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Recycling of PV modules: New Fraunhofer study sheds light on end of life issues
Seeking to answer what is happening with final costs once recycling becomes and issue at PV module end-of-life, backsheet manufacturer Coveme points to the importance of fluorine-free backsheets for the PV industry, as they keep the costs down while being environmentally friendly. In addition to initial cost, profit and energy output, ease of recycling of […]
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Adding Fluorine Atoms to The Solar Cells Could Help To Improve Its Performance
Solar energy gets a boost this week as RIKEN researchers have now discovered that adding fluorine atoms to light harvesting polymers improves their efficiency. This is a breakthrough for companies manufacturing photovoltaic cells and products as performance in flexible solar cells can now be enhanced even more. Typically, a polymer solar cell absorbs light through […]
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Can the world’s biggest factory ever be fully green?
Like Henry Ford before him, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is taking a new approach to car making. Where Ford focused on manufacturing a car that the mass market could afford, Musk is keen to build a vehicle that the environment can bear. Much has been made of the use of solar power at […]
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Simplifying Solar Cells with a New Mix of Materials
An international research team has simplified the steps to create highly efficient silicon solar cells by applying a new mix of materials to a standard design. Arrays of solar cells are used in solar panels to convert sunlight to electricity. The special blend of materials — which could also prove useful in semiconductor components — […]
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11k acres land leased for solar power park has contaminated water: Repor
BENGALURU: Having burnt its fingers in land acquisition for mega power projects time and again, the government has decided to change its land policy for one of the biggest power generation endeavours in Karnataka. The Karnataka Solar Power Development Corporation Limited, a joint venture between Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd and central agency Solar Energy […]
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Solar Energy is Still Dirty Energy
There is some confusion among concerned people regarding the difference between renewable and clean energy. Our best ideas all look to our primary source of energy in the world, the sun. The sun is, indeed a clean energy source when we are located millions and millions of miles away and protected by earth’s magnetic field. […]
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Hareon Solar to build 300MW solar cell plant in Taiwan
A potential shift by Chinese PV manufacturers to avoid anti-dumping duties in the US and EU as well as in India has started with plans by Hareon Solar to build a 300MW solar cell plant in Taiwan. The China-based company has signed an memorandum of understanding with Mascotte Holdings, which acquired polysilicon start-up, Sun Mass […]
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Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride: DuPont, Yingli sign 1-year, $100 million collaboration agreement
DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware, US) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Ltd. (Baoding, China) have signed a one-year, USD 100 million agreement which includes materials supply, the building of a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant of unspecified capacity in China and co-marketing initiatives. This agreement is an expansion of a previous USD 100 million supply agreement between […]
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Increasing the efficiency of pigment solar cells
Researchers succeeded in increasing the efficiency of solar cells by modifying optical properties of titanium dioxide layers coated on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) glass. Solar cells that have become sensitive with pigments have more durability and reasonable price in comparison to the silicone solar cells. “In order to synthesize the electrode, firstly a micron layer […]
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Polyvinyl fluoride: DuPont and Yingli Green Energy enter $100 million strategic agreement
DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (“Yingli China”) have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world’s biggest challenges — reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Yingli China is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited […]
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