Sentences with phrase «base photovoltaic»

The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Station near Phoenix generates nearly 900 times more electricity than Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base photovoltaic panels, on less land, for 1/15 the cost per kWh — and does it 90 % of the time, versus 30 % of the time for the Nellis array.

The dilemma with solar power is that silicon - based photovoltaic cells are fairly efficient but also highly expensive, whereas thin - film cells are relatively inexpensive but inefficient.

Zheng said, «Plasmonic - based photovoltaics have typically had low efficiencies, and it hasn't been entirely clear whether those arose from fundamental physical limitations or from less - than - optimal designs.»

Cost per panel of WSPV technology is 65 cents per watt — about 40 percent less than the per - watt cost of traditional silicon - based photovoltaic cells.

But compared to conventional crystalline, silicon - based photovoltaics, thin film solar has been tested to be more efficient under less - than - ideal conditions (overcast skies, fog, etc) and the possible advantages in having lightweight, cheaper and easy - to - install solar panels made from commonly - found materials more than make up for it.

Daniel Lincot, the chairman of the 2008 European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and the research director of the Paris - based Photovoltaic Energy Development and Research Institute, said that photovoltaics can cover all the world energy demand.

Not exact matches

Operated by a team of fewer than 30 employees, the Kapolei, Hawaii - based company has fueled growth through major deals inked within the last year alone: the building of a $ 260 million plant in Idaho, a $ 370 million contract with Sanyo Electric Co. and a $ 678 million contract with Suntech Power to deliver polysilicon, as well as an agreement to provide the second - largest photovoltaic power system in Hawaii.

Photovoltaic manufacturer Canadian Solar and Netherlands - based Photon Energy have entered an agreement to jointly build five solar power projects in Australia.

Meyer Burger Technology AG (OTC: MYBUF) is a Swiss solar company that mainly focuses on photovoltaics but also has exposure to the semiconductor and optoelectronic industries and high - end markets based on semiconductor materials.

According to GIZ's Country Director, Thomas Kirsch the hybrid power systems based on new and renewable energy sources, especially photovoltaic and wind energy, are an effective option to solve the power supply problem for remote and isolated areas far from the grid.

Homeowners looking to save electricity costs should replace all their incandescent light bulbs with LED - based lights instead of installing a small solar photovoltaic system, a report by J.P. Morgan shows.

Munich - based Phoenix Solar AG, a German photovoltaic system installer, has committed $ 615 million (450 million Euros) to purchasing Solyndra's cylindrical solar cells as a core part of its future rooftop installation business.

Even if we fail to find the miracles that allow us to make and then transport hundreds of gigawatts of power over 3,000 miles at pennies per kilowatt - hour, and even if we can never find photovoltaics that are as cheap as dirt, the enterprise of trying to do it will push our science and our engineering so far forward that we'll generate a cornucopia of unexpected new technologies that will be the basis of vast new industries.

Using heat from an external solar array, Licht, who's based at George Washington University, can raise the temperature so high that only a minute electrical current, supplied by solar photovoltaic cells, is needed to split the compounds.

«America is quickly falling behind in clean energy, trading Middle Eastern oil for cheap Chinese solar, batteries and wind turbines,» says Chris Rivest, co-founder of Berkeley, Calif. — based SunPrint, which is developing technology to print cadmium telluride thin - film photovoltaic cells.

In recent years, perovskite - based solar cells have raced to the front of emerging photovoltaics, already competing on efficiency against well - established solar technologies such as the inorganic thin - film and multi-crystalline silicon used in solar panels around the world.

«The new results are based on the use of focused sunlight, and are particularly relevant to photovoltaic power towers being developed in Australia,» Professor Green said.

Starting with the natural pigments that help plants harvest solar rays, Velev and his team have crafted a flexible, nontoxic photovoltaic device that he hopes could eventually generate clean electricity far more cheaply than today's silicon - based solar panels.

ACC, another energy award recipient, installed a 14.5 - megawatt solar photovoltaic array at Davis Monthan Air Force Base using a power purchasing agreement, where a power company installed the array and the base agreed to purchase power from it at a similar or lower fixed prBase using a power purchasing agreement, where a power company installed the array and the base agreed to purchase power from it at a similar or lower fixed prbase agreed to purchase power from it at a similar or lower fixed price.

In Edwards's scenario, ground - based solid - state lasers would beam at photovoltaic cells on the climbers» undersides.

His work in photovoltaics serves as the basis for commercial modules that hold the current world record in conversion efficiency.

Victor Sotelo Armengol, commercial director of the company located in Baja California, Mexican west coast, explained that this air cooling system based on clean energy that is supplied with water and has photovoltaic modules that can operate for 12 continuous hours.

If scientists conclude that the burning of fossil fuels is inducing unacceptable global climate change, then we have a limited number of alternatives to turn to: solar - based sources (photovoltaics, ocean, wind, etc.), nuclear fission and fusion.

Researchers explained that this air cooling system based on clean energy that is supplied with water and has photovoltaic modules that can operate for 12 continuous hours.

«With the systematic adaptation of our weather forecasts as a basis for wind and photovoltaic power forecasts for the electric grid, the German weather service has taken on a new and supplementary role,» explains Hagedorn.

Professor Masanobu Izaki and colleagues at Toyohashi University of Technology, in collaboration with researchers at the Research Center for Photovoltaic Technologies, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, have analyzed the structure of a zinc - based buffer layer in a CIGS solar cell at SPring8 (the world's largest third - generation synchrotron radiation facility, located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan).

To develop the phone Kyocera worked with France - based Sunpartner Technologies, which produces translucent film impregnated with photovoltaic cells.

«NRL has twice flown our solar UAV [based on the SBXC sailplane] over 10 hours using a combination of solar photovoltaics and autonomous soaring as part of the «solar - soaring» research program,» said Dr. Dan Edwards, aerospace engineer.

The Solar Photovoltaic and Autonomous Soaring Base Program and the U.S. Marine Corps» Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O) want to improve the ability of unmanned platforms to support a 24 - 7 information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission.

Holding the photovoltaic (PV) UAV based on the SBXC sailplane, are members of the «Solar - Soaring» research flight crew (l - r) Dan Edwards and Trent Young (not shown: Chris Bovais, Sam Carter, Matthew Kelly, and Dave Scheiman).

The use of renewable energy technologies, such as photovoltaic and wind power, is expected to result in an increased demand for both bulk metals (e.g., iron, copper) and specialty metals (e.g., rare earths) when compared to today's largely fossil - based systems [4], [5].

Simple fabrication process of flexible based micro-cone array (MCA) structure textured on transparent polymer substrate was successfully demonstrated in this work for enhancing the photovoltaic performance.

We aim to develop an artificial photoreceptor based on photovoltaic organic materials for future retinal prosthetic devices.

In addition, whereas semiconductor - based synthetic photovoltaics are usually produced in dedicated facilities away from where they are used, the production of BPVs could be carried out directly by the local community, say the researchers.

Dr. Ager's research interests include the fundamental electronic and transport characteristics of photovoltaic materials, development of new photoanodes and photocathodes based on abundant elements for solar fuels production, and the development of new oxide - and sulfide - based transparent conductors.

SAM develops cost - of - energy estimates for grid - connected power projects based on local weather conditions, installation and operating costs, and system design parameters for a range of renewable energy technologies, including solar photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP), wind, and geothermal.

This public - private sector project has come up with a solution based on five components: installing photovoltaic solar systems to provide electricity; offering internet and IT equipment to schools; training teachers; community development; and training community members who use the equipment to ensure future sustainability of the program.

Government and local authorities are encouraging the take up of micro generation where roof areas can provide the basis for mounting solar photovoltaic collectors.

High quality films based on double perovskites, which show promising photovoltaic properties, have been developed.

The ONLY way they will ever have electricity is with distributed renewable energy, principally photovoltaics — which are vastly less expensive than building a whole new grid - based electricity generation and distribution infrastructure.

The transition from deeply rooted energy systems based on burning fossil fuels to new norms emitting ever less of this gas — here and in China — is seen by many as requiring a sustained energy quest including much greater direct government investment on the frontiers of relevant technologies (batteries, photovoltaics, superconductivity, photosynthesis).]

If thermal and photovoltaic solar systems can be developed that are efficient and cheap on a per - Kw basis, there's no reason to think that India and China wouldn't be enthusiastic customers of the (American?

While this technology has been implemented elsewhere, Israeli start - up ZenithSolar — working in conjunction with Israel's Ben - Gurion University — is a pioneer in combining it with a water - based cooling system that increases the photovoltaic cells» efficiency and produces thermal energy to boot...

The breakthrough in affordability is based on a total systems design approach, in which the cost of the photovoltaic electricity generation system is an important component.

The program also arranges in - person and computer - based interviews for program graduates with leading solar photovoltaic firms.

Having done all that was reasonably possible to reduce electrical usage through conservation and efficiency, my wife and I had our usage down to where we could afford the photovoltaics to create about the same amount of electricity we use on an annual basis.

NEW DELHI, India — Toronto - based SkyPower Global has been awarded a contract to build 200 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects in the Telangana region of India.

First Solar, Inc. of Tempe, Arizona USA, a maker of cadmium telluride CdTe - based thin - film solar cells, reported that the company will begin developing and building a 200 - megawatt (MW) ac photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Twiggs County, Georgia USA.

Does eSolar have an official statement on the NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) plans to substitute 66 MW (MegaWatt) of photovoltaic (PV) solar for the prior 92 MW solar thermal contract with PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) based on eSolar technology?

The cost of land - based wind power, utility and distributed photovoltaic (PV) solar power, light emitting diodes (LEDs), and electric vehicles (EVs) has fallen by 41 % to as high as 94 % since 2008.