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Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)

US President Barack Obama made a full-throated defense of renewable energy Monday, hitting coal-championing critics as free market hypocrites. With one eye on a...

Interior Department Approves 485-Megawatt Blythe Mesa Solar Project in California

Aug 25, 2015 (SPX)

As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward clean energy sources, U.S. Secretary of the...

Indian PM offers solar power to Pacific island nations

Aug 21, 2015 (AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday offered to illuminate thousands of homes in Pacific island nations with solar power in a bid to help them combat clim...

CEC announces First-Mover Entry into New York Community Solar Market

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Clean Energy Collective (CEC) has announced it is taking the lead in offering New York ratepayers the ability to participate in solar generation through communi...

Milbank raises over $200M to finance new Chilean Solar Project

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

In its latest renewable energy financing in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy LLP represented the banks providing approximately $205 million to f...

EvoEnergy to install one of the UK's largest rooftop solar arrays

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Lyreco has appointed EvoEnergy to install a 3.8 MWp solar array at its 15-acre distribution centre in Telford - a project which, once complete, will be one of t...

Photon Energy opens 99 kW solar plant, expanding to 347 KW

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Photon Energy Australia has installed and commissioned a 99 kW solar power plant in Sydney's Macquarie Park. The rooftop power plant was installed during a gene...

Solar cell efficiency could double with novel 'green' antenna

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

The use of solar energy in the U.S. is growing, but panels on rooftops are still a rare sight. They cost thousands of dollars, and homeowners don't recoup costs...

Challenge to classic theory of 'organic' solar cells could improve efficiency

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

New research findings contradict a fundamental assumption about the functioning of "organic" solar cells made of low-cost plastics, suggesting a new strategy fo...

Charge transport in hybrid silicon solar cells

Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)

The system they investigated is based on conventional n-type silicon wafers coated with the highly conductive polymer mixture PEDOT:PSS and displays a power con...

Google can tell you if solar roof panels will pay off

Aug 17, 2015 (AFP)

Google has got a good look at your roof, and can tell you if it is worth the investment to install solar energy panels. The US tech giant said its "Project Sunr...

U.S. solar costs down, but so too are incentives

Aug 13, 2015 (UPI)

While the cost of installing solar power in the United States has dropped, a federal report finds savings are offset in part by a decline in incentives. The U.S...

PV Energy to provide Antigua and Barbuda with clean solar power

Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)

The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) and PV Energy Limited are taking a major step towards environmental sustainability to create affordable and sustain...

SunShare Flips the Switch on Colorado Spring's Largest Solar Garden

Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)

SunShare's 2.5 Megawatt (MWac) Pikes Peak Solar Garden Site has been turned on and is producing solar energy into Colorado Springs Utilities' grid. The project ...

SkyPower wins 200 MW PV project in Telangana, India

Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)

SkyPower is pleased to announce that it has been awarded 200 MW in the Telangana, India solar competitive tender process. The State of Telangana, under the lead...

Butterflies heat up the field of solar research

Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)

The humble butterfly could hold the key to unlocking new techniques to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient, pioneering new research has shown. A team o...

New design brings world's first solar battery to performance milestone

Aug 04, 2015 (SPX)

After debuting the world's first solar air battery last fall, researchers at The Ohio State University have now reached a new milestone. In the Journal of the A...

UK Solar provider Euro Energy selects Enphase Energy as tech partner

Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)

Enphase Energy has been chosen by Euro Energy Services, a major U.K. solar energy firm, as the primary inverter technology partner for its solar photovoltaics p...

Ultra fast UV imaging unlocks plasma modification of polymer films

Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)

Specialised Imaging reports on how the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology eV is using an optimised version of its SIM Framing Camera to make ul...

DuPont PV work with CRES to boost reliability and risk management

Aug 01, 2015 (SPX)

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DuPont) recently collaborated with the China Renewable Energy Society (CRES) to host a seminar highlighting best practices for qu...