Photovoltaics industry to produce 12GW by 2010, says iSuppli - 23 June 2008
Evergreen Solar gains follow-on order with groSolar - 24 June 2008
Ascent Solar mulls faster capacity ramp in 2009; evaluates overseas production - 02 July 2008
FPL plans 110MW of solar power plants in Florida - 26 June 2008
Global thin film production output to reach 3.5GW in 2010 - 27 June 2008
U.S. BLM backtracks on solar farm applications - 04 July 2008
Martin Hermann named as Chief Strategic Officer for Advent Solar - 04 July 2008
AT&S to collaborate with Solland Solar on solar cell applications - 03 July 2008
Yingli enters 10MW module supply agreement with Enfinity - 03 July 2008
Hybrid solar cell researchers order sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems - 03 July 2008
According to a paper published in Advanced Materials
entitled “High Photovoltaic Performance of Inkjet Printed
Polymer:Fullerene Blends” by Dr. Stelios A. Choulis, Claudia N. Hoth,
Dr. Pavel Schilinsky and Dr. Christoph J. Brabec, all from Konarka
Technologies, the company is claiming to be the first to produce inkjet
printed organic bulk heterojunction solar cells.
“Demonstrating the use of inkjet printing technology as a fabrication tool for highly efficient solar cells and sensors with small area requirements is a major milestone,” commented Rick Hess, President and CEO at Konarka, in a statement. “This essential breakthrough in the field of printed solar cells positions Konarka as an emerging leader in printed photovoltaics.”
Konarka raised $45 million in private capital financing in October, 2007 to fund the volume production launch of its ‘Power Plastic’ material for PV applications, particularly BIPV.
