- Titanium Dioxide for Solar Cells, Forbes.com, December 10, 2009
- Multicrystalline-Silicon Module Efficiency Record Hits 17%, PV-Tech.org, December 2009
- New Method for Making Efficient Nanotube Transistor Arrays
- Solexant Wants to Build Plant for Thin-Film Here is a company that says that it can deliver solar for two dollars a watt. The payback for the two dollars a watt is a six year pay back. Not bad for an investment. It will only get better.
- Florida Solar Concept. This presentation includes some novel ideas on thin films which will be the second generation of solar PV materials. The second part is the Gainsville feed-in tariff discussion. The third presentation is on the Florida Energy Research Park.
- Sanyo “Smart Energy Systems”, from www.pv-tech.org
- Rooftop Solar, Batteries Included, from www.greentechmedia.com
- Improved Efficiencies in Solar PV, RenewableEnergyWorld.com & Photovoltaics World, September 26, 2009. The most important advancement in this article is the use of the n-type solar cell and its inherent advantages of potentially higher efficiencies and use of a less pure silicon. Aluminum oxide is an excellent top covering and impervious to UV radiation damage. Aluminum oxide single crystal transmits from the UV 200 nanometers (nm) to the infrared 5,000 nm with an index of refraction of 1.63 at 500 nm. The bottom line is one can expect a lower cost manufacturing process and a lower cost base material that may bring down the cost of manufacturing silicon solar panels in the near future.
- TVA Advisory Board Wants Meetings Closed, The Tennessean, by Anne Paine, September 13, 2009
- Have a Nice Day: Thomas Friedman Tells Why Not Solar Here?, by Thomas L. Friedman, September 15, 2009
- CEG_Solar_Marketing_Report_August2009
- Solar Business Developments
- DOE Offers SBIR for Sept 4
- PV Cost Reductions Bright Outlook
- Recovery Act Opportunities for Small Businesses
- Tennessee's Expanded Tax Increment Financing Statute Includes Sustainability Initiatives
- US DOE Increases Renewable Energy Funding
Links to articles posted on other websites:
- Solar and Agriculture: Double Cropping Energy and Food, from Treehugger, October 21, 2009. This experiment combines agriculture and solar to enhance the agricultural process.
- Superconductors to Wire a Smarter Grid, from www.technologyreview.com. A superstation for connecting three independent grids could help solar and wind power.