April 4, 2008
On April 3, 2008, First Solar Inc., a thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar equipment manufacture, announced that the company is in dialogue with US utilities to build renewable energy projects. In 2007, First Solar saw its stock skyrocket, added a new facility in Germany and began construction of another in Malaysia. The company is currently supplying [...]
April 4, 2008
On March 26, 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the achievement of 19.9% efficiency with a copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cell. The record efficiency for a multicrystaline silicon solar cell is 20.3%. Thin-film solar cells require less energy to manufacture and can be placed on glass, [...]