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The Motley Fool
August 17, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Slimmer Solar Grows Up Investment in thin-film solar technology is beginning to take off. While the new thin-films are less efficient than silicon-based solar cells, they can be manufactured much more easily, and expected to be very cost-competitive.   |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
For Solar, The Future is Thin Thin film technologies are poised for growth. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Suhas Sreedhar |
Plastic Solar Cells Get a Boost by Doubling Up Scientists in Korea and California have invented a new way of boosting the efficiency of cheap plastic solar cells, making them more competitive with traditional silicon solar cells. The key is to make the solar cells in pairs. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2008
Jim Louderback |
Next-Gen Solar Heats Up Thin-film solar panels are a real breakthrough, built via a futuristic mashup of ink jet printing technology, aluminum foil, and space-age chemical compounds. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2006
Dan Bloom |
Is the Price of Power Getting You Down? Nanotechnology may dramatically lower solar cell production costs. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Otis Port |
Another Dawn For Solar Power Tech breakthroughs and high energy prices are rekindling the industry. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
Travis Hoium |
An Unlikely Revolution in Solar 3M's new Ultra Barrier Solar Film could replace glass in future thin film solar products. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2009
Amber Fields |
The Window to Energy Saving These color-coated glass or plastic plates with solar cells around the edges could increase the efficiency of existing solar panels by as much as 50 percent. |
Popular Mechanics
October 13, 2008
Alex Hutchinson |
Inside Solar Power's Top 5 Next Game-Changing Technologies A detailed analysis of the green industry's real priorities for fulfilling the promise of making solar energy cheaper. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Which Solar Technology Will Win? Thin film, polysilicon, and solar thermal are battling for the future of solar power. |
CIO
August 15, 2002
Justine Brown |
Portable Plastic Power What if you could power portable electronics anywhere you could access solar energy? That's the scenario two researchers at the University of California at Berkeley imagined when they developed a new generation of solar cells that combine nanotechnology with plastic electronics. |
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2010
Ira Boudway |
Innovator: Phil Denby A British scientist thinks he can make solar cells that could power entire buildings out of particles too small to be seen without an electron microscope. |
Chemistry World
January 31, 2007
Ned Stafford |
Making Light Work The photovoltaic industry is nearing a breakthrough point, beyond which production capacity will soar, offering consumers a wide variety of options at much lower prices. |
Fast Company
October 2004
Lucas Conley |
Conducting the Future Plextronics may be sitting on the next (small) thing. Thanks to nanotechnology, the Pittsburgh-based startup has figured out how to make plastic carry a charge. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Concentrating on Solar's Future SunPower's new concentrator panels could be a "game changer." |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2010
Travis Hoium |
5 Solar Predictions for 2011 Our best effort at predicting solar in 2011. |
Industrial Physicist
Apr/May 2003
Ineke Malsch |
Thin films seek a solar future Despite setbacks, the technology may yet shine. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2006
Dan Bloom |
Nanosolar's Shining Ambitions Investors have gotten used to nanotech companies being long on promise but short on products. A recent announcement from Nanosolar, however, shows that at least one company aims to break the mold. |
Chemistry World
July 29, 2014
Vicki Marshall |
Spray-deposition steers perovskite solar cells towards commercialization A low-cost, high-efficiency technique for fabricating perovskite solar cells -- ultra-sonic spray-coating -- has been developed by a team of researchers in the UK. |
Chemistry World
June 27, 2014
Patrick Walter |
Simple substitution cuts solar cell toxicity A cheap chemical used to make bath salts and tofu looks to be the solution to cutting toxic cadmium from a promising type of solar cell. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
Dave Levitan |
The Solar Efficiency Gap Companies continue to push solar-cell efficiency records toward theoretical limits. Are actual production-line solar panels keeping up? |
IndustryWeek
September 16, 2009
Jill Jusko |
Striving for a Solar-Powered Future Efforts to drive down costs remain paramount, while overcapacity may doom some solar cell makers. |
Fast Company
December 2008
Chris Turner |
The Solar Industry Gains Ground -- And Goes Global At a time of economic pain and planetary peril, a renewable global powerhouse takes shape. Just when we need it most. |
Fast Company
February 2004
Abby Schultz |
Nanotech Solar Cells, in Camouflage Colors Flexible plastic, the sun, and new freedom from battery packs. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2007
Toby Shute |
A Sharp Elbow to Your Solar Stock Sharp Corporation, the world's leading solar cell maker, just broke ground on a gigantic manufacturing complex that will primarily produce large-screen LCD panels, and 1,000 megawatts of thin-film solar cells. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Veeco Wants Some CIGS Veeco Instruments stands to benefit from the solar industry's transition to CIGS-enhanced thin-film solar cells. This may be a company to keep an eye on. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2008
Jack Uldrich |
Solar's Long-Term Forecast Is Sunny Since the beginning of the year, solar stocks have gone bone-chillingly cold. But, a rough start to 2008 doesn't diminish the sector's long-term potential. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Toby Shute |
2 More Reasons for Solar Investors to Sweat These tech titans are looking to take solar by storm. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2009
Toby Shute |
This Week in Solar News from the solar sector: JA Solar developing high-efficiency solar cells... Solarfun Power reiterates shipment volumes... First Solar attracts more suitors... more... |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
Neil Savage |
Electronics on Anything Chemical trick puts solar cells and other electronics on rice paper, Saran wrap, and more practical things, too |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Wall Street and Short Sellers Are Wrong About First Solar But it could be a short squeeze waiting to happen. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
A Better Way To Manufacture Flexible Solar Cells Researchers create technique for making flexible solar cells. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2011
Eric Wesoff |
DOE's Chu and SunPower's Swanson on the SunShot Initiative The SunShot initiative looks to reduce the total costs of photovoltaic solar energy systems by about 75% so that they are cost-competitive with other forms of energy without subsidies before 2020. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2011
Travis Hoium |
First Solar is Still the Safest Bet in Solar Leading costs, heavy spending in R&D, and a large project development team are defending First Solar's leading position in the solar sector. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Suntech Still Basking in the Sun Investors, the fourth quarter of 2006 was a good one for Suntech Power and the forecast for 2007 looks promising. |
Chemistry World
April 18, 2013
Yuandi Li |
Reducing the cost of perovskite solar cells A new way of making semiconducting perovskite-based solar cells could result in photovoltaic devices that are 70% cheaper than current commercial models, say UK scientists. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Travis Hoium |
Who Will Win if 2011 Gets Tough for Solar? A rough 2011 in solar energy could leave only the strongest solar companies to survive. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
A Rising Sun? Nanosolar, a privately funded solar energy company, could cause some big disruption in the publicly-traded solar market. After all, the sun has been known to burn people on occasion. There's no reason that it can't do the same to investors. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Research shines light on perovskite solar cell manufacturing Scientists in South Korea who broke the efficiency record for a perovskite solar cell earlier this year have come up with a new method to manufacture them. |
Chemistry World
August 24, 2015
Tim Wogan |
Ultralight solar cells designed to drive drones An ultrathin, flexible, stretchable and lightweight 'solar foil' has been produced from perovskite solar cells by researchers in Austria. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2008
Jill Jusko |
Cutting Down Solar Costs New slicing method for germanium reduces waste, could lower costs of higher-efficiency solar cells. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Travis Hoium |
A Little Fun With Solar Power Amid a tough earnings season, there's still cool technology being developed in solar. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2011
Travis Hoium |
3 Ways to Save First Solar The market has lost faith in First Solar, so I have provided three alternatives to save the company. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2008
Toby Shute |
This Week in Solar Solar news: Aside from a billion dollar-scale Chinese project getting under way, things were looking pretty gloomy last week in the solar sector. |
Chemistry World
October 29, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Thin film perovskite solar cell passes the efficiency test A team of scientists has manufactured the first thin film perovskite solar cell with a reported efficiency that has been officially recognized by an accredited national test laboratory. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Sharp Magnifies Its Focus on Solar Four new initiatives could extend the company's manufacturing lead in solar cells. Investors interested in solar should keep an eye on the company. |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2012
Charlie Quigg |
An invisible menace for solar cells US chemists have shown that trace impurities - below the sensitivity of standard characterization techniques - can halve the efficiency of bulk heterojunction solar cells. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
Toby Shute |
This Week in Solar Solar news: First Solar snags another large solar development pipeline... Innovalight announces conversion efficiencies... DuPont doubles solar sales goal... more... |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2010
Peter Fairley |
GE Warms Up to Cadmium Solar Cells Plans to compete with First Solar and other leaders in 2011 |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2008
Richard Stevenson |
First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt Within five years, this company's thin-film solar cells could compete with coal |
