SOLAR - AFRICA DAILY

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

The US set duties on imported solar cells from China on Tuesday, after investigating complaints from US competitors that Beijing provides manufacturers signific...

Intersolar Europe 2012 Spotlights Large-Scale Photovoltaics

Mar 15, 2012 (SPX)

Newly installed photovoltaic capacity reached all-time record levels in 2011, and PV plants with an output of over 200 kilowatt peak (kWp) occupy a rapidly grow...

KYOCERA Supplies Solar Modules for England's First Zero Carbon Church

Mar 15, 2012 (SPX)

Kyocera has announced that the company has supplied its solar modules for a flagship project for renovating old buildings using solar energy at the roughly 900-...

NextEra Energy Resources Completes Acquisition of Ontario Solar Projects from First Solar

Mar 15, 2012 (SPX)

NextEra Energy Resources and First Solar have announced the completion of NextEra Energy Resources' acquisition of two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects totaling...

OCI Solar Powers Up New Jersey Solar Project

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

OCI Solar Power has announced the completion of its first solar plant in Vineland, New Jersey. The solar facility, Vineland Solar IV, developed on 38 acres on D...

The Heroes of Solar

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

When it comes to business, where are the commemorative plaques to the ones that sweat, labored, and innovated to help the small guys? In a world where big busin...

Clean Power Research Brightens Future of PV Grid Integration

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

In a third round of funding from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Clean Power Researchwill receive a grant of approximately $850,000 from the ...

Ecobuild 2012: Suntech Ramps up Power

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Suntech Power Holdings ramps-up module efficiency. At Ecobuild 2012 Suntech presents the first of a whole series of modules with improved efficiency. Suntech's ...

Suntech Sets World Record 20.3% Efficiency for Pluto Cell Technology

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Suntech Power Holdings has announced that its industry-leading Pluto cell technology set a world record 20.3% efficiency for a production cell using standard co...

Solar Thermal Use Heats Up in Colder Climes

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

Many people associate solar energy with hot regions like Arizona and Southern California. However, solar thermal water heating (SWH) can be used by families and...

SANYO Solar is to Present Their New Look as Panasonic Solar at Ecobuild

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

SANYO Component Europe is very pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at this year's Ecobuild, the world's biggest event for sustainable design, constru...

Tamil Nadu's new solar energy policy to add 3,000 MW

Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)

Tamil Nadu will soon come out with a new policy on solar power to generate 3,000 MW by 2015-16, Natham R Viswanathan, minister for non-conventional energy devel...

Germany to cut solar power subsidies

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

Germany says it is cutting subsidies for solar power panels because consumer demand is so high government support for the technology has become too costly. Germ...

Calif. bill would boost renewable energy

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

A bill in California would allow cities to designate areas as renewable energy zones and redirect property taxes to renewable energy projects, its sponsor says....

Fukushima prefecture aims for green power

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

As Japan marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the country's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the governor of Fukushima prefect...

China solar giant faces glare of US trade row

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

In the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, home to the world's biggest maker of solar panels, labour is so cheap that workers carry out jobs by hand while machines de...

NIST measurements may help optimize organic solar cells

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Organic solar cells may be a step closer to market because of measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Naval...

Community Solar Garden Planned For Poudre Valley REA

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), Ft. Collins, CO and the Clean Energy Collective (CEC), Carbondale, CO have entered into an agreement to launch...

SunMaxx Solar Launches New Solar Grade Glycol XT

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

SunMaxx Solar is pleased to announce that the solar industry leader has launched a custom Glycol XT. SunMaxx Solar's custom solar-formula Glycol XT is a 50/50 m...

Renusol America To Highlight 'American Centric' Solar Technology At PV America West

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Renusol America introduces PV America West attendees to solar mounting solutions that are bringing attention to job creation in the United States at a time when...