by Teodor Galitev Building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): the name itself may sound complicated and daunting, but this term for one of the most logical uses for solar electric systems, or photovoltaics (PV), is a term glass companies should get to know.    PV is a natural match with buildings. Energy-efficiency can go only so far and [...]

by Sascha Rentzing The photovoltaic industry is increasingly under pressure: On the one hand, additional capping of feed-in tariffs become more and more probable while on the other hand Chinese suppliers are beginning to crowd the German market with inexpensive yet technically superior modules. Can German manufacturers still hold their ground? The fact that the [...]

Glass products were a main feature in many of the energy-efficient houses in the 2009 Department of Energy Solar Competition on the National Mall, which took place last week in Washington, D.C. For the Iowa State University team, use of glass helped connect inhabitants with the outdoors. “The entire center module allows the house to [...]

Russ Ebeid, president of Guardian Glass, moderated the “hard-hitting look inside all the talk about solar technologies” during a solar “panel” that took place during GlassBuild America in early October (CLICK HERE for related story), “sorting through the hopes, the hype and even the hooey, about what we in the glass industry can really expect to [...]

Sascha Rentzing is a freelance writer. This article appears courtesy of Messe Düsseldorf North America, organizers of solarpeq 2010/glasstec 2010. The Centre for Research into Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) is closing the gap separating it from the world’s leading institutions in the race to market the most efficient thin-film solar cell. Its copper-indium-gallium-diselenide [...]

Developments in photovoltaic (PV) technology have pushed this field to the forefront of glass applications, raising demand for substrate processing equipment. Because of the stringent demands of solar glass as compared to traditional architectural glass products, the demands on the processing equipment may also be tougher than normal. For example, solar glass processors require washers [...]

With all the talk in the glass industry these days about solar energy and photovoltaics (PV), it’s no surprise that members of the glass industry are turning to solar energy to power their own homes. Tom Minnon, CSI, CCPR, LEED AP, YKK AP America Inc.’s regional sales manager, installed a 2KW system on his home [...]

PPG Industries has introduced Solarphire PV glass, a product which the company says is designed to maximize solar energy transmission for photovoltaic modules.Because of its exceptional clarity, Solarphire PV glass delivers enhanced transmittance in the ultraviolet/visible portion of the solar spectrum, between 350 and 1100 nanometers, where crystalline photovoltaic cells are most responsive to the [...]

The recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act could mean good news for the future of solar glazing. In his address to Congress earlier this week President Obama stated, “Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation’s supply of renewable energy in the next three years. We have also made the largest investment in [...]

The Glass Association of North America has released presentations concerning solar glazing from its Glass Week and Building Envelop Contractors (BEC) Conferences held in Las Vegas earlier this month. Click below to view the PDF. Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia movies PDF about Concentrating Solar Power – Glass Week 2009. PDF about solarpowermirrors.