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CIGS tech with 16 percent conversion efficiency?

Duebendorf, Switzerland-based Flisom’s CEO Anil Sethi released new details that his company accomplished a world record last week with its copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cells, boasting more than 16 percent conversion efficiency.

It’s one thing to do it in the lab, he told the Cleantech Group yesterday. It’s a completely different story to scale that up and still achieve the same efficiencies. But that’s what it appears the Mumbai-based Tata Group is paying Flisom to do.

SwissFarmerPower’s slurry-to-biogas plant in startup mode

October 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Zero waste facility using anaerobic digestion wraps up its first year of helping farmers get rid of excess manure in an eco-friendly way. Full Story »

Swiss power electronics firm set for wind growth in China

October 27, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - IDS is projecting a revenue increase of 10 to 30 percent for 2010 from its converter technology used in the renewable energy market. Full Story »

Rinspeed unveils new details about urban commuter EV

October 26, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Switzerland CEO shares his vision for his 2010 concept car, while predicting that the Teslas and Thinks of the world will go belly up in three years. Full Story »

A wind turbine that pumps out drinkable water?

October 14, 2009 - Best of the web - Aeolus Water is developing a unique technology it says can produce more than 500 gallons of water in 24 hours under normal conditions. Full Story »

Geothermal drilling triggers German quake?

September 11, 2009 - Best of the web - Geox's project stirs fears that also surround AltaRock's geothermal drilling in Northern California. Full Story »

See-O-Two seeing potential from algal biomass tech

September 11, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Austrian startup says it can grow algae at three to six times higher productivity and at about 80 percent of the cost of competing systems. Full Story »

High hopes for Telvent on smart grid growth

September 11, 2009 - by Emma Ritch - Canaccord Adams raises price target 27 percent as Spain's Telvent beats Q2 estimates and scores smart grid deals. Full Story »

Coulomb launches EV charging stations for Germany’s Bochum

September 8, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - Californian company’s distribution partner 365 Energy Group is planning to install five stations in the Ruhr area metropolis. Full Story »

New well tech cuts 2 MW German geothermal plant costs

September 1, 2009 - by Lisa Sibley - $13M facility slated for the country’s northwestern region is expected to save $21M in heating costs during its 25-year lifetime. Full Story »
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