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- Germany Reaches Solar Power Generation Record
CleanTechies (Today) - Europe’s ‘economic powerhouse’ can add solar to its epithet. Germany’s solar power plants reached a generation milestone of 22 GW of electricity per hours. That is the same as 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity. According to a Reuters report, that amount of electricity...
- Carmanah Reports Successful Results at 2012 Annual General Meeting
eSolar News (Yesterday) - VICTORIA, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held on May 24, 2012 (the "AGM") were duly passed. The shareholders approved the re-appointment of Rob Cruickshank, Bruce Cousins, Bob Wiens, Peter...
- Day4 Energy Delisted Due to Solar Glut
eSolar News (Yesterday) - BURNABY, BC, May 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Day4 Energy Inc. ("Day4" or the "Company") (TSX: DFE), announces that Day4 and 0941212 B.C. Ltd. ("094") a company indirectly owned and controlled by George Rubin (President and CEO of Day4) and Douglas Keast (Executive Vice-President and...
- 100% Solar Powered Boat
Solar Power Buzz (Yesterday) - Tonawanda NY sailors have developed what they call the first 100% solar powered boat. Other boats have hybrid solar technology. Team leader Bob Meacham said this boat has a large enough bank of batteries to keep it's charge for nighttime boating. They're planning a 24...
- Camping with Portable Solar Power
Solar Power Buzz (3 days ago) - Kevin Callan the Happy Camper demonstrates how to run electronics using a small solar panel setup:...
- High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts
ScienceDaily (4 days ago) - Scientist have developed a new high-throughput method to identify electrocatalysts for water oxidation....
- Jobs In Solar: Project Lead (Long Island NY)
Solar Power Buzz (4 days ago) - Date: 2012-05-23, 4:44PM EDTReply to: ts63k-2980174814@job.craigslist.orgAstrum Solar (www.astrumsolar.com) is a rapidly growing company whose goal is to spread solar power to rooftops across the U.S., targeting residential customers. We aim to innovate in the sales and marketing of solar to consumers and to make it...
- Solar Energy Generation Costs to Compete with Fossil Fuels by 2017
Inhabitat (5 days ago) - Despite recent clashes between the US and Chinese solar industries, it seems that the entire solar power sector is prospering. As stated in a new report from GlobalData, with the ever-increasing number of solar power installations, the cost of energy generation is falling. In fact, it...
- Metamaterials, quantum dots show promise for new technologies
ScienceDaily (5 days ago) - Researchers are edging toward the creation of new optical technologies using "nanostructured metamaterials" capable of ultra-efficient transmission of light, with potential applications including advanced solar cells and quantum computing....
- Physicists set new record for graphene solar cell efficiency
ScienceDaily (5 days ago) - Doping may be a no-no for athletes, but researchers say it was key in getting unprecedented power conversion efficiency from a new graphene solar cell created in their lab....
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Certifies BYD’s Asia Testing Center and First 250 KW Solar Inverter
eSolar News (5 days ago) - SHENZHEN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global leader in safety testing and certifications, and BYD Ltd Company signed a strategic cooperation agreement in ceremonies at BYD’s Shenzhen headquarters today. Chairman and BYD President, Chuanfu Wang and Vice President of UL and General Manager of...
- GT Advanced Technologies Reiterates CY2012 Guidance Following Recent US Tariff Decision
eSolar News (5 days ago) - NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT) today issued the statement below regarding the Commerce Department’s decision announced last week regarding duties on Chinese imports of solar panels to the U.S.: “The decision announced last week by the Department of Commerce was largely in...
- US Solar Financing on the Brink of Transformation
eSolar News (5 days ago) - BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Financing of US solar projects is in the midst of a transformation, with new business models, new investors, and new financing vehicles gaining sway, according to new research by specialist research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance commissioned by Reznick Group. US solar...
- Austin Solar Day: Community, Industry Unite to Advance Renewable Energy
eSolar News (5 days ago) - AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Austin Solar Day – a free event designed to connect community members and solar industry experts – will open its doors to the public on Sunday, June 3, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Austin Convention Center. This one-day event...
- Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, First Solar and Big Green Zero Energize Solar Power System at Taliesin West
eSolar News (5 days ago) - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation today inaugurated a new 250-kilowattAC solar photovoltaic (PV) power system donated by First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) which will help power the historic Taliesin West campus. The commissioning marks the successful completion of the first phase of...
- Sierra Club Partners with Sungevity to Help Families Go Solar
eSolar News (5 days ago) - SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sierra Club, the nation's largest environmental organization, today announced that it is partnering with Sungevity, one of the country's leading residential solar providers, to help families go solar easily and affordably. The new partnership will help...
- LDK responds to DOC anti-dumping tariffs for Chinese solar manufacturers
eSolar News (5 days ago) - XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. ("LDK Solar") (NYSE: LDK), a leading vertically integrated manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) products, issues the following statement regarding the preliminary antidumping duty decision by the US Department of Commerce...
- Welspun Solar Lands 125 MW Solar Project in India
eSolar News (5 days ago) - NEW DELHI, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Largest Solar Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, India Welspun Solar Madhya Pradesh Private Limited (WSMPPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Welspun Renewable Private Limited, has won a 125 MW Solar PV project in Madhya Pradesh State of...
- MiaSole Sets Flexible PV Efficiency World Record at 15.5 Percent
eSolar News (5 days ago) - SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MiaSole, the leading manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed a 15.5 percent aperture area efficiency on...
- Bella Energy completes largest solar array in Utah
eSolar News (5 days ago) - SALT LAKE CITY, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Denver, CO-based Bella Energy is proud to announce the completion of the 1.65 megawatt solar array atop the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, UT. Covering 3.85 acres of rooftop, the...
- MEMC Acknowledges S&P Action
eSolar News (5 days ago) - ST. PETERS, Mo., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) acknowledged S&P's downgrade of MEMC's senior debt to a B+ rating today. "We are disappointed with the rating change by S&P," commented Brian Wuebbels, MEMC's Chief Financial Officer, "but we...
- Students Create Award-Winning Robot That Cleans Solar Panels
Inhabitat (5 days ago) - In order to operate as efficiently as possible, maximizing the amount of sun energy they convert into electricity, solar panels must be regularly cleaned and maintained. With this in mind, a group of students from CalTech and UCLA have won a third of $200,000 in prize...
- UPDATE! POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 2 & 3! Crawfish Boil For a Song 2012 – May 26 & 27
Solar One (5 days ago) - Solar 1 and Stuyvesant Cove Park are this site of Crawfish NY’s annual New Orleans style crawfish boil to benefit Kids Need a Melody, which provides free music programs to children in shelters. Come on Saturday, May 26 June 2 or Sunday, May 27 June 3 to enjoy...
- 60,000 Californians Urge the PUC to Say YES to More Rooftop Solar
CleanTechies (5 days ago) - With a PUC vote on the horizon, the final tally is in! Solar, environmental, public interest and science groups banded together to help Californians send nearly 60,000 messages asking the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to expand a popular clean energy program called net metering....
- Taking solar technology up a notch: New inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar cell shines with potential
ScienceDaily (6 days ago) - The limitations of conventional and current solar cells include high production cost, low operating efficiency and durability, and many cells rely on toxic and scarce materials. Researchers have now developed a new solar cell that, in principle, will minimize all of these solar energy technology...
- The Future is Bright: Two Giant Solar Farms Make Significant Progress
EnergyBoom (6 days ago) - Two of the United States' largest solar projects, the Arlington Valley Solar Energy II farm and Topaz Solar Farm, have achieved significant milestones in recent days. read more...
- The Future is Bright: Two Giant Solar Farms Making Significant Progress
EnergyBoom (6 days ago) - Two of the United States' largest solar projects, the Arlington Valley Solar Energy II farm and Topaz Solar Farm, have achieved significant milestones in recent days. read more...
- German Company Installs Record-Breaking 1GW of Solar Power
CleanTechies (6 days ago) - BELECTRIC, a German solar power company, has helped the solar industry achieve a historic milestone with the installation of more than 1 GW of photovoltaic solar power. The amount corresponds to the system output of a large conventional power plant. “This is an outstanding event...
- Artificial leaf device produces hydrogen in water using only sunlight
ScienceDaily (6 days ago) - Scientists have developed, using nanotechnology, a device with semiconductor materials which generate hydrogen independently in water using only sunlight. This technology, which has been named artificial photosynthesis, was inspired by photosynthesis which occurs naturally. The device is submerged in an aqueous solution which, when illuminated...
- Upsolar Modules Qualify for Additional Incentives Across France
eSolar News (6 days ago) - PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Upsolar, a leading international provider of solar PV modules, today announced its latest step toward expanding solar energy adoption across France: all Upsolar modules featuring slim frames are now eligible for government incentives when installed on lightweight roof types with qualifying integration structures....
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