CPV

The village of Ambondro in Madagascar has become home to a Plug&Sun concentrating photovoltaic system (CPV) as part of a Fondation Énergies pour le Monde project. The organization brings clean power to people in remote zones and has coupled solar and wind to guarantee a steady electricity supply.

Embattled photovoltaic solar power manufacturer Amonix announced on Tuesday that it has broken the solar module efficiency record, becoming the first manufacturer to convert more than a third of incoming light energy into electricity.

Soitec announced the completion of Italy's largest concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) plant, a 1.17 megawatt-peak (MWp) operation that will power 300 homes.

Spectrolab, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, is to start mass production of its C3MJ+ solar cells that boast an average conversion efficiency of 39.2 percent.

IBM has teamed with Saudi's King Abdulaziz City For Science and Technology to develop a desalination plant energized by highly efficient solar power

Cool Earth Solar’s concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology relies on inexpensive and free materials, is scalable, able to compete economically with fossil fueled powered plants and is capable of delivering not just megawatts, but gigawatts of clean power.

A new three MW commercial solar farm is being proposed in Spain as part of a larger plan to build plants capable of supplying 130 MW of energy over five years.

California is fast becoming a leader in the field of solar energy with with more plans unveiled for a new large scale solar plant.