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UMD Robotic Bird Harvests Solar Energy
Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)
Small robotic birds are showing lots of promise for tasks such as monitoring the environment and conducting surveillance. But one current drawback they have is ...
Researchers find rust can power up artificial photosynthesis
Oct 15, 2013 (SPX)
Chemists at Boston College have achieved a series of breakthroughs in their efforts to develop an economical means of harnessing artificial photosynthesis by na...
Trina Solar supplies 5MW to ESPE for ground-mounted project in Romania
Oct 14, 2013 (SPX)
Trina Solar has announced that it has recently supplied 5MW to ESPE, a leading Italian company that designs and installs reliable green energy systems, for a gr...
KYOCERA Supplies Solar Modules for Kizuna Solar Park
Oct 14, 2013 (SPX)
Kyocera has announced that it has supplied 3.6 megawatts (MW) of multicrystalline silicon solar modules for the Okumatsushima "Kizuna" Solar Park in Higashi-Mat...
NREL Releases New Roadmap to Reducing Solar PV Soft Costs by 2020
Oct 14, 2013 (SPX)
The Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently issued a new report, "Non-Hardware ('Soft') Cost-Reduction Roadmap for Reside...
SolarBOS announces official release of Circuit Breaker Solutions
Oct 14, 2013 (SPX)
SolarBOS is pleased to officially announce a new line of Circuit Breaker Recombiners and Enclosures. The new Circuit Breaker product line serves as an additiona...
Minimum price on solar to protect South Australian consumers
Oct 14, 2013 (SPX)
A recommendation to set a minimum price for the solar energy generated by South Australians was good news overall for households and small businesses, the Clean...
KYOCERA Solar Gives Small Business an Edge with Energy Savings
Oct 14, 2013 (SPX)
Kyocera Solar has announced that 117kW of Kyocera photovoltaic (PV) modules are installed on the roof at Pizza Port's new Carlsbad, CA restaurant, corporate off...
Major leap towards graphene for solar cells
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
Graphene has extreme conductivity and is completely transparent while being inexpensive and nontoxic. This makes it a perfect candidate material for transparent...
Rocketdyne Tests High Concentrated PV System
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne is successfully demonstrating a commercial-scale High Concentrated Photovoltaic (HCPV) pilot system designed to generate more solar energy at...
University of Calgary solar teams on the world stage
Oct 11, 2013 (SPX)
Two high-profile international student competitions are now underway, with the University of Calgary being represented at both: the Solar Decathlon competition ...
Dutch team win Australian solar car race
Oct 10, 2013 (AFP)
Dutch team Nuon on Thursday crossed the finish line in an epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across the Australian outback ahead of Japan's Tokai ...
DEK Solar Helps Break New Barriers for Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Solar Cells
Oct 09, 2013 (SPX)
Building on earlier work conducted in conjunction with the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH), DEK Solar has further optimized its Dual Print st...
Solar power's future brawl
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
A trio of researchers at North Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota have turned to computer modeling to help decide which of two competing...
Another 1MW of Community-Owned Solar Comes Online in Colorado
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
Perched at 9,200 feet in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, two community-shared solar arrays began producing clean, local power this week for residents and busi...
Global Solar Installation Growth Set to Hit Three-Year High in 2014
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
Global photovoltaic (PV) installations are forecast to rise at the fastest pace in three years in 2014, exceeding 40 gigawatts (GW) for this first time and gene...
Solid UK performance signals strong future for Trina Solar
Oct 03, 2013 (SPX)
Trina Solar has announced that it will be attending the 2013 Solar Energy UK event at Birmingham's NEC, 8th-10th October. At the show, the company will reassure...
IKEA rolls out consumer solar panel systems in British stores
Oct 02, 2013 (UPI)
IKEA stores in Britain this week began selling rooftop solar panel systems, giving the industry a boost after rounds of feed-in tariff cuts and freezes. The Swe...
Solar Maid adds Several Island Locations
Sep 26, 2013 (SPX)
Solar Maid continues expansion of service locations to several island communities including Puerto Rico, HI and the Virgin Islands Between the rapidly growing n...
Trina Solar powers 11MWp Hazel Capital project for Oskomera
Sep 26, 2013 (SPX)
Trina Solar has announced that it has supplied more than 43,000 modules for a ground-mounted installation project being carried out at North Norfolk Business Ce...
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