Patents
Chinese Solar Module Maker to Bundle Paralex Inverter for US
23 November 2011POSTED IN Business News
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. announced today that it has reached an agreement with a Chinese PV module manufacturer to bundle Paralex inverters with its high efficiency solar modules and distribute the bundle to the solar installer community in the US.
SkyFuel's New ReflecTechPlus Unveiled
22 November 2011POSTED IN New Products
SkyFuel, Inc., maker of high-reflectance silvered film for concentrating solar applications and manufacturer of the SkyTrough parabolic trough concentrating solar collector, today announced the release of its next generation ReflecTechPlus mirror film.
California Energy Commission Lists Skyline Solar System as Eligible Product
09 November 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Skyline Solar announced that its Skyline Solar X14 System has been listed by the California Energy Commission (CEC) as an eligible product. CEC listing makes the Skyline X14 System eligible for California performance based incentives (PBI), and will drive faster adoption of Skyline Solar’s cost-efficient and field-proven concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system.
Solar Energy Harvesting of Waste Heat from Displays
10 October 2011POSTED IN Research
Researchers at the University of Michigan and the Chinese Academy of Science have developed a new kind of screen pixel that doubles as a solar cell and could boost the energy efficiency of cell phones and e-readers.
DuPont Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Heraeus
02 September 2011POSTED IN Business News
DuPont today filed a lawsuit against Heraeus Holding GmbH and Heraeus Materials Technology, LLC for allegedly infringing a DuPont patent related to its front-side metallization paste materials used in solar cell technology.
Magnolia Solar Demonstrates High-Voltage Waveguide Solar Cells
24 August 2011POSTED IN New Products
Magnolia Solar Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar, Inc., has demonstrated high-voltage indium-gallium-arsenide (InGaAs) quantum-well waveguide solar cells, a structure capable of improving the performance of photovoltaic (PV) modules.
Latest SolarWindow Coatings Enhance Transparency and Colour
22 August 2011POSTED IN Applications News
New Energy Technologies, Inc. today announced that researchers developing its SolarWindow technology have developed a working prototype using new electricity-generating coatings that lead to increased transparency and enhanced colour—attributes important to consumer acceptance.
Westinghouse Solar Receives Patent for Integrated Mounting System
19 August 2011POSTED IN Business News
Westinghouse Solar, Inc. today announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the company a patent on its Andalay technology, in which the racking and mounting components are integrated into the solar panel itself.
Spire's Patented Nano-PV Devices Can Limit Cancer Growth
18 August 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Spire Corporation, a global solar company providing capital equipment and turn-key manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced today it has been awarded a patent for its invention of a nanophotovoltaic (Nano-PV) device which, when applied to biological cells, such as cancer, can control or limit their growth.
Bandgap Gets Two Patents on Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells
10 August 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Bandgap Engineering, a developer of silicon nanowire solutions, announced today that it had secured a pair of patents in solar energy conversion efficiency and cost.
ASU Adds Solar PowerParasol Parking
03 August 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Visitors to Arizona State University's (ASU) Tempe, Arizona campus soon will be shaded when parking in lot 59 adjacent to Packard Stadium (American college football) by a patent-pending solar structure that generates 2.1 megawatts (MW) of electricity. This solar installation project marks the first partnership between ASU and NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc.
PierTech, PV Racking Announce Green Solar Racking
20 July 2011POSTED IN New Products
PierTech Systems and PV Racking partner to create a completely green construction solution for solar racking ground mounts.
Skyline Solar Awarded Three New Patents
14 July 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Skyline Solar announced that the company has been awarded three new patents, including two through the US Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Green Technology Pilot Program, bringing the total number of patents related to the company's field-proven concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems to seven.
ReneSola Ships New Virtus Wafer and Module Lines
13 July 2011POSTED IN Business News
ReneSola Ltd. today announced that it began shipments of its Virtus wafers and modules in June 2011.
New Energy Boosts Patent Protection for SolarWindow
28 June 2011POSTED IN Applications News
New Energy Technologies, Inc. today announced that, as part of its ongoing pathway to commercialize its SolarWindow technology, capable of generating electricity on see-through glass windows, four new patent applications have been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Solaire Generation's Solar Carport Powers GE's EV Charging Stations
16 June 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Solaire Generation unveiled its patent-pending Premium F2 Solar Carport Structure at a GE facility in Plainville, Connecticut as part of GE's largest Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station installation in North America.
Dr. John A. Rogers Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
14 June 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Proving that technological entrepreneurship can have a groundbreaking impact when inventive concepts are stretched across disparate fields, renowned innovator, materials scientist and applied physicist Dr. John A. Rogers was announced today as the recipient of the 2011 $500,000 (USD) Lemelson-MIT Prize for Health and Energy Innovations.
New Hot Trap and Dry Vacuum Pump for Solar Film Deposition
16 May 2011POSTED IN New Products
Edwards, a supplier of vacuum and abatement equipment and services, today introduced a patented hot trap, designed to thermally decompose the liquid diethyl zinc (DEZ) used in depositing some transparent conductive oxide (TCO) films in thin-film solar manufacturing, and the iXH harsh process dry pump, which is optimised for the photovoltaic (PV) device manufacturing process.
Calling All Young (Solar) Einsteins
12 May 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Young scientists in fields related to solar photovoltaics – systems technology, nanotechnology, general energy technology, crystallography and engineering subjects – have about a month left to submit their research in this year's sixth annual staging of the competition for a chance to win the SolarWorld Junior Einstein award trophy, 5,000 euros and professional recognition.
Natcore Issued Nanostructured Solar Cell Patent
12 April 2011POSTED IN Applications News
The US Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to Natcore Technology Inc. for a solar cell structure that uses carbon nanotubes to improve solar cell performance.
