Science & Technology
Mars mission »InSight« terminated due to dusty solar panels
22/12/2022 - 14:23
U.S. space agency NASA on Wednesday (Dec. 20) declared the mission of the »InSight« geophysical station, which landed on Mars in 2018,... read more
Architecture Award Building-Integrated Solar Technology 2022 presented
21/12/2022 - 17:43
With the »Architecture Award for Building-Integrated Solar Technology 2022«, Germany’s Solar Energy Promotion Association of Bavaria (... read more
Unofficial range record for »Sunswift 7«
20/12/2022 - 18:55
The solar-powered electric car »Sunswift 7« developed by a team of students at the University of New South Wales in Australia has set an... read more
HZB achieves new world record for silicon perovskite tandem cell
20/12/2022 - 18:51
A world efficiency record of 32.5 percent has been achieved at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) for a tandem solar cell with a bottom cell... read more
SolarDuck to build Japan’s first offshore PV demonstration project
20/12/2022 - 17:47
Dutch offshore PV specialist SolarDuck B.V., together with cooperation partners, is building a demonstrator for the use of offshore... read more
EMPA achieves improved efficiencies for bifacial CIGS cells
20/12/2022 - 17:30
A team at Swiss research institute EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research) has developed a process that can... read more
MIT research team develops »paper-thin solar cells«
16/12/2022 - 16:21
A team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a process to bond ultra-thin solar cells to a robust fiber... read more
Consortium of Meyer Burger and four research institutes for perovskite technology.
15/12/2022 - 15:55
Swiss cell and module manufacturer Meyer Burger Technology Ltd says it has signed »multi-year cooperation agreements« with four research... read more
E.ON concludes agreement for use of 450 megahertz radio network
06/12/2022 - 15:40
German Energy group E.ON has become the first company to sign a framework agreement for the nationwide use of services provided by... read more
»Repowering« the ISS's solar electricity supply
06/12/2022 - 14:56
During a spacewalk on Dec. 2, International Space Station (ISS) crew members Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio mounted a roll-out solar array... read more