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New 'tunable' semiconductors will allow better detectors, solar cells
Apr 16, 2014 (SPX)
One of the great problems in physics is the detection of electromagnetic radiation - that is, light - which lies outside the small range of wavelengths that the...
Microgrid Solar Completes Largest Single-Building Solar Installation on any Missouri School
Apr 14, 2014 (SPX)
Placing 386 solar panels on the science building at MICDS was no small feat for Microgrid Solar. This is the largest solar array installation on one building fo...
Clean Energy Collective and RGS Energy to Deploy First Community-Owned Solar Facilities in Massachusetts
Apr 14, 2014 (SPX)
The community solar developer, Clean Energy Collective (CEC), has selected RGS Energy as the general contractor for the construction of the first community-owne...
Sunlight generates hydrogen in new porous silicon
Apr 11, 2014 (SPX)
Porous silicon manufactured in a bottom up procedure using solar energy can be used to generate hydrogen from water, according to a team of Penn State mechanica...
Stanford scientists model a win-win situation: growing crops on photovoltaic farms
Apr 11, 2014 (SPX)
Growing agave and other carefully chosen plants amid photovoltaic panels could allow solar farms not only to collect sunlight for electricity but also to produc...
EU moves to rein in state support for renewable energy
Apr 09, 2014 (AFP)
The European Union announced Wednesday sweeping new guidelines to curtail state support for renewable energy production, while still allowing governments to shi...
Sun Gets to Work at the Long Beach Rescue Mission
Apr 09, 2014 (SPX)
The Port of Long Beach has awarded the Long Beach Rescue Mission, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of homeless children and adults, a $...
Organic Solar Cells More Efficient With Molecules Face-to-Face
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
New research from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill reveals that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional o...
Renewable energy market share climbs despite 2013 dip in investments
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
Renewable energy's share of world electricity generation continued its steady climb last year despite a 14 per cent drop in investments to US$214.4 billion, acc...
String Inverters Increasingly Used in Megawatt-Scale PV Projects
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
In a sign of their growing acceptance, string inverters are increasingly being considered in megawatt (MW)-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, with over 40 percent...
Energy breakthrough uses sun to create solar energy materials
Apr 04, 2014 (SPX)
In a recent advance in solar energy, researchers have discovered a way to tap the sun not only as a source of power, but also to directly produce the solar ener...
Tiny crystals to boost solar
Apr 04, 2014 (SPX)
A new approach to studying solar panel absorber materials has been developed by researchers in France, [Lafond et al. (2014). Acta Cryst. (2014). B70, 390-394]....
Japan posts top growth in clean energy: survey
Apr 03, 2014 (AFP)
Japan last year stepped up spending on clean energy at a faster rate than any other country, despite a drop in the world's overall investment, a study said Thur...
ReneSola Elaborates on US Department of Commerce Investigation
Apr 02, 2014 (SPX)
ReneSola has elaborated on a pending U.S. Department of Commerce ("Department")'s anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation regarding certain crystalli...
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Says Solar is Part of the Solution
Apr 02, 2014 (SPX)
In a ground-breaking decision the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ruled in favor of solar as a cost-competitive energy source for Minnesota-based Xc...
Ukraine turmoil clouds PV outlook
Apr 02, 2014 (SPX)
"IHS has revised down the 2014 PV forecast for Ukraine from 430 MW to 100 MW, with the market likely to be made up solely of plants that are currently under con...
Canadian Solar Completes the Sale of Little Creek Solar Power Plant to BluEarth
Apr 02, 2014 (SPX)
Canadian Solar has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions has completed the sale of Little Creek, a 8.5 megawatt ("MW") AC solar p...
SunEdison Manufactures Over 1 GW of Photovoltaic Solar Modules
Apr 02, 2014 (SPX)
SunEdison has announced that they have shipped over 1 GW (gigawatt) of Silvantis Solar PV modules, making them one of the top 5 solar module manufacturers in th...
Revolutionary solar cells double as lasers
Apr 01, 2014 (SPX)
Commercial silicon-based solar cells - such as those seen on the roofs of houses across the country - operate at about 20% efficiency for converting the Sun's r...
6U Solar Panels Complete Qualification Program
Apr 01, 2014 (SPX)
Andrews Space have successfully completed space qualification of their new 6U solar panel. This qualification effort extends the qualified power systems product...
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