Archive for the ‘Solar’ Category

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Advanced Energy Installs PV Inverters at 35-MW Calif. Solar Facility

Posted on November 7th, 2011 by Nadeem

Advanced Energy installs PV inverters at 35-MW Calif. solar facility Advanced Energy Industries Inc. has installed its Solaron PV inverters at a 35-MW solar project[...]
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SunPower, Orchard Supply Hardware Offer High Efficiency Solar Power Systems

Posted on November 3rd, 2011 by Nadeem

SunPower, Orchard Supply Hardware offer high efficiency solar power systems SunPower Corp. has teamed up with Orchard Supply Hardware’s California stores to offer its high[...]
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Solar Energy Companies Worldwide Threatened by Cuts in Government Subsidies

Posted on November 3rd, 2011 by John Daly

In any country, at the end of the proverbial day, both energy utilities and consumers are finally interested in the technologies that generate a kilowatt[...]
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How Government Contracts Have Jump Started This Thin Film Solar Cell Maker

Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Ben Lack

Dr. Ashok Sood, President & CEO of Magnolia Solar, discusses his company’s plan to grow his thin film solar cell business by securing government contracts.
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Who is carrying your precious load? The new demand behind market leading PV-Mounting Systems.

Posted on October 21st, 2011 by Sylvia Minton

As solar is becoming more and more attractive it is the modules that are savoring the spotlight: discussions usually center around the various poly- and[...]
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Considering Solar? Five Questions to Ask!

Posted on October 19th, 2011 by Cecilia Aguillon

The bankruptcies of Solyndra, Evergreen and other solar companies raise questions about solar energy in general. The market has seen a flood of new solar[...]
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Solyndra and the “Shakeout”: The solar industry bankruptcies in context.

Posted on October 13th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

During August, three homegrown photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturers failed and two European manufacturers decommissioned their U.S. production lines. All told, the United States lost 20[...]
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Google Helps Drive Solar

Posted on October 11th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

On September 27, 2011, Google announced that it was putting $75 million into financing for solar rooftops on homes in California. It is great that Google made[...]
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How To Save Money With Solar Energy

Posted on October 5th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

As more and more people are becoming aware of green initiatives, saving money using solar energy has become a popular topic.  While some people choose[...]
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1,000 Households, 10 Schools, 10,000 Individuals: Electrifying Villages and Schools in India

Posted on September 28th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

In India, according to the World Bank, approximately 400 million people are without access to reliable electricity and an estimated 100,000 villages are without access[...]
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Energy efficiency and the Solyndra effect

Posted on September 26th, 2011 by Lisa Wood

Not so long ago the green energy movement celebrated because President Obama used words like ‘renewable energy’ and ‘climate change’ in his inaugural speech. It[...]
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Advantages To Outsourcing Production Of Trichlorosilane

Posted on September 22nd, 2011 by Ben Lack

David Natan, CEO of Suni Energies, discusses the role TCS plays in the manufacturing of solar panels and how his company is well position to[...]
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High Noon for Reluctant US Banks to Get off the Fence

Posted on September 21st, 2011 by Sylvia Minton

It’s no secret that the global solar industry is booming. Recent market studies suggest that the United States photovoltaic market will overtake Germany and Italy[...]
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Energy efficiency is so in right now

Posted on September 5th, 2011 by Lisa Wood

In the movie The Social Network, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want ads on an early version of his social network; he understands that first[...]
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China steps up Solar Deployment

Posted on August 26th, 2011 by Priyanka Samant

On August 1, 2011, the China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced a national feed-in tariff (FiT) for solar PV. Although details are still[...]
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Hybrid Rooftop Solar System Generates Electricity Through Hydrogen

Posted on August 23rd, 2011 by Ben Lack

Nico Hotz, a Duke University researcher, discusses solar power generation research that involves using hydrogen as a vehicle for creating electricity.