Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Program

Solar cells created using a thin-film technology that employs inexpensive materials such as zinc and iron instead of costly materials like iridium. IBM's process demonstrated conversion efficiency of 9.6% in 2010.

Used by SunHydro to generate hydrogen, making the fueling process fully sustainable.

A technology that combines hydrogen and oxygen in a clean, electrochemical process to generate power, releasing only water vapor as a byproduct.

De Aar

Northern Cape Province

South Africa

A solar thermal energy project in South Africa's Northern Cape Province that uses parabolic trough reflectors to amplify sunlight for energy generation.

South Africa's largest thin-film solar energy project designed to generate electrical power for Eskom. The facility will use over 200,000 thin-film photovoltaic modules to produce 150,000 megawatt-hours of energy annually.

A program aimed at aiding in the development of new energy resources in Georgia.

Second-generation solar cells made of thin layers of glass, metal, or plastic. These modules are typically less expensive than conventional crystalline silicon solar cells and are being deployed in the Solar Capital De Aar 3 project.