Latest Energy harvesting Stories
PowerFilm, Inc. today announced the release of the next generation of their folding solar chargers, improving durability and longevity of the industry’s best portable modules, while reducing overall unit weight. Ames, IA (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 PowerFilm, Inc. today announced the release of the next generation of their folding solar chargers, improving durability and longevity of the industry’s best portable modules, while reducing overall unit weight. Utilizing a new proprietary...
Princeton University, Engineering School Princeton researchers have found a simple and economic way to nearly triple the efficiency of organic solar cells, the cheap and flexible plastic devices that many scientists believe could be the future of solar power. The researchers, led by electrical engineer Stephen Chou, were able to increase the efficiency 175 percent by using a nanostructured "sandwich" of metal and plastic that collects and traps light. Chou said the technology also...
Penn State For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that has been shown to be scalable to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the possibility of weaving together solar-cell silicon wires to create flexible, curved, or twisted solar fabrics. The findings by an international team of chemists, physicists, and engineers, led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, will be posted by the...
RED BANK, N.J., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) has commissioned the construction of an upgraded AR-Box(TM) solar cell processing station that will include black silicon capability. Like the original AR-Box, this second-generation device will be manufactured by MicroTech Systems, Inc., of Fremont, CA, a 12-year-old Silicon Valley company that designs and manufactures wet-bench manufacturing equipment for solar, LED, semiconductor,...
GUELPH, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has signed a financing agreement pursuant to which Deutsche Bank has agreed to provide C$139 million (US$139 million) in non-recourse, short-term construction financing to Canadian Solar for the construction of solar power projects in Ontario, Canada. The loans are expected to be repaid...
JIASHAN, China, Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company") (NYSE: SOL), a leading global manufacturer of solar photovoltaic ("PV") modules and wafers, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080506/CNTU030 ) Third Quarter 2012 Financial and Operating Highlights Total solar wafer and module shipments in Q3 2012 were 532.8 megawatts...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A team of Michigan State University researchers has developed a new thermoelectric material – a material which converts waste heat into useful electricity – by using common materials found pretty much anywhere dirt is present. This is an important discovery, the team says, because the vast majority of heat that is generated in energy production is lost. Take for example a car engine, the vast majority of heat generated is lost...
SHANGHAI, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), a leading global solar power product manufacturer, today announced that it has donated 30 kW of solar PV modules to Mumuke village in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in western China. With a population of approximately 120 residents, Mumuke village is located in a remote part of Xinjiang Province where electricity from the national grid is...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The most abundant form of energy ever known has always been there. Through the course of human history, the Sun has offered, without cost, its light and heat for the benefit of every living organism on this rock we call Earth. The Sun is responsible for helping plants to grow, affecting temperatures in differing regions and producing winds. Our ability to harness these energies could help us to realize a future that is devoid of...
ONTARIO, Canada, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. ("Canadian Solar" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced it has been ranked on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500(TM), a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Solar, remarked: "This is an...
