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Overcoming the hurdles to inexpensive, durable electronics and solar cells
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Electronic touch pads that cost just a few dollars and solar cells that cost the same as roof shingles are one step closer to reality today. Researchers in the ...
Australia to move ahead with massive solar project
Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)
A $403 million solar power project in Australia, touted as the Southern Hemisphere's largest, is ready to move forward after receiving partial funding agreement...
KYOCERA and Century Tokyo To Operate Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Kyocera has announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC, its joint venture with Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation, has begun operation of a 2.4 megawatt (MW) solar pow...
Wash your solar panels for more energy? Not worth it, experts say
Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)
Cleaning solar panels is often not worth the cost if trying to improve their efficiency, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, say. They found ...
Livermore makes breakthrough in solar energy research
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
The use of plasmonic black metals could someday provide a pathway to more efficient photovoltaics (PV) -- the use of solar panels containing photovoltaic solar ...
The best of two worlds: Solar hydrogen production breakthrough
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, HZB and TU Delft scientists have successfully stored nearly five percent of solar energy chem...
UCLA researchers double efficiency of novel solar cell
Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)
Nearly doubling the efficiency of a breakthrough photovoltaic cell they created last year, UCLA researchers have developed a two-layer, see-through solar film t...
Centrica acquires U.S. solar power company
Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)
A North American subsidiary of British energy company Centrica said it paid $54 million to acquire a U.S. solar power company. Subsidiary Direct Energy acquired...
Dominion Acquires Three Solar Projects In Indiana
Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)
Dominion has acquired three solar-power development projects near Indianapolis, Ind., from Sunrise Energy Ventures. Expected to be in service before the end of ...
Solar panel deal can help settle other China disputes: EU
Jul 29, 2013 (AFP)
China and the EU can now look at other trade disputes after reaching an "amicable solution" over imports of Chinese solar panels, a key step in easing fears of ...
EU, China settle solar panel dispute
Jul 27, 2013 (AFP)
The European Commission said Saturday it has reached an "amicable solution" with Beijing over imports of Chinese solar panels, a dispute that had threatened a f...
Viridian Energy Sets Out to Demonstrate the Ripple Effect in Indonesia
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
A small ambitious group from Viridian Energy sets off for Indonesia this week to demonstrate the difference between a splash and a ripple. They're headed to the...
Santerno Solar Inverters Deliver Proven Performance at Solar Systems' Mildura Solar Power Station in Australia
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Santerno has announced the completion of installation of its concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) power inverters in the first phase of the Mildura Solar Power Stati...
Canadian Solar Completed 30 MW Rooftop PV Installations in Suzhou, China
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Canadian Solar has announced the successful completion of a 30 MW rooftop PV installation in China's City of Suzhou under the country's Golden Sun program. The ...
Suntech Powers Latin America with Largest Solar Field
Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)
Suntech Power Holdings has announced that it is supplying the photovoltaic modules for the largest solar power plant in Latin America, a 30MW plant in La Paz, B...
Sahara solar project fades, but sunpower shines in gulf
Jul 25, 2013 (UPI)
The drive for renewable energy in the oil-rich Middle East has suffered a major setback with the apparent collapse of a project to build a vast solar power grid...
EU, China near deal on solar panel dispute: report
Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)
The European Union and China are near a settlement in their dispute over solar panel imports, press reports said Thursday, but Europeans manufacturers challenge...
Phono Solar Turns To Australian Opportunities
Jul 24, 2013 (SPX)
Phono Solar has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement for a period of three years with REDSET, a photovoltaic distributor and manufacturer acros...
Environmental concerns over solar farms should not overshadow wider benefits to rural economies
Jul 24, 2013 (SPX)
The UK government is considering amendments to planning guidelines that will give local councils and residents the power to veto the development of large solar ...
Germany Backs DESERTEC Alliance
Jul 24, 2013 (SPX)
German Foreign office has expressed continued support for the DESERTEC programme to develop North African solar farms to benefit North Africa and Europe. One of...
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