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Upsolar Introduces its Floating Solar Technology to Europe
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
Upsolar will use a structure exclusively created by Koine, a design company that specializes in floating platforms. The entire solar array is made up of Upsolar...
Alberta sees potential in bubble-up solar strategy
Apr 07, 2017 (UPI)
Solar programs at the municipal level are supporting Alberta's goal of building its renewable energy mix to 30 percent by 2030, a provincial minister said. A $3...
Report shines light on installed costs and deployment barriers for residential solar PV
Apr 06, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are making available the most detailed component and system-lev...
Record amount of renewables capacity added in 2016: UN
Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)
The world added a record 138.5 gigawatts of renewable power capacity in 2016 despite a 23 percent drop in investment, reflecting the falling cost of clean energ...
Electronic control to ensure photovoltaic systems always work at maximum power
Apr 06, 2017 (SPX)
After having developed various algorithms and control systems and having applied them in a whole range of fields, such as robotics, control of motors in electri...
More pressure mounts on Trump's energy agenda
Apr 06, 2017 (UPI)
The Trump administration is on the wrong side of the law with efforts to delay the execution of clean power rules, a group of states and advocates said. The Nat...
Concept, SolarTech team up next-gen solar panels
Apr 06, 2017 (SPX)
Concept by US, manufacturer of the POWERSTATION 247 product family has announced a new partnership with SolarTech Universal,a US. Company using Meyer Burger's, ...
Next generation perovskite solar cells with new world-record performance
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has presented a new cost-efficient way to produce inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) which sets a new ...
Bio-inspired energy storage: A new light for solar power
Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)
Inspired by an American fern, researchers have developed a groundbreaking prototype that could be the answer to the storage challenge still holding solar back a...
Financialization's negative effect on the American solar industry
Mar 31, 2017 (SPX)
Financialization's Negative Effect on the American Solar Industry: The increasing role of the United States' financial sector in the 1980s and 1990s, when it sh...
Report: Global renewable power capacity expanding
Mar 30, 2017 (UPI)
As European and Asian leaders take up the low-carbon mantel from the United States, a global report found 2016 was a record-setter for renewable energy. The Int...
The economic case for wind and solar energy in Africa
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
To meet skyrocketing demand for electricity, African countries may have to triple their energy output by 2030. While hydropower and fossil fuel power plants are...
Soventix builds Solar Power Plant for Vina Cono Sur
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
SOVENTIX has signed a PPA with the Chilean company Vina Cono Sur for the realization of a solar power plant project. The plant with a nominal output of just und...
First Solar to deliver 48Mw Manildra solar farm
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
First Solar, Inc. reported Monday that a financial close has been reached for the Manildra Solar Farm in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. First Solar will leve...
QSTec starts up its 8,000 MT polysilicon facility in Qatar
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) has announced that it has successfully produced its first polysilicon at its 8,000 metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) manufacturing...
PV Nano Cell Announces Cooperation with Meyer Burger for Advancements in Printed Electronics
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
PV Nano Cell Ltd. reports that they are teaming with Meyer Burger. PV Nano Cell's Sicrys silver and copper inks will be used with Meyer Burger's PiXDRO JETx pri...
Lightsource turns on Northern Ireland's largest solar project
Mar 30, 2017 (SPX)
Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe's leading solar energy company, is pleased to announce the commissioning of a major solar development in Antrim, delivering...
Renewable energy has robust future in much of Africa
Mar 29, 2017 (SPX)
As Africa gears up for a tripling of electricity demand by 2030, a new Berkeley study maps out a viable strategy for developing wind and solar power while simul...
Colstrip bill risks shutting door to Montana's renewable power future
Mar 29, 2017 (SPX)
A Montana Senate bill slated for a committee vote would deter future investment in Montana's underutilized renewable energy resources. Senate Bill 338, introduc...
Nanomaterials that makes harvesting sunlight easier
Mar 29, 2017 (SPX)
Using sunlight to drive chemical reactions, such as artificial photosynthesis, could soon become much more efficient thanks to nanomaterials. This is the conclu...
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