NanoMarkets has announced that it will publish two new reports in May, following its recent  DSC and BIPV glass markets reports. The research firm will publish "Opportunities in the Organic Photovoltaics Market 2012" and "BIPV Encapsulation Markets 2012" next month, which will conclude with eight-year forecasts of the OPV and BIPV encapsulation markts.

Pythagoras Solar has announced its collaboration with Guardian to produce a BIPV glass product with wide application potential.
According to NanoMarkets’ BIPV glass markets 2012 report, demand for BIPV glass will rise as it is a transparent product, easy to integrate in a wide variety of architectural structures and the BIPV glass market is expected to reach US$6.4 million in revenues by 2016. Its use varies from skylights to curtain walls and shade structures. Pythagoras’ SunGuard PVGU is designed to make PV glass more accessible and usable for architects in commercial applications.

Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 (SDE2012) has selected the 20 participating teams in next year’s solar house competition. With universities from 15 countries and four continents, SDE2012 will be the most international edition to date.