OSU Showcases Advances in Thin Film Solar Cell Technology

Researchers have made an important breakthrough in the use of continuous flow microreactors to produce thin film absorbers for solar cells — an innovative technology that could significantly reduce the cost of solar energy devices and reduce material waste.

Families to earn GBP 1,000 a year for going green – The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Uk)

HOUSEHOLDS could soon be making around GBP 1,000 a year by installing
wind turbines or solar panels on their homes, under a new scheme. Households and communities will be paid cash rewards to invest in small-
scale green energy devices, such as turbines, hydro schemes and solar panels. From 1

Solar challenge – The Hindu Business Line

The Manmohan Singh Government has placed a huge bet on solar energy with the launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Over the next 12 years, it seeks to provide incentives for investors
in solar energy devices to ensure enough capacity is set up to generate up to 3 per cent of the

Capitalizing on Wind and Solar Energy

This conference will present a downstream view of unmet chemical and materials needs in support of wind and solar energy. This is not about generating energy, but about enabling products – such as films, adhesives, coatings, lubricants, and
structural materials – needed to produce low cost, durable energy devices. If your company is asking “How can we participate?”, then this is a must-attend event. No other conference provides this chemicals and materials focus.

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EMEC Gears Up To Test Sea Sites

A new safety system is providing information about shipping activity in the waters where wave and tidal energy devices are tested in Orkney. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), has set up two receiving stations that pick up transmissions from ships operating near its test sites and over a wide sea area. The information is important for EMEC, as it prepares for an increase in testing activity, but is also available to the public over the internet.

Biz Bytes; Marine opportunity – Taranaki Daily News (New Plymouth, New Zealand)

Applications are now open for the third round of the Marine Energy
Deployment Fund, which aims to get wave and tidal stream energy
devices operating in New Zealand waters. Energy and Resources
Minister Gerry Brownlee says the purpose of the fund is to bring
forward the development of marine energy