Applications & Technology

Crescent Dunes Visit During CSP Today
Friday, 24 May 2013
Attendees of the conference, CSP Today USA 2013, (26-27 June, Las Vegas, Nevada) will be given a unique opportunity to visit SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project on 28 June, a 110MW molten salt power tower plant currently under construction near Tonopah, Nevada.

PlanetSolar, World's Largest Solar-Powered Boat Stops in Miami
Friday, 24 May 2013
MS Turanor PlanetSolar, the world’s largest, solar-powered yacht ever constructed, will set sail this month on a transatlantic, scientific expedition to study climate change. In only 22 days, the vessel broke its Guinness World Record for completing the fastest transatlantic crossing with a solar...

New Generation CPV Cells up to 50% Efficiency
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
In an industry project with the French company Soitec, Fraunhofer ISE is currently developing a new generation of multi-junction solar cells with efficiency potential as high as 50% under concentrated sunlight.

Old Microwave Synthesises CZTS Nanocrystals in Minutes
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Researchers at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah (US) have used a discarded microwave oven to produce CZTS nanocrystals from cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other photovoltaic semiconductors. Now they want to optimise this potentially fast, large-scale production method for...