 Solar Thermal Technology Developed by Southwest Solar TechnologiesSouthwest Solar Technologies has announced its development program for a solar thermal technology that will serve industrial needs for process heat and steam. The solar thermal application leverages the Company's solar dish and other core competencies and will be a new addition to its product portfolio. (Source : Solar Daily)
 Novel Cell Designs for More Efficient Solar CellsInnovation and material technology are the keys to success for increasing the efficiency of solar cells. For the first time ever, scientists accomplished the development of an industry-scale c-Si solar cell with an efficiency greater than 20%. The record cell is based on the combination of two cell design technologies: MWT and PERC. (Source : Solar Daily)
 DIY Solar Heating and Solar Hot WaterSolar and wind are the current buzzwords in renewable energy, and DIY articles abound on the internet. Readers who are handy with tools, and who happen to be licensed electricians, may find the suggested projects easy to complete. For the rest of us, installing any kind of interface to the utility power grid is definitely not DIY. (Source : Solar Daily)
Solar panels used as ‘fuel poverty’ option Nanjing-based solar cell and module maker China Sunergy Company shipped 1.59 megawatts' worth of solar panels to Emotion Energy which, working with Edison Energy, is installing the panels in 117 residential rooftops in Faifley, Scotland. (Source : Ecoseed)
 Solar Power Goes ViralCatching a nasty virus certainly isn't on anyone's holiday wish list, but for solar power it might be just what the doctor ordered. With the help of a genetically modified virus, materials researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to boost the efficiency of one type of thin-film photovoltaic cell by 30 percent. (Source : SolarDaily)
 Soltecture produces first 100 Watt solar modulesSoltecture has announced new records in solar efficiency: the first 100 Watt solar modules have been produced by the production line in Berlin Adelsdorf, a reading that equates to a 13.4 percent efficiency. With Soltecture's high-efficiency module, Linion, solar efficiency advances to the next level. (Source : SolarDaily)
 World's Most Efficient Rooftop Solar Hot Air HeaterEnerconcept Technologies has introduced the new Luba GL, the world's most efficient, inexpensive and lightweight rooftop solar hot air collector for supplemental outside air heating in commercial, institutional and industrial facilities. (Source : SolarDaily)
 New Suntracker And PV Rack - Designed For Rigid ClimatesEasy and practical to mount, an innovative solar tracker and a new practical ground mount rack enter the stage of Cansia Solar Canada 2011. Designed, patented, and manufactured by Espe Sunparc America Inc., SSK30 Monoaxial Sun Tracker and SUNLAZY ST ground mount rack are outstanding products of the most experienced Italian technical and manufacturing team in the photovoltaic sector, taking up the challenge of Ontario's specific climatic conditions. (Source : SolarDaily)
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