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Flexible solar cells could be in clothing
Dec 06, 2012 (UPI)
The day may come when the shirt on your back can charge your cellphone, say U.S. researchers who've helped developed flexible, foldable solar cells. Scientists ...
German's solar ovens make sunbaked tortillas in Mexico
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
Under a blazing sun in Mexico's central mountain range, a clutch of large dish-shaped solar panels suck up the light and beam the heat into a kitchen, cooking t...
The Future Looks Bright: ONR, Marines Eye Solar Energy
Dec 04, 2012 (SPX)
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking to the sun for energy in an effort to help Marines do away with diesel-guzzling generators now used in combat outp...
British firm to build 'Africa's biggest solar plant'
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
British renewable energy firm Blue Energy announced Tuesday that it will build a giant solar power plant in Ghana which it claimed will become the biggest in Af...
Upsolar Modules Earn High Marks for Long-Term Performance
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
Upsolar has announced its product portfolio demonstrated exceptional resistance to potential induced degradation (PID) according to specifications set forth by ...
The Installed Price of PV Systems in the U.S. Continues to Decline at a Rapid Pace
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
The installed price of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2011 and through the first half of 2012, according to th...
Aerospace Museum of California solar installation
Nov 29, 2012 (SPX)
Motech Americas has announced the completion of a large solar PV project by Pacific Power Renewables that is now providing all the energy needs for the Aerospac...
Funneling the sun's energy
Nov 27, 2012 (SPX)
The quest to harness a broader spectrum of sunlight's energy to produce electricity has taken a radically new turn, with the proposal of a "solar energy funnel"...
Renewable energy could power Australia
Nov 26, 2012 (UPI)
Australia could be powered almost entirely by renewable energy in coming decades, says a new report. But the renewables expansion needs to be large and sustaine...
Rice unveils super-efficient solar-energy technology
Nov 23, 2012 (SPX)
Rice University scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new "solar stea...
New American Chemical Society video series shines a light on transparent solar cells
Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched a new video series that highlights New American Chemical Society video series shines a light on transparent sol...
Continuation of Arenales solar power plant project secured
Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)
The Arenales solar power plant project can be continued. Yesterday, Solar Millennium AG's 26 per cent stake in the project company for the Spanish solar power p...
Major advance in using sunlight to produce steam without boiling water
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists today are describing a revolutionary new way to use sunlight to produce steam and other vapors without heating an entire container of fluid to the bo...
PROINSO donates PV products for PV-diesel hybrid energy system
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
The multinational company PROINSO has donated 10kWp solar modules and a 10kW hybrid inverter INGECON Hybrid donated by the company Ingeteam, for a PV-diesel hyb...
Silicon Energy Announces Next Gen Solar Photovoltaics
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Silicon Energy, an innovative manufacturer of world-class solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, headquartered in Marysville, Washington is announcing the release of ...
Trina Solar offers certified Building Integrated PV solutions for residential and commercial roofs
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Trina Solar Limited (TSL) now offers Building-Integrated PV solutions (BIPV) for residential and commercial roofs. These solutions have obtained specific certif...
Midwestern Solar Icon Moves into Solar
Nov 19, 2012 (SPX)
Frederic Roofing has announced the launch of its new solar division with the installation of two solar projects for AJ Adhesives, a national industrial adhesive...
Balfour Beatty Communities and SolarCity Team Up
Nov 19, 2012 (SPX)
Balfour Beatty Communities and SolarCity have announced plans to provide up to 4,700 military homes with solar energy systems at Balfour Beatty-managed resident...
Romania to produce more solar than nuclear power in 2016
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
Solar power will eclipse nuclear energy in 2016 in Romania if investment in photovoltaic plants continues at the current pace, official figures released on Mond...
2012 National Solar Jobs Census Finds Installers Leading the Way
Nov 19, 2012 (SPX)
The Solar Foundation (TSF), an independent nonprofit solar education and research organization, has released the full version of its third annual National Solar...
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