East Coast, Ivy-League schools have never been known for sitting on the sidelines during transitional periods in America’s economy - and today’s energy marketplace is no exception. Reported by the Boston Globe was some interesting developments coming out of MIT’s various research laboratories that may lead to dramatic improvements in solar technology and efficiency.
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Tags: · boston, concentrated, lux research, marc baldo, massachusetts, MIT, solar, spectrum
Sunrgi, based in Hollywood, California, has introduced a concentrated integrated solar cell system that may make distributed solar cost-effective across a huge swath of land in the US. The panels, named XCPV (standing for Xtreme Concentrated PhotoVoltaics). According to cofounder Robert Block of Sunrgi, “We expect the SUNRGI system to become available for both on [...]
Tags: · california, concentrated, kilowatt, photovoltaic, robert black, solar, sunrgi, xcpv
I’ve realized, in only the last few weeks of research, that there’s a great deal of “hype” surrounding the solar industry today. In once sense, there seems to be a strong push towards solar - news articles crop up every day about new investments, new technology, new companies, and new prospects for this industry. But [...]
Tags: · concentrated, Georgia, Georgia Tech, hewlett packard, photovoltaic, pv, solar, suniva, sunpower, thermal, UCEP, Univeristy Center of Excellence in Photovoltaics, xtreme energetics