NREL Achieves 18.2% Efficient Nano Solar Cell
Using a chemical nano-porous etching process, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) was able to create an antireflective surface on silicon PV cells without using additional antireflection...
View ArticleObama’s International Clean Energy Strategy
The best way to understand the Obama administration’s support for clean energy internationally is to understand the tale of two agencies: The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and The...
View ArticleTesla Repays DOE Loan (9 Years Early)
Apparently some people don’t like being beholden to others. At least that seems to be the case for Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors. On Wednesday (May 22), the high-end electric vehicle (EV) maker announced...
View ArticleThe Bright Future for Renewables
Okay, the title is a bit of an overstatement. But when it comes to the economy, we don’t need a crystal ball to understand what is coming next. Rarely in history has there been a time when the greatest...
View ArticleSunpower: A Good Investment After Mega Run?
The stock market has been paying attention to SunPower (SPWR) in a big way. At the end of May the stock hit an annual high of 23.76, a gain of 125% from where it was just a month earlier. That price is...
View ArticleSolar on Breweries Across the U.S
What can solar do for our tastebuds? Some brewers are posing this question as they offset their energy costs and integrate solar into the meticulous beer making process. Anyone who has tried to home...
View ArticleTata Solar Moves Sees $$$ in India
Tata Power Solar Systems, a division of India’s biggest company Tata Group, sees installing solar systems in India as a $1.3 billion opportunity. That’s because it will cost more for commercial and...
View ArticleSunrun Announces $630M in Residential Solar Investments
With Sunrun’s announcement of $630 million in three new solar investments for residential solar, the third-party ownership model of solar will continue to drive unprecedented growth in the industry....
View Article$600M Solar Testing Facility Coming to Texas A&M
Last week Texas A&M University-Central Texas announced ambitious plans to build a $600 million solar testing facility, which it said would be the largest in the world. The university is partnering...
View ArticleIn Focus: Game Changing Renewable Technologies
The EU has a directive in place for all member states to produce 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. But how exactly does the UK government plan to meet with these (not so far away)...
View ArticleCalifornia Ranchers Go Solar
Cattle ranchers are herding more than sheep and cattle—they’re rounding up the power of the sun. Farmers too are harvesting the sun’s rays to increase their energy independence and power their farming...
View Article10GW Milestone Surpassed by U.S Solar
NPD Solarbuzz is reporting that the U.S. now has more than 10 gigawatts of photovoltaic (PV) power installed. Moreover, it joins just three other countries that have surpassed that mark: Germany—the...
View ArticleSolar: Big in Japan for 2013
Can solar replace retired nuclear in Japan? Will Japan’s booming solar market have legs or will it fade like a FIT? Before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan had about 50 gigawatts of electrical...
View ArticleUsing Technology to Reduce Solar Industry Soft Costs
There is general agreement that ‘soft costs’ are hindering solar industry growth in the U.S. What people can’t seem to agree on is why this is happening, or what to do about it. In fact, industry...
View ArticleWhen Will Solar Prices Increase?
Representatives from GoGreenSolar.com just attended InterSolar North America, one of solar’s leading networking events. Businesses from more than 70 countries met in San Francisco to showcase new...
View ArticleBIPV: Ready for Launch
Cost and performance considerations have long held back the market for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), but the steep drop in solar prices and the emergence of high-profile projects and EU...
View ArticleMassive Ivanpah Solar Plant Opens in California’s Mojave Desert
Solar is booming in the sunshine state. Installations grew by 76% in 2012 and in the next few weeks, the largest solar power plant in the world will...The post Massive Ivanpah Solar Plant Opens in...
View ArticleSunEdison Buys EchoFirst
SunEdison has made some promises that when it gets deeper into residential solar financing — it’s going to do things a bit differently. How...The post SunEdison Buys EchoFirst appeared first on Solar...
View ArticleIn Focus: Thin Glass For Energy Storage
Researchers at Penn State University are working on a new type of thin glass capable of storing energy, a material that could help make...The post In Focus: Thin Glass For Energy Storage appeared first...
View ArticlePlasmonic Black Metals: Lowering the Cost of Solar Cells?
According to a Lawrence Livermore engineering team, plasmonic black metals—nanostructured metals are designed to have low reflectivity and high absorption of visible and infrared...The post Plasmonic...
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