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CdTe PV Efficiency Record Goes Back to First Solar
Last month we reported on how General Electric quietly stole the cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell effficiency crown from First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) — with a solar cell clocking in at 18.3 percent. When I asked First Solar CTO Raffi Garabedian for a comment at the time, he was respectful, but said that it didn’t [...]
Japanese Companies Looking to Reclaim Solar Leadership
If you’re going to pick two eventual winners in the thin film sweepstakes (ignoring First Solar for now), Japan’s Sharp Solar and Solar Frontier need to rank high on your list. Sharp is looking to do it withamorphous silicon (a-Si) in spite of that technology’s historicalfailings, while Solar Frontier is focused on CIGS. Sharp looks [...]
Samsung’s eco-friendly cell phone Reclaim to be launched in the US
After wooing eco-consumers with Blue Earth and Clover,Samsungreclaims its green position with the new Reclaim. Samsung Electronicalong with Sprint has launched it eco-friendly handset named as Reclaimin the United States. It has environmentally responsible components andthe packaging is fully recyclable. So in the end you have aneco-friendly mobile phone in your hand. The handset is [...]