Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany), a global leader in the development and manufacturing of organic solar films, and Looop Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), an energy service provider focusing on renewable energy, have signed an exclusive partnership to market, deliver, and install Heliatek products throughout Japan.
A team of researchers at North Carolina State University, working with organic photovoltaic cell (OPV) company NextGen Nano (London, UK), has demonstrated how adding semi-transparent organic solar cells (OSCs) to greenhouses allows growers to generate electricity and simultaneously cultivate lettuce, reducing greenhouse energy demands. The results will lay the groundwork for power generation in sustainable greenhouse cultivation.
First Solar, Inc. (Tempe, Arizona) has issued its 2022 Sustainability Report highlighting its continued, industry-leading environmental, social, and governance (ESG) progress. The only US-headquartered company among the world’s ten largest solar manufacturers, First Solar’s photovoltaic (PV) solar modules are reported to have the lowest carbon and water footprint and fastest energy payback time of any commercially available PV technology today.