As a result of strong government support for budding domestic PV clean energy and growing green awareness, Europe has emerged as a centre of attraction for all solar product manufacturers across the world. (more…)
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JV Solar Cooperation Deal with German Company
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Concentrated Solar Power Plant
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
In Spain, Andalusia, near Seville, a high 100 metres tower is surrounded by gargantuan mirrors, that run about the tower in concentric circles. These rippling mirrors are able to track sunlight throughout the day and reflect it on to the tower where it is converted into solar energy. The energy created at the plant is sufficient enough to power 6000 homes. The name of the site is PS10. (more…)
Austin Chemist Proposes Significant Increase in Solar Cells Efficiency
Monday, January 16th, 2012
A professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, Xiaoyang Zhu, and his team have successfully discovered a method to increase the efficiency of conventional solar cells. Their research reveals that the number of electrons gathered from one photon of sunlight can be doubled using an organic plastic semiconductor material. (more…)
Solar Power For Tweeting, Surfing
Monday, January 2nd, 2012The iPhone4 has a lot of features that allows users to talk, tweet and surf endlessly. It is the technology at it’s best. However, using these features takes a lot from the phone’s battery. It might not be able to cope up with such usage for hours. The answer to this problem is ‘Monster Watts’ which has worked on the slim case prototype. It has developed a hybrid solar battery that can be charged anywhere, where there is sunlight. (more…)
French Solar Panel Maker Opens Factory at San Diego
Monday, December 19th, 2011
Solar Panel (Creative Commons / Rama)
French solar panel manufacturer Soitec opened its $150 million factory in San Diego on Friday, 16th December, 2011, hoping to meet Californian demands of sourcing one-third of its energy from renewable energy by 2020. (more…)
Waste water treatment sites – a source of solar energy
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Creative Commons / David Shankbone
Governments are now turning to waste water treatment plants as a potential site for installing solar systems. A 1.15-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) system has been installed at a waste water treatment plant in the city of Dinuba, Calif. This was a joint partnership venture by Chevron and Toiga Energy.
The plans, construction and engineering was done by Chevron Energy Solutions. Tioga Energy financed the project and will own and manage the project. Tioga Energy will sell energy generated from this venture at a fixed price for a twenty year agreement. Tioga Energy is an expert in selling renewable energy under long term agreements to commercial, non government organisations and government. This agreement makes it possible for these institutions to avail renewable energy with no up front capital.
The city of Dinuba is happy to have a landmark of solar energy that makes use of a waste water treatment site. Tioga and Chevron have also recently worked together on a solar project in Hawaii. Tioga has also played a leading role id developing what is known within the industry as the ‘Morris model’. This was a project done with the Morris County Improvement Authority located in New Jersey. This new model makes it possible for governments to issue low interest bonds for financing renewable energy projects. Partnering with a third party investor provides leverage for federal tax incentives.
China Utters US Solar Probe Depicts Protectionism
Monday, December 5th, 2011
After a complain by seven US solar companies, the US International Trade Commission voted on 2nd December 2011 to investigate Chinese companies, which sell solar products at unduly low prices on the global market. (more…)
Georgia’s Largest Solar Canopy Powered by Suniva
Monday, November 21st, 2011
According to the latest reports, Suniva, a high-efficiency crystalline silicon cells and modules manufacturer in the United States will power the Georgia’s largest solar canopy at the Laredo Bus facility in Decatur, GA. This project will be the second largest canopy with a power of 1.2MW in the U.S. located at a U.S. transit system. On November 18th, 2011, The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony and raised a curtain of the project. (more…)
Solar Powered Flexible E-Reader
Monday, November 7th, 2011
AU Optronics Corp. unveiled its solar powered flexible e-reader at the FPD International convention and exhibition held on a subject of the flat panel displays in Japan. This device is like a piece of paper with sturdy build and flexible body. (more…)
Obama Administration unveil plans for Solar Energy Zones
Monday, October 31st, 2011
Solar Plant in California (USFG)
Despite the solar power industry entering an era of high-profile bankruptcies, the Obama administration seems gung-ho on promoting solar power in six Western states by identifying them as “Solar Energy Zones”. Solar power companies like Solyndra who received nearly half-billion dollar federal loan have etched a failure story of the millennium but the undeterred Obama government is continuing pushing its big-league plans to promote solar power development. (more…)