Solar Window Technology a promising and significant advancement | Construction magazine

In collaboration with the University of South Florida and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), New Energy Technologies debuted its Solar Window technology based on an organic photovoltaic solution that can be sprayed directly onto glass as an incredibly thin, sub-micrometer layer. The next challenge was to attempt to develop methods for scaling up the fabrication method. The latest manufacturing innovation enables high-speed roll-to-roll and sheet-to-sheet manufacturing, according to the company. Importantly, the process can be executed at ambient pressure and low...

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Innovative Solar Cell Tech Gets Snapped Up In Lenders' Fire Sale | Photovoltaic (PV) | ReWire | KCET

Twin Creeks' Hyperion technology on display last March | Twin Creeks press photo

by Chris Clarke

The bad news is that another innovative California-based solar tech firm has gone out of business. The good news is that the firm's innovative technology lives on, and could well prove important in accelerating the state's solar revolution. Nashua, NH-based GT Advanced Technologies announced today that it had acquired core intellectual property of San Jose startup Twin Creeks, which had developed a way to increase the amount of solar panel made from a unit of silicon crystals by a factor of ten

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Harnessing nature’s solar cells - MIT News Office

Harnessing nature’s solar cells - MIT News Office

Solar power could get boost from new light absorption design

Source: By Sarah Ostman, Northwestern University (Nanowerk News) Solar power may be on the rise, but solar cells are only as efficient as the amount of sunlight they collect. Under the direction of a new McCormick professor, researchers have developed a new material that absorbs a wide range of wavelengths and could lead to more efficient and less expensive solar technology. A paper describing the findings, "Broadband polarization-independent resonant light absorption using ultrathin plasmonic super absorbers", was published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications. "The solar spectrum is not like a laser – it's very broadband, starting with UV and going up to near-infrared," said Koray Aydin, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the paper's lead author. "To capture this light most efficiently, a solar cell needs to have a broadband response. This design allows us to achieve that." The researchers used two unconventional materials – metal and silicon oxide...

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Metal grating developed by Koray Aydin's research team.

New York City's Solar Windfall Illuminates America's Clean Energy Future | john-farrell-ilsr

A recently released solar map of New York City found enough room on building rooftops for solar panels to power half the city during hours of peak electricity use. Taking advantage of this solar windfall could allow New Yorkers to save millions on electricity costs and create tens of thousands of jobs.
New York City is not alone in its solar power potential.
Almost 60 million Americans live in areas where

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