The name of those solar panels is PowerFLEX. Copper Indium Gallium DiSelenide (CIGS) solar cells Those flexible solar panels (CIGS) are suitable for use on flat roofs. As you can see on the image bellow, the lightweight and flexible panels are … [Read more...]
New technique and technologie to produce solar energy
Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit “nanostructure films” on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less and work better. The same technique is … [Read more...]
Video about Nanosolar – CIGS photovoltaics
I was searching for some videos from Nanosolar today, because I think that paying one-third for a photovoltaic panel which is even more efficient than traditional silicon PV, is the future. We need to bring the price of that photovoltaics down, so … [Read more...]
Startup Solyndra uses CIGS for their solar panels
Solar startup company Solyndra unveiled for the first time its solar module design for commercial rooftops. The company says its design can cut the cost of installing solar rooftops in half and reduce installation time by a third. The design is … [Read more...]
Round CIGS are more efficient and cheaper
Company called Solyndra has invented circular photovoltaic panels. They are seems to be more efficient than traditional solar PV panels and they are easier and cheeper to install too. We know that usually CIGS are not as efficient as photovoltaic … [Read more...]
SoloPower invest $200 milion in thin-film solar cells manufacturing
After Nanosolar's investment of $300 milion this week it is SoloPower which is raising almost $200 million to speed up manufacturing of its thin-film solar cells. SoloPower is based in San Jose, California. The company makes solar cells from CIGS, … [Read more...]
Nanosolar invests $300 milion more to accelerate the production
Nanosolar to Accelerate Production One of the companies at the forefront of the fight to make thin-film solar viable is Nanosolar, and they just announced some good news on their blog. They were always well capitalized, but they raised $300 … [Read more...]
CIGS which are 17.7 percent effficient
The average efficiency of regular solar panels is 15 percent; thin-film solar cells register a lower efficiency percentage than that. Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), however, claims 17.7 percent … [Read more...]
IBM to develop CIGS 15% efficient
IBM becomed a partner with company Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK). IBM wants to develop cheaper and more efficient solar power technologies based on CIGS ( copper-indium-gallium-selenide ). Those cells should be more than 15% efficient. This is much more … [Read more...]
Efficient city – MASDAR – automobiles will be banned !!!
That's cool. The project is headed by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (ADFEC). Initiated in 2006, the project is estimated to cost US$22 billion and take some eight years to build, with the first phase scheduled to be complete and habitable in … [Read more...]