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Breakthrough could double solar energy output
“A new discovery from a chemist at the University of Texas at Austin may allow photovoltaic solar cells to double their efficiency, thus providing loads more electrical power from regular sunlight. Not...
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Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Energy Is Putting Power Back in the Hands of...
Rarely do we switch on an appliance or flick on the lights and consider the source of energy. Yet, in the past few years, we have become more conscious about the mountains being blown up in Appalachia...
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The Benefit Of Solar Power Over Electricity
“There are several priorities of transformation and usage of solar energy. The first one is transformation of solar energy into heat and using of it for heating buildings, air conditioning, heating or...
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Solar Energy in Residential Homes
Solar energy is a growing, renewable alternative to coal, oil and natural gas. Nonrenewable sources are not only limited but they also create pollution and contribute to global warming. Residential...
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Facts About Residential Solar Energy
An ever-rising electric bill is powerful motivation to consider adding an alternative-energy system to your home. Solar is the most viable alternative for most homeowners; however, according to the...
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MNRE to launch mega-sized solar power projects
“NEW DELHI: To give a boost to its efforts to bring down the cost of solar power in India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is planning to roll out large megawatt size solar power projects,...
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San Diego Vaults into Solar Energy and Green Jobs Future
Two of the world’s solar energy leaders have just announced major plans to bring new solar energy technology and green jobs to San Diego. The Sanyo Electric group has embarked on a three year, $3...
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Solar plant surpasses 1 million panels
“The millionth solar panel has been installed at a sprawling desert power plant that will feed energy to San Diego-area utility customers as soon as late spring, the project developer said Tuesday....
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Solar park at SDSU’s Brawley campus gets funding
“A five-megawatt solar project planned on 40 acres at San Diego State University’s Imperial Campus in Brawley has secured a $19.2 million construction loan from North American Development Bank. NRG...
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Solar Tracking Systems Gain Ground
“It sounds obvious: put solar panels on a movable mount to follow the sun and catch as much sunlight as possible. But applying solar trackers to a project is not clear cut. Developers not only have to...
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Solar Boat Harnessed for Research
Last year, after it became the first solar-powered boat to circumnavigate the globe, the Turanor Planetsolar could have taken its 5,500 square feet of photovoltaic cells and eight tons of lithium-ion...
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Wind to Double and Solar to Triple in 6 Years, Says IEA
For Greentech Media this week, I reviewed the new Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2013 from the International Energy Agency (IEA), and found a surprisingly bullish forecast for renewables,...
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The Energy Fix: Reinventing The Solar Array
The solar market has been on fire. In the U.S., it’s grown by 600 percent over the past five years, culminating in 3,313 installed megawatts in 2012. This past March, seven solar projects added the...
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Solar Power to the People
At 9 o’clock Friday morning, some 20,000 people will start arriving at a vast field in Custer, Wis., to talk about wind power. No joke. Get this: Thousands of souls have been coming here every summer...
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Solar photovoltaic firm Solopower sells off equipment, prepares for layoffs
SoloPower, a manufacturer of photovoltaic solar modules, sold thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment from its California headquarters last week and is preparing for more layoffs, according to a...
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Apparently, the Sun Does Revolve Around the Marine Corps
One thing the war in Afghanistan has taught the Pentagon: even the lightest of U.S. forces — that would be the Marine Corps – relies too much on fuel to keep its generators humming to keep its lights,...
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Japan: The world’s new star in solar power
FORTUNE — Until recently less than 1% of Japan’s electrical power output came from renewables. But following the catastrophe of Fukushima and the power blackouts that followed, Japan has seen an...
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Solar Panel Costs Drop, Fueling Rise In Renewable Energy
BERLIN — A dramatic drop in the price of solar power technology last year helped the continued growth of renewable energy, according to a U.N.-backed report published Wednesday. Global...
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Solar power still better than nuclear in the fight against climate change
George Monbiot claims in a gentlemanly article to have won our £100 bet, made three years ago, that solar PV would be at grid parity – the same cost as conventional retail electricity – by 2013. The...
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Solar in the Spotlight
Most of the attention may be focused on domestic oil and gas production, but it could be solar power that really helps the United States on its path to energy independence. Aside from the high-profile...
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