PPG Industries in Pittsburgh has announced the formation of the PPG Solar Performance Group, which will focus on the continuous development and commercialization of glass and coatings technologies for the solar power industry. Scott Follett, global director, Patrick Kelly, solar segment manager – North America/European Union, and leading PPG and development professionals will lead a [...]

Rioglass Solar, the primary manufacturer for Abengoa Solar Inc., today announced it will open its headquarters and North American manufacturing facility in Surprise, Ariz., making it the fifth solar company set up operations in Greater Phoenix under the state’s new Renewable Energy Tax Incentive Program. Rioglass Solar, a subsidiary of Rioglass Solar holdings, is expected [...]

An international team of scientists and industrialists is working at the University of Leicester to develop of a new technique for harnessing the sun’s energy. EnSol AS in Norway has patented a thin film solar cell technology that it is seeking to develop commercially by 2016. The company is now working with experts in the [...]

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of GBI Research’s new report, “Thin-Film Photovoltaic (PV) Cells Market Analysis to 2020 — CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide) to Emerge as the Major Technology by 2020,” to their collection of Energy market reports. For more information, visithttp://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?ProductID=2718772 The global thin film photovoltaic (PV) market, despite of caution in the overall [...]

Glass manufacturer Guardian Industries in Auburn Hills, Mich., has announced the results of an independent performance study that it says shows that EcoGuard® Solar Boost-LP, its laminated parabolic mirror for concentrated solar power (CSP) applications, as a solar reflectance of 96.75 – better than any measured 4-mm monolithic mirror. Guardian EcoGuard Solar Boost-LP is designed [...]

The collaboration between Dyesol Inc. and Pilkington North America has resulted in the formation of a new company, DyeTec Solar (DTS). The new company will be located in Toledo, Ohio, near Pilkington’s corporate research and development center. The new company will develop and deliver a standard technology platform (STP) solution for mass manufacture of building [...]

Pythagoras Solar, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products, has announced plans to commercialize the industry’s first energy-efficient, transparent and high power density photovoltaic glass unit (PVGU). The company says its new technology is the first to combine energy efficiency, solar power generation and aesthetics in a single green building material: [...]

Envision Solar, a San Diego-based solar energy planning firm, said its stock began trading May 3 on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker EVSI.OB. The company is the result of a reverse merger conducted with a failed El Cajon technology business, Casita Enterprises Inc. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE.

Generating solar energy from modular glass panels that are attractive from a design standpoint was the inspiration behind a joint development project involving Solarmer Energy of Los Angeles and Joel Berman Glass Studios of Vancouver. Solarmer Energy develops transparent, flexible solar panels for applications not addressable by conventional solar energy technology. Joel Berman Glass Studios [...]

Pilkington North America in Toledo, Ohio, has announced a collaboration with Dyesol Inc., the California-based division of Australia’s Dyesol Ltd., to develop opportunities in the building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) marketplace utilizing Pilkington’s TEC series of transparent conductive oxide (TCO) coated float glass and Dyesol’s dye solar cell (DSC) materials and technology. “Pilkington believes it is [...]