| Africa |
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| Asia/Pacific |
| June
19, 2007 |
Japan |
Tokyo,
Japan: SANYO Electric Achieves 22% Solar Cell Efficiency in the
Laboratory. SANYO Electric has broken its own record
for what the company says is the world’s highest energy conversion
efficiency in practical sized (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type
solar cells, by achieving an efficiency of 22% at the research level.
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| May
31, 2007 |
Japan |
Tokyo, Japan:
Mitsubishi Electric Raises Efficiency of Multi-Crystalline Solar
Cells. Mitsubishi Electric has achieved a new record
photoelectric conversion efficiency rate of 18.0% for 150mm square
multi-crystalline silicon solar cells, an improvement of 1.2% over
the company's previous level. |
| Jan
10, 2007 |
China |
Wuxi,
China: Suntech Power Provides Update on ''Semiconductor Finger''
Technology. Solar cell manufacturer, Suntech Power
today announced that the commercial adoption of its latest 18% ''semiconductor
finger'' conversion efficiency technology is proceeding on schedule. |
| Europe |
| Mar
19, 2008 |
Germany |
Bitterfeld/Wolfen,
Germany: Q-Cells and Singulus Co-operate on Solar Cell Coating
Technology. Bitterfeld-Wolfen based, Q-Cells AG
and Singulus Technologies AG of Kahl/Main have agreed to jointly
develop a novel system for coating of solar cells with anti-reflection
structures.
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| Feb
6, 2008 |
Germany |
Erfurt, Germany:
ersol and Schott Co-operate on Development of Micromorphous Thin
Film Technology. ersol Thin Film GmbH, a subsidiary
of ersol Solar Energy AG (ersol), and SCHOTT Solar GmbH, Alzenau,
have concluded a cooperative agreement under which they will jointly
develop micromorphous technology for thin-film solar cells. |
| Jan
16, 2008 |
United
States |
Cambridge, MA,
USA: MIT, Eni Establish Energy Research Partnership.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Italian
energy company Eni are to collaborate on a major energy research
partnership. |
| Jan
14, 2008 |
United
Kingdom |
Durham,
United Kingdom: Durham University Leads UK Research Project into
Cheaper Solar Energy. A national team of scientists
led by experts at Durham University are embarking on one of the
UK’s largest ever research projects into photovoltaic solar energy. |
| Jan
9, 2008 |
France |
Paris,
France: CEA and JUSUNG Sign Joint Development Agreement for Silicon-based
Heterojunction Solar Cells. Korean company JUSUNGand
CEA, a French public technological research organization, have signed
an agreement to collaborate on the development of silicon-based
heterojunction solar cells. |
| Nov
5, 2007 |
Germany |
Berlin,
Germany: Solarvalue and Sunways Co-operate on Metallurgical Silicon
Research and Development. Solarvalue AG, Berlin,
and Sunways AG, Konstanz have concluded a research and development
agreement. The agreement envisages close cooperation in the field
of R&D, aiming to produce marketable solar cells using solar grade
silicon, made on the basis of metallurgical silicon. |
| North
America |
| April
22, 2010 |
United
States |
Niskayuna,
NY, USA: GE to Study Impact of High Solar Energy Penetration on
the Grid. GE researchers are working with Arizona
Public Service, the state’s largest electric utility, to understand
how large amounts of solar can best be integrated into today’s
grid.
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| January
21, 2010 |
United
States |
Washington,
DC, USA: Department of Energy to Invest up to $12 Million to Support
Early Stage Solar Technologies.
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday announced
that the Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
will invest up to $12 million in total funding.
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| November
3, 2009 |
United
States |
Cambridge,
MA, USA: Total Signs Research Agreement for Solar Power Storage.
Total has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) to develop new stationary batteries that are
designed to enable the storage of solar power.
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| Jan
28, 2008 |
United
States |
Tucson,
AZ, USA: Global Solar Energy Achieves 10% Cell Efficiency on Flexible/Lightweight
Substrates. Global Solar Energy (GSE),a manufacturer
of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin-film solar products,
today said the company is the first in the CIGS thin-film market
to achieve an average of 10-percent solar cell efficiency on a flexible/lightweight
substrate over several production runs. |
| Jan
16, 2008 |
United
States |
Niskayuna,
NY, USA: GE Demonstrates Scalable, Low Cost, Nano-based Solar Cell.
GE
Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General
Electric Company said today that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics
(PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar
cell. |
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