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Heat converted to infrared to increase solar PV efficiency
There is lot of heat generated when sunlight falls on the solar PV cells, researchers at Stanford University have tried to convert that heat into infrared and then make the solar cells absorb that infrared emission to convert into electricity. The heat-resistant thermal emitter converts heat into in
3 min readPatents filed in Solar and wind rises sharply in 2012 and 2013
The research in clean energy technology started peaking in the past five years, the curve tilts even more positive in the year 2013. Solar power generation, wind power generation, electric car technologies are no more fancy research areas, they are now fast becoming high profit areas. The adaptation
3 min readSolar car challenge 2013: Achieving max effeciency in energy conversion
In a car race you are not given any fuel but got to drive your vehicle anything around 90 KM/hour and even more to cover a distance of 3000 KMs on stretch of land cutting through Australia. This is the World Solar Challenge 2013, which started on October 6. The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 20
5 min readGood times predicted for solar PV market
Both for the next quarter in 2013 as well as for the next year 2014, the predictions for the solar PV market is very good. After experiencing huge fall in prices and also severe losses for most of the solar PV companies in 2012, Solar industry in 2013 is bouncing back with good growth of shipment an
4 min readSolar PV cell efficiency taken to new levels
Last week there were two announcements related to innovation in increasing solar PV efficiency. Both are from a team of companies rather than individual company. In the established silicon PV cell domain imec, RENA, and SoLayTec have achieved solar PV cell efficiency of 20.1% on a Passivated Emi
3 min readJapan saying no to nuclear and big yes to solar
After the disastrous nuclear power plant damage caused by the tsunami in 2011, Japan is getting away from nuclear power generation and installing more and more Solar PV power plants to fill the gap in demand and generation. Japan has done excellent research in developing solar photovoltaic cells of
3 min readSolar PV cost dependent on automation, not on cheap labour
The manufacturing cost of Solar photovoltaic(PV) cells is dependent more on manufacturing automation, material research, and supply chain management rather than cheap labour, according to the latest study by MIT researchers and US Department of energy's National renewable energy laboratory (NREL).
3 min readIHS: Solar PV microinverter shipments to grow 4x times by 2017
IHS has reported the global market for microinverters will expand by a factor of four from 2013 through 2017 as microinverters are adopted in greater numbers outside the United States while new markets also rush to take advantage of the devices’ improved efficiency and features compared to conventio
6 min readSolar PV industry stops hurtling-down and starts growing
In the year 2012, solar PV industry has undergone severe losses, many companies are in the State of closure. There was so much over supply, the market has pushed into severe losses. But by mid 2013, there are clear signals of industry recovery. Market researcher NPD Solarbuzz has reported huge deman
4 min readScientists at Stanford exploit disorders in plastic solar cell to improve performance
Scientists at Stanford University have noticed plastic material used for solar photovoltaic cells have structural differences with silicon solar PV cell. They cannot be used or made like the way silicon solar PV cells made. The disorders at the molecule level are exploited by scientists to build pla
5 min readSolar PV event: SOLARCON India 2013 from 1-3 Aug at Bangalore
Annual Solar PV event conducted by U.S. headquartered Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), the fifth SOLARCON India is scheduled from 1-3 August 2013 at the KTPO Exhibition Complex, Bangalore. The keynote presenters include Dr. Harish Ha
4 min readSEMI: Quarterly solar PV equipment billing drop by 41% in Q12013
As per the latest report by SEMI, the worldwide billing of solar PV manufacturing equipment declined to $291 million in Q1 2013, it's a fall of 41% compared to the previous quarter, and a drop of 50% compared to the same quarter an year ago. In 2012 and 2013 the solar PV industry is undergoing ma
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