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Swiss unveil stratospheric solar plane
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
Just months after two Swiss pilots completed a historic round-the-world trip in a Sun-powered plane, another Swiss adventurer on Wednesday unveiled a solar plan...
High renewable electricity growth continued in 2015
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
The 2015 Renewable Energy Data Book shows that U.S. renewable electricity grew to 16.7 percent of total installed capacity and 13.8 percent of total electricity...
New York funds low income access to solar power
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
New York state Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced $3.6 million in funding is available to increase access to solar energy in low- to moderate-income communi...
Coronal Energy, powered by Panasonic, Announces Solar Acquisition Program
Dec 07, 2016 (SPX)
Coronal Energy has announced plans to substantially increase the number of solar PV projects it will acquire in 2017 and 2018. The ambitious program will suppor...
Game changer for organic solar cells
Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)
With a new technique for manufacturing single-layer organic polymer solar cells, scientists at UC Santa Barbara and three other universities might very well mov...
Solar panels repay their energy 'debt': study
Dec 06, 2016 (AFP)
The climate-friendly electricity generated by solar panels in the past 40 years has all but cancelled out the polluting energy used to produce them, a study sai...
Ultrathin protective layer brings quite a bit more stability to perovskite solar cell
Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)
The addition of a few nanometers of a thin layer of aluminum oxide protects a perovskite solar cell against humidity - still a major stumbling block to the comm...
Simple processing technique could cut cost of organic PV and wearable electronics
Dec 06, 2016 (SPX)
A simple solution-based electrical doping technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices, potentially expanding the ...
Perovskite solar cells hit new world efficiency record
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
They're flexible, cheap to produce and simple to make - which is why perovskites are the hottest new material in solar cell design. And now, engineers at Austra...
8 MW of Trina Solar modules power one of Turkey's largest solar projects
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
Trina Solar Limited has supplied 8.8 MW of PV modules to Citus Power as part of one of the largest solar projects in Turkey. The Yahyali Solar Power Plant was c...
Physics, photosynthesis and solar cells
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
A University of California, Riverside assistant professor has combined photosynthesis and physics to make a key discovery that could help make solar cells more ...
Throwing new light on printed organic solar cells
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Surrey have achieved record power conversion efficiencies for large area organic solar cells. In recent years scientists have b...
247Solar Signs Agreement to Commercialize 247Solar Plants in Southern Africa
Dec 02, 2016 (SPX)
247Solar and South Africa's Stellenergy (Pty) Ltd. have agreed to build South Africa's first 247Solar Plant to be followed by widespread commercial deployment i...
EU on track to meet 2020 target for renewable energy: report
Dec 01, 2016 (AFP)
EU countries are on track to meet their 2020 targets for renewable energy and emissions cuts but could fall short of ambitious longer-term goals, the European E...
Sun setting on Japan's solar energy boom
Nov 30, 2016 (AFP)
The sun is setting on Japan's clean-energy boom, despite projects like a massive floating solar farm near Tokyo, as the government cuts subsidies and bets on nu...
EU unveils plans to boost 'clean energy' use
Nov 30, 2016 (AFP)
The EU on Wednesday unveiled "clean energy" plans to boost renewables, cut waste and reduce subsidies for coal power in a bid to meet commitments under the Pari...
New fabrication technique leads to broader sunlight absorption in plastic solar cells
Nov 30, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new strategy for fabricating more efficient plastic solar cells. The work has implications for...
Tesla microgrid powers entire island with solar in American Samoa
Nov 22, 2016 (UPI)
Self-sufficiency isn't easy on small Pacific islands, but the distant island of Ta'u in American Samoa can now supply nearly all of its inhabitants' power needs...
Sweden to scrap taxes on solar energy in 2017
Nov 21, 2016 (AFP)
Sweden is set to ditch taxes on its production of solar energy in 2017 in a bid to run entirely on renewable energy by 2040, the government said on Monday. Sola...
Africa looks to solar for communities off the grid
Nov 20, 2016 (AFP)
Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps gather dust in the tiny shed that Kenyan chicken farmer Bernard calls home. He prefers to use solar ener...
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