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Boeing Subsidiary Spectrolab Sets New Solar Cell Efficiency World Record
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab recently set a new world record by producing a solar cell that converted 38.8 percent of solar energy into electricity, more than a...
Refined materials provide booster shot for solar energy conversion
Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)
If you want to get the most out of the sun, you have to improve the performance of the materials used. An interdisciplinary team of Engineering at Illinois rese...
German Nanosolar becomes Smartenergy Renewables Deutschland
Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)
Nanosolar GmbH, which was acquired by Smartenergy Renewables AG in July 2013, has been renamed and operates under the new corporate name of Smartenergy Renewabl...
Madison School District Becomes First PV Independent Power Producer
Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)
Kyocera Solar and Madison School District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week to inaugurate a 1.6MW solar energy project, the first that Kyocera has develo...
Centrosolar Installs Solar Array For Fronius USA
Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)
Centrosolar America and Johnson Melloh Solutionshave announced the completion of a 61kW solar project at the recently completed Fronius building in Portage, Ind...
Google and KKR Partner to Invest in Portfolio of Solar PV Projects
Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)
Google, KKR and Recurrent Energy have announced that Google and KKR are making an investment in six solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities that are currently being ...
SolarCity Partners with BMW i to Create Exclusive Solar Service Package
Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)
SolarCity and BMW have partnered to offer owners of the new BMW i vehicles exclusive access to SolarCity's most affordable solar service option. The partnership...
China to drive world's renewable energy increase
Nov 14, 2013 (UPI)
China's increase in renewable energy is on course to surpass the European Union, the United States and Japan combined, says the International Energy Agency. In ...
Google, KKR to invest $400 mn on solar projects
Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)
Internet giant Google and investment firm KKR will invest $400 million in six solar plants in California and Arizona, the companies announced Thursday. The plan...
IHS Boosts Solar Capital Spending Forecast as Market Conditions Continue to Improve
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
Amid new signs that solar market conditions are improving and major suppliers are increasing production, IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) is raising its forecast of photovo...
Penn and Drexel Team Demonstrates New Paradigm for Solar Cell Construction
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
For solar panels, wringing every drop of energy from as many photons as possible is imperative. This goal has sent chemistry, materials science and electronic e...
HMV breaking ground on Wisconsin's first stand-alone utility-scale solar energy project
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
Half Moon Ventures (HMV) has announced the groundbreaking on Wisconsin's first stand-alone utility scale solar energy project in the city of Jefferson, Wis. HMV...
PROINSO exhibits PV-DIESEL hybrid solutions at Intersolar India
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
PROINSO will travel to Mumbai to attend Intersolar India, a major solar power industry show that is expected to attract over 8,500 trade members. It will be the...
Midsummer develops high-efficiency process for cadmium-free CIGS on stainless steel
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
Midsummer has developed a high speed process for manufacturing of CIGS solar cells utilising sputtering of all layers in the solar cell structure. Midsummer rec...
Compliance with EU-China trade deal critical for PV industry
Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)
Trina Solar predicts stability and growth for the UK PV market in 2014. As the industry moves out of the uncertain times caused by the EU trade case, the minimu...
PROINSO supplies Indonesia with 1MW solar products for stand-alone facilities
Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)
PROINSO has recently delivered 1MW in PV solar products to numerous stand-alone PV facilities in Indonesia. Since it entered the country earlier this year, the ...
Solarcentury Africa Brings More Solar To South Africa
Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)
Solarcentury wins contract to install a 574 kWp solar system for largest South African property company as part of a multi MW programme. Solarcentury Africa, fo...
Halfway to Crowdfunding Success for NRDC Solar Schools Inititave
Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) campaign to bring solar power to more of America's school is nearly half way to its crowdfunding target and three c...
Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South Begins Commercial Operation
Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)
The 130-megawatt (MW) Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South, a new solar photovoltaic electric generating station near El Centro began commercial operation...
Telit Cellular Embedded In Rugged Remote Solar Powered Monitoring Device
Nov 11, 2013 (SPX)
Telit Wireless Solutions and Digital Matter Telematics have announced that Digital Matter Telematics' self-powered G52 Solar and the company's OEM Server Platfo...
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