PHOTOVOLTAIC popularity and PHOTOVOLTAIC trends

China is developing third-generation photovoltaic technology, which may help Chinese PV makers circumvent heavy duties imposed by the United States.

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(Phys.org) -- Whether used in telescopes or optoelectronic communications, infrared detectors must be continuously cooled to avoid being overwhelmed by stray thermal radiation. Now, a team of researchers from Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Duke University (USA) is harnessing the remarkable properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) to create highly sensitive, ...

Researchers at Stanford University are designing a new device that could help people with degenerative eye diseases restore their vision —…

Electronic implants which restore sight to the blind aren't anything new, but one of their major stumbling blocks has been the need for an external power source. Now, that's about to change, because a team of researchers has built a digital implant out of infrared-slurping photovoltaic pixels—so it can power itself. More »

In lab tests on rat retinas, a photovoltaic chip helps display images through special goggles

First Solar, a maker of photovoltaic panels that announced a massive restructuring last month, reported a quarterly loss of $5.20 on Thursday.

RWE, GERMANY’S second-biggest utility, may invest in photovoltaic power plants because prices for solar modules are so low.

Leading energy firm HHV Solar Technologies Ltd has developed a portable solar photovoltaic power generator with 600 watt capacity for emergency use in remote locations and disaster management.

Intensive research around the world has focused on improving the performance of solar photovoltaic cells and bringing down their cost. But very little attention has been paid to the best ways of arranging those cells, which are typically placed flat on a rooftop or other surface, or sometimes attached to motorized structures that keep the cells pointed toward the sun as it crosses the sky. Now,...

Release Time:  For Immediate Release WASHINGTON, DC – On March 21-22, President Obama will travel to Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Ohio to highlight his Administration’s all of the above energy strategy, including his focus on continuing to expand responsible oil and gas development, increasing the fuel economy of the vehicles ...

MrSeb writes "Twin Creeks, a solar power startup that emerged from hiding today, has developed a way of creating photovoltaic cells that are half the price of today's cheapest cells, and thus within reach of challenging the fossil fuel hegemony. As it stands, almost every solar panel is made by slicing a 200-micrometer-thick (0.2mm) wafer from a block of crystalline silicon. You then add some e...

The European Union will probably launch an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into imports of Chinese photovoltaic solar panels soon, said an official with the Ministry of Commerce.

BOSTON—Back in 1995, when the global market for solar panels was small, the U.S. shipped more than 40 percent of the world’s photovoltaic modules, which produce electricity from light. Today the number is closer to 4 percent. As China, Taiwan, Europe and Japan have dramatically stepped up production of photovoltaics, American companies have not kept [...]

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government has agreed to accelerate the next round of cuts in state-mandated photovoltaic incentives by three months to April 1 after a record-breaking expansion of solar power in 2011, government and industry sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Mexican state power company CFE's 1MW Santa Rosalía photovoltaic (PV) pilot project in Baja California Sur state is "just about to start operations," Eugenio Laris, CFE's director of financed investme...

Damien Hirst's latest work could turn out larger than the globally coordinated showing of "The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011" that filled 11 Gagosian galleries. And this time, it's all in one place. One of the world's wealthiest artists is investing some of his fortune (he's said to be worth about $340 million) into the development of 500 new eco-houses near his home in North Devon in Brita...

To make electricity from sunlight you can convert it directly, using a photovoltaic cell. Or you can use the heat of that sunlight to boil water, and then drive a turbine with the resulting steam. These are both established technologies. But there is, in principle, a third way: Use heat directly, without steam or turbines... from the Economist

Most photovoltaic solar cells have an inherent efficiency cap, limiting how much useful energy they can extract from the sun. But scientists are finding ways around this obstacle with new research that could make solar energy more efficient and more cost-effective. [More]

High court ruling opens door for review that could force government to delay cutting incentives to solar householdsGovernment plans to slash incentive payments for householders who install solar panels were ruled "legally flawed" by a high court judge on Wednesday. The ruling opens the door for a judicial review that could force the government to delay its plans, and let thousands more people ...

Google is ending 2011 with an investment that brings its total of renewable energy investments to an impressive $915 million. The online search and advertising juggernaut this morning announced that it is pumping $94 million in a portfolio of four solar photovoltaic projects being built near Sacramento, California by a solar development company called Recurrent Energy.

(Reuters) - China-based Yingli Green Energy Holding Co posted a quarterly loss, hurt by a steep slide in solar panel prices, and cut its full-year photovoltaic module shipment outlook.

Eskom and Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba opened a solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at its Lethabo power station near Vereeniging in Gauteng.

Falling prices, manufacturing overcapacity, doubts over government subsidies darken short-term prospects for photovoltaic power sector