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21.0 percent conversion efficiency research cell certified at Newport TAC Lab Performance exceeds longstanding mSi and latest CIGS records Company officials anticipate continued efficiency achievements TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, achieving 21.0 percent…

Wuxi, China,July 29, 2014/Press Release/: Wuxi Suntech, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of PV modules, announced that it will provide PV panels for 7.5 MW of off-grid projects to power rural schools and villages in Malaysia. The announcementfalls under a government initiative, the Rural Solar Hybrid Electricity Project for…

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Hydropower Market 2014-2018 About Hydropower Hydropower is the most mature, reliable and cost-effective renewable power generation technology where power is derived from the energy of water moving from higher to lower elevations. It is a proven,…

A powerful new tool that can help advance the genetic engineering of “fuel” crops for clean, green and renewable bioenergy, has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a multi-institutional partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The JBEI researchers…

Around the world, renewable energy systems have developed to the point where they are now a competitive, effective and preferable alternative to conventional electricity sources in satisfying fundamental human needs, ranging from health care to energy extraction and production. In Haiti, the internationally-renowned Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) turned to…

Enphase technology is a totally new and different way to design, install and maintain solar PV installations. And the outcome is a more productive, smarter, safer and more reliable system. Not all PV systems are made equal. In the past, the accepted industry standard was to install string inverters. An alternative way…

With increasing proportions of renewable generated electricity feeding into the distribution network, contributing to grid instability and with high voltage grids approaching their capacity in some regions, feed-in management is the topic currently surrounding larger commercial installations. It was certainly one of the considerations for installers sizing up a 1.2…

Martifer Solar, a subsidiary of Martifer SGPS, has built a new PV plant in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine. The 8 MW PV project, called Shargorod, represents one of the most challenging projects to date that the company has successfully completed in the country. Despite the complex political and economic events…

Centrica plc’s North American subsidiary, Direct Energy, has acquired the US residential solar business, Astrum Solar, for US$54 million (£32 million). Astrum Solar designs, installs and maintains solar power generating equipment for use in the home. It currently has around 4,000 customers, predominantly in the US Northeast and California, and…

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has joined forces with Lappeenranta University of Technology and the Finland Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku in the launch of an extensive development project for a brand new energy system and its associated business sector in Finland. The NEO-CARBON ENERGY project,…