad-based solar energy developer NRG Energy announced this morning that it has cut the ribbon on what it says is the largest, operating photovoltaic facility in California. The solar plant--located in Lancaster--will officially open later today. NRG said its new Alpine Solar Generating Facility will produce ...
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• Calculate Impact of Cape Coral’s Public Service Tax for Solar Electric Customers

  
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  As expected, Cape Coral passed the Public Service Tax measure on April 29, 2013. The tax impacts every utility electric customer in the City. The more you use electricity, the more tax you pay. As I noted in my earlier post , solar energy producers can avoid tax on every kilowatt-hour they reduce or produce with ...
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• 220 Megs Of Solar Power – The revolution gains speed

  
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  I promised Emily Hois that I would link up with her organization, Solar Reviews, last week. Since I am only blogging once a week, it took awhile to honor her request.  So here it is. Great story about where the world is going. ...
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• First Solar Optimistic About Future

  
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  Liz Nelson The largest thin-filmpanel manufacturer in the world has an optimistic view of theimmediate future for renewable energy demands. First Solar ( FSLR )had an impressive charge for several years until the final quarterof 2008 when the stock value of the photovoltaic manufacturerbegan to plummet. Over the ...
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• Germany is the example on renewables

  
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  While the French socialist party is targeting Germany for being too selfish , I thought it would be the ideal time to show how this country has understood vital lessons on renewables others didn’t. For years if not decades, Deutschland has been at the forefront on energy efficiency and renewables. I wrote ...
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