Science & Technology

Sumitomo installs energy storage system based on old EV batteries at Japaneses solar park

10.02.2014

Japanese business group Sumitomo Corp. has developed and installed the world’s first large-scale power storage system based on used... read more

New theory could lead to more efficienct organic solar cells

05.02.2014

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH), Texas and the Université de Montréal, Quebec have developed a new theoretical model... read more

UCLA researchers develop new solar cell technology using perovskite materials

05.02.2014

A research team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a new process for manufacturing highly efficient... read more

Intersolar introduces award for electrical energy storage

04.02.2014

The Intersolar trade fair will grant a new award this year to a company operating in the energy storage sector. The Electrical Energy... read more

PPG wins $2.1 million grant to develop new module assembly process

04.02.2014

US-based industrial coatings producer PPG Industries Inc. has received a $2.1 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) that... read more

Fraunhofer ISE study shows the LCOE for PV is decreasing rapidly

28.01.2014

A study from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE shows that the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for renewable... read more

PHOTON module yield measurement 2013: Average module Performance Ratio on the rise

28.01.2014

Over the past 8 years, PHOTON Laboratory has been monitoring an increasingly large number of solar modules on a shade-free area of land... read more

German-Irish research team sees kesterite grains being used for thin-film solar cells

24.01.2014

Researchers at German research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy and the University of Limerick, Ireland have... read more

NREL study finds that wind power could be used to actively stabilize the grid

22.01.2014

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its partners from the Electric Power Research Institute... read more

Turkmenistan could join Algeria and Japan's Sahara Solar Breeder project

21.01.2014

A delegation of six researchers from the Turkmenistan have met with the coordinator of the Sahara Solar Breeder (SSB) project to discuss... read more