Speech by Amber Rudd to Solar Energy UK, the UK solar industry’s expo event.
Solar PV is an important part of the UK’s energy mix and very much a renewables success story – overall deployment has surpassed expectations. Since 2010, from a starting point of almost zero, you, the...
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Powertree Services’ Innovative Solution Combines Solar Energy Generation with Battery Storage and Electric Vehicle Charging; Offers Supplemental Building Energy for Customers on Pacific Gas &...
View ArticleMGM Resorts International and NRG Energy Celebrate the Installation of the...
The 20-acre array at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino will offset 20 percent of the resort’s peak energy demand, will be joined by an additional 2-megawatt dc (MW dc) array currently under development...
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Many high school students have zapped water with electricity to make hydrogen and oxygen. To turn that chemical process into a type of battery, researchers adapt ideas from oil refineries. By Chris...
View ArticleLargest African Solar Energy Plant Comes Online In South Africa
JOHANNESBURG – SolarReserve, a leading global developer of utility-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, today announced that the 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) Jasper...
View ArticleFord and SunPower Welcome Sierra Club as Newest Partner of National Drive...
Sierra Club Receives $500 Donation for Each Residential SunPower Solar System Installed Through the Program The Sierra Club is joining Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and SunPower’s (NASDAQ: SPWR) Drive...
View ArticleSolar energy that doesn’t block the view
By Michigan State University A team of researchers at Michigan State University has developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people...
View ArticleNew Report Shows U.S. Solar Industry Nearing 16 GW of Installed Capacity
BOSTON, MA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States’ solar market hit a major milestone in the second quarter of this year, with more than half a million homes and businesses now generating solar...
View ArticleDriving Development of Clean Energy
By Kate Brandt and Dan Utech, White House Since the President took office, we have made unprecedented progress transforming America into a clean energy economy built to last. The amount of electricity...
View ArticleNREL Demonstrates 45.7% Efficiency for Concentrator Solar Cell
New design for ultra-efficient III-V multijunction cell pushes the limits of solar conversion The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has announced the demonstration of a 45.7...
View ArticlePrice Drop for Solar Power Storage Systems
By: BSW-Solar/Solar Promotion GmbH Christmas present for the Energiewende: Prices for solar power storage systems have fallen by 25 percent since spring / Solar industry expects continued growth in...
View ArticleSolarCity Launches Homebuilder Program on East Coast
Program active in seven East Coast states and growing, open for homebuilders who want to offer decreased energy costs and lock in low rates for homebuyers San Mateo, Calif. – Homebuilders across the...
View ArticleInterior Department Greenlights Transmission Line to Modernize Grid
Unlock Renewable Energy Sources in Southwest, SunZia Southwest Transmission Project to Generate Clean Energy Jobs, Strengthen Nation’s Energy Security ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On the heels of the...
View ArticleU.S. Solar Manufacturing Rising on the Horizon
It’s been a great year for the solar energy industry. By the end of 2014, solar deployment is slated to be up nearly 40% over 2013. Today, the booming demand for solar energy supports more than 173,000...
View ArticleSolarCity Brings America’s Most Affordable Solar Loan to Southeastern...
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — SolarCity® (NASDAQ: SCTY), America’s #1 solar power provider, this week introduced the most affordable solar power offering in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The company will offer...
View ArticleSolarCity Launches Microgrid Service, Available Worldwide
GridLogic™ combines distributed solar, batteries and controllable loads to give municipalities, remote communities, military bases and hospitals cleaner, more resilient, more affordable power SAN...
View ArticleA bright future: Nissan LEAF is the first glow-in-the-dark car to drive the...
OSS, the Netherlands – Nissan has blazed a trail by driving its unique glow-in-the-dark zero-emission LEAF along the world’s first glow-in-the-dark motorway in Oss, the Netherlands. Nissan recently...
View ArticleFirst Ever Oceanic Crossing in a Solar Powered Airplane
Solar Impulse Pilots, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, unveil the strategy for first oceanic crossing from Nanjing to Hawaii which will be the longest leg of the Round-the-World Solar Fight On...
View ArticleCook Islands Solar Energy Projects Opened
Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna have officially opened solar arrays on the Northern Cook islands of Penrhyn and Manihiki this week, and marked the completion...
View ArticleABB Paves the Way for More Solar Power in Dubai
Zurich, Switzerland – Substation extension to integrate more solar energy into UAE grid and enhance grid reliability ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth...
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