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Researchers Identify Way to Use Graphene as an Electrode for Solar Cells

A promising approach for making solar cells that are inexpensive, lightweight and flexible is to use organic (that is, carbon-containing) compounds instead of expensive, highly purified silicon.

7 Jan 2011

Silicon Solar Solutions Wins NSF Grant to Develop Thin-Film Solar Cell Technology

Silicon Solar Solutions is awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant effective January 4th, 2010.

5 Jan 2011

Researchers Develop New Self-Regenerative Solar Cell Using Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service life and reducing cost.

5 Jan 2011

Stion to Build First Thin-Film Solar Panel Factory in Mississippi

Stion, a manufacturer of high-efficiency thin-film solar panels, will build a new production facility in Mississippi as part of an incentive agreement with the state that includes a $75 million loan and other tax and training incentives.

5 Jan 2011

New Nanoengineered Batteries Charging More Than 40 Times Faster Than Today's Lithium-ion Batteries

An entirely new type of nanomaterial developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries for electric automobiles, as well as batteries for laptop computers, mobile phones, and other portable devices.

4 Jan 2011

REC to Deliver Wafers to an Asian Solar Cell Producer

REC continues to broaden its customer base and has entered into a new three year multicrystalline wafer sales contract with an Asian cell producer.

4 Jan 2011

LDK Solar Partners with China Development Bank Capital to Expand Polysilicon Business

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products and the world's largest producer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that LDK Solar and its wholly owned polysilicon manufacturing subsidiaries entered into a definitive agreement with China Development Bank Capital Corporation Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China Development Bank Corporation, Excel Rise Holdings Limited and Prosper East Limited, investment funds affiliated with China Construction Bank Corporation, and an investment fund affiliated with another major Chinese bank (together, the "Investors").

3 Jan 2011

mPhase Technologies to Recommence Federal Funding Efforts for Scalable Smart Reserve Cell Technology

mPhase Technologies, Inc. announced today that it will recommence active efforts in January of 2011 to secure federal funding for its scalable smart reserve cell technology, one of the line items included in the Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Appropriations bill that was passed in the United States House of Representatives.

From MyPebble 3 Jan 2011

AQT Solar Announces First Supply of CIGS Solar Cell Modules

AQT Solar, a leading developer of low-cost CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-diselenide) thin-film solar cells, today announced the first shipment of modules containing AQT CIGS solar cells.

30 Dec 2010

Sunvalley Solar Signs Agreement with A Thin Film Supplier in China

Sunvalley Solar, Inc. a leading solar power technology and solar system integration company, announces an agreement with its partner Baoding TianWei SolarFilms Co., Ltd., a solar thin film supplier in China, to promote thin film solar power systems in Palm Springs, Thermal City and other cities in the Eastern Los Angeles area.

29 Dec 2010