Science & Technology
Semprius announces four-junction, four-terminal stacked solar cell with 43.9% efficiency
30/04/2014 - 01:00
US CPV module manufacturer Semprius Inc. announced it has achieved 43.9% conversion efficiency for a four-junction, four-terminal... read more
Soitec and Exosun start CPV technology partnership
30/04/2014 - 01:00
French solar tracker manufacturer Exosun SAS and French semiconductor materials manufacturer and CPV technology provider Soitec SA... read more
EU-funded research project aims to produce solar kerosene
29/04/2014 - 01:00
A research project funded by the EU is attempting to develop a jet fuel based on simulated sunlight. The project, named Solar-Jet, is... read more
German energy provider Wemag to install 5 MW storage system
16/04/2014 - 01:00
Wemag AG, an energy supplier operating across Germany with headquarters in Schwerin, northern Germany, will complete the installation of... read more
Correction: Panasonic's new efficiency record was confirmed by a third entity
15/04/2014 - 01:00
In the PHOTON Newsletter published on Apr. 11, 2014, it was wrongly reported that the new Panasonic’s conversion efficiency of 25.6% for... read more
Danfoss expand its FLX inverter series
14/04/2014 - 01:00
Danish inverter producer Danfoss Solar Inverters has expanded its FLX inverter line with five new inverters with the power size ranging... read more
ISFH announces 21.2% efficiency for PERC solar cell
11/04/2014 - 01:00
German Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) announced that it has achieved a 21.2% efficiency for an industrial PERC... read more
Solar-Fabrik launches two new rooftop modules
11/04/2014 - 01:00
Germany-based solar manufacturer Solar-Fabrik AG has presented Premium XM mono and Premium XM poly, two new rooftop PV modules, that... read more
Panasonic announces 25.6% efficiency for its HIT solar cell
11/04/2014 - 01:00
Japan-based electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corp. has announced that its HIT® solar cell, which is an hybrid of monocrystalline... read more
Stanford researchers create model to combine PV with crop production for biofuels
11/04/2014 - 01:00
A research team from Stanford University has recently created a new computer model that aims to combine the crop production for biofuels... read more