Perovskite Offers Shot at Cheaper Solar Energy
A class of compounds first uncovered in the Ural Mountains more than a century ago is now a rock star in the world of solar-energy research.
Meet perovskite, the building block for materials that, as a group, have posted unprecedented gains in their solar-energy efficiency—the percentage of sunlight converted into electricity. In the lab, scientists experimenting with perovskite-based materials of different compositions have recently achieved a jump in efficiency to 20%, from around 10% just two years ago.
That is still lower than the most efficient silicon-based cells on the market— SunPower Corp. makes cells that are 24% efficient.
But because of perovskite's rapid increases in efficiency, researchers think it could be used to make cells that are at least as efficient as those fashioned from silicon, but at a much lower cost.
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New Mold Wrap Improves Manufacturing Casting Efficiencies and Reduces Environmental Impacts
Major engine OEM investigates replacing RCF with new AES fiber blanket
SMA Announces Free Module-Level Monitoring for Life for Sunny Boy 240-US Micro Inverter
Exclusive Monitoring Package Provides Real-Time Data for the Life of the Inverter
SEIA Wins National Award for Web Creativity
In recognition of its highly successful America Supports Solar campaign, which was launched earlier this year as part of National Shout Out for Solar Day, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has won a silver 2014 W3 Award for web creativity from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA).
North America's Largest Battery Energy Storage System Now Operational
"The Tehachapi Energy Storage Project is a significant milestone for SCE and for energy storage in California"
First Wind and Community Leaders Celebrate Groundbreaking of the Company's Largest Wind Project in Maine
The 148 MW wind project in Aroostook and Penobscot counties will create construction jobs while boosting community revenues and provide significant tax revenues
SCE Unveils Largest Battery Energy Storage Project in North America
Tehachapi Energy Storage Project, partially funded by the Department of Energy, aims to modernize the grid to integrate more clean energy
Energy Storage Industry's Premiere Conference and Exhibition to Convene in Dallas, TX in 2015
Storage Markets, Policy and Technology the Focus of the Industry's Most In-depth and Influential Annual Gathering
ContourGlobal Inaugurates Peru's Largest Wind Farm
114MW Cupisnique and Talara wind farms are Peru's largest and entered commercial operations in August 2014.
---- The Cupisnique Wind Farm, with an installed capacity of 83.15MW, is located in Pacasmayo (La Libertad), and the Talara Wind Farm, with an installed capacity of 30.6MW, is located in Talara (Piura).
---- US $ 250 million is the total investment for the construction of both Wind Farms.
Schletter and Strata Solar donating $100,000 each to a solar non-profit
Both companies provide resources for United Solar Initiative to carry our projects in Africa and Central America
UC Davis, SunPower Building Largest Solar Power System in University of California System
On Project Completion, One-Third of Total Campus Electricity Demand will be Served with Carbon Neutral Energy
Sol Systems Finances 944kW California Church Solar Project in Partnership with Washington Gas Energy Systems
The operational solar energy system is located at Valley Baptist Church in Bakersfield, Calif., and A-C Electric served as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) provider.
TMEIC to manufacture Medium Voltage (MV) Drives and Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters in Houston, Texas
Fabrication of PV inverters will commence in the Fall of 2014
Chilicon Power Introduces CP-100 Gateway
The CP-100 is a user friendly monitoring appliance for every residential and commercial solar array.
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