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| Asia/Pacific |
| June
19, 2007 |
Japan |
Tokyo,
Japan: SANYO Electric Achieves 22% Solar Cell Efficiency in the
Laboratory. SANYO Electric has broken its own record
for what the company says is the world’s highest energy conversion
efficiency in practical sized (100 cm2 or more) crystalline silicon-type
solar cells, by achieving an efficiency of 22% at the research level.
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| May
31, 2007 |
Japan |
Tokyo, Japan:
Mitsubishi Electric Raises Efficiency of Multi-Crystalline Solar
Cells. Mitsubishi Electric has achieved a new record
photoelectric conversion efficiency rate of 18.0% for 150mm square
multi-crystalline silicon solar cells, an improvement of 1.2% over
the company's previous level. |
| Jan
10, 2007 |
China |
Wuxi,
China: Suntech Power Provides Update on ''Semiconductor Finger''
Technology. Solar cell manufacturer, Suntech Power
today announced that the commercial adoption of its latest 18% ''semiconductor
finger'' conversion efficiency technology is proceeding on schedule. |
| Europe |
| Feb
6, 2008 |
Germany |
Erfurt, Germany:
ersol and Schott Co-operate on Development of Micromorphous Thin
Film Technology. ersol Thin Film GmbH, a subsidiary
of ersol Solar Energy AG (ersol), and SCHOTT Solar GmbH, Alzenau,
have concluded a cooperative agreement under which they will jointly
develop micromorphous technology for thin-film solar cells. |
| Jan
16, 2008 |
United
States |
Cambridge, MA,
USA: MIT, Eni Establish Energy Research Partnership.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Italian
energy company Eni are to collaborate on a major energy research
partnership. |
| Jan
14, 2008 |
United
Kingdom |
Durham,
United Kingdom: Durham University Leads UK Research Project into
Cheaper Solar Energy. A national team of scientists
led by experts at Durham University are embarking on one of the
UK’s largest ever research projects into photovoltaic solar energy. |
| Jan
9, 2008 |
France |
Paris,
France: CEA and JUSUNG Sign Joint Development Agreement for Silicon-based
Heterojunction Solar Cells. Korean company JUSUNGand
CEA, a French public technological research organization, have signed
an agreement to collaborate on the development of silicon-based
heterojunction solar cells. |
| Nov
5, 2007 |
Germany |
Berlin,
Germany: Solarvalue and Sunways Co-operate on Metallurgical Silicon
Research and Development. Solarvalue AG, Berlin,
and Sunways AG, Konstanz have concluded a research and development
agreement. The agreement envisages close cooperation in the field
of R&D, aiming to produce marketable solar cells using solar grade
silicon, made on the basis of metallurgical silicon. |
| North
America |
| Jan
28, 2008 |
United
States |
Tucson,
AZ, USA: Global Solar Energy Achieves 10% Cell Efficiency on Flexible/Lightweight
Substrates. Global Solar Energy (GSE),a manufacturer
of Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin-film solar products,
today said the company is the first in the CIGS thin-film market
to achieve an average of 10-percent solar cell efficiency on a flexible/lightweight
substrate over several production runs. |
| Jan
16, 2008 |
United
States |
Niskayuna,
NY, USA: GE Demonstrates Scalable, Low Cost, Nano-based Solar Cell.
GE
Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General
Electric Company said today that scientists on their Nano Photovoltaics
(PV) team have demonstrated a scalable silicon nanowire-based solar
cell. |
| Aug
9, 2007 |
United
States |
Pittsburgh,
PA, USA: Plextronics' Organic Solar Cell Technology Achieves New
Efficiency Level. Plextronics,
Inc. announced today that its organic photovoltaic technology achieved
a new record in the conversion of solar light to power efficiency. |
| Jan
31, 2007 |
USA |
Austin,
TX, USA: HelioVolt and Exeltech Announce Systems R&D Collaboration.
HelioVolt Corporation and Exeltech today announced a joint development
agreement to commercialize turnkey systems for cost-effective, reliable
solar energy generation. |
| Jan
11, 2007 |
Canada |
Cambridge,
ON, Canada: Photowatt Partners with Japanese Companies for Development
of Spheral Solar™ Technology. ATS
Automation Tooling Systems Inc. today announced that its subsidiary,
Photowatt Technologies Inc., has signed a non-binding letter of
intent to enter into a business relationship with two Japanese companies. |
| South
America |
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