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King County Metro signs Urban Solar on for rare 10 year contract
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
In an unprecedented move, King County Metro (Metro) granted Urban Solar a decade-long contract to provide solar LED lighting solutions for its transit shelters ...
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions Introduces New Solamet
Mar 07, 2017 (SPX)
As the industry leader in solar solutions that delivers proven power and lasting value for customers around the world, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions introduced ...
SOVENTIX developing solar parks of up to 140 megawatts in Alberta, Canada
Mar 01, 2017 (SPX)
SOVENTIX Canada Inc. has commenced the development of several solar projects with a capacity of up to 140 megawatts (MWp) in Alberta, Canada. The six projects w...
Lightsource Renewable Energy acquires residential portfolio
Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)
Lightsource Renewable Energy, Europe's leading solar energy company, has completed the purchase of a 1.32MWp portfolio of residential solar installations. The p...
Alberta puts more weight behind solar power
Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)
The provincial government in oil-rich Alberta said it was looking for a third party to help advance a program to incentivize solar power for its residents. The ...
meeco installed biggest solar energy plant in Zimbabwe
Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)
Many companies in Africa are struggling with electricity scarcity, power cuts and the reliance on diesel generators. The current installation of the so far larg...
Prime Road and First Solar complete 18MW of Thai solar farms
Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)
Prime Road Group and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) welcome the completion of four solar farms totaling 18 megawatts (MWDC) of capacity in Thailand. Located a...
U.S. renewables a job engine, trade groups say
Feb 22, 2017 (UPI)
A consortium of U.S. clean-energy groups said it was growth in the industries tied to renewable energy that were the ones creating more jobs. Business groups su...
Dream of energy-collecting windows is one step closer to reality
Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Milano-Bicocca are bringing the dream of windows that can efficiently collect solar energy one step...
Trina Solar modules eligible for calls for tenders in France
Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "company"), a global leader in photovoltaic ("PV") modules, solutions, and services, has announced that it...
Printable solar cells just got a little closer
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
A U of T Engineering innovation could make printing solar cells as easy and inexpensive as printing a newspaper. Dr. Hairen Tan and his team have cleared a crit...
Magnolia Solar awarded US Patent for High Efficiency Multijunction Solar Cell
Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)
Ecoark Holdings has announced its subsidiary Magnolia Solar, Inc. has recently been awarded a new U.S. patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (...
First Solar Awarded 140Mw Module Supply Contract For Australia'S Largest Solar Project
Feb 14, 2017 (SPX)
First Solar, Inc. has been awarded the module supply contract for the 140 megawatt (MW)DC Sun Metals Solar Farm in North Queensland (QLD), Australia. It will be...
Governors tell Trump that China will reap low-carbon rewards
Feb 14, 2017 (UPI)
Strong economic powers like China may take over as the global leaders in renewable energy and leave the U.S. economy depending on Beijing, state governors said....
French government gets renewable energy endorsement
Feb 10, 2017 (UPI)
A move by the French government to budget for more solar and hydropower projects on its grid was endorsed Friday by the European Commission. The French governme...
NREL research pinpoints promise of polycrystalline perovskites
Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)
A team of scientists from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) determined that surface recombination limits the performance of po...
Material can turn sunlight, heat and movement into electricity
Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)
Many forms of energy surround you: sunlight, the heat in your room and even your own movements. All that energy - normally wasted - can potentially help power y...
EU to phase out China solar panel duties
Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)
The EU said Wednesday it aimed to phase out anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panel imports after 18 months, ending a bitter dispute with one of its largest ...
Powerful change: A profile of today's solar consumer
Feb 08, 2017 (SPX)
People with higher incomes and better education no longer dominate demand for the domestic solar market in Queensland with a new QUT study revealing the highest...
NRDC: States should lead low-carbon economy
Feb 02, 2017 (UPI)
It may be up to the governments of U.S. states to take the lead in the effort to advance a low-carbon economy, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. A rev...
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