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SunEdison receives approval to construct a 72 Megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant in Northeastern Italy
SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. has received final approval from the Italian government to develop and construct a 72 Megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Northeastern Italy, near the town of Rovigo. When completed, this is expected to be the largest photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Europe. Power generation will begin in the second half of 2010 with final completion expected by year end. In the first f... [more]
Chevron Energy Solutions starts construction of solar project for East Side Union High School District
Chevron Energy Solutions, a unit of Chevron Corporation, and East Side Union High School District in San José, California, have announced the start of construction on a 3.7-megawatt solar project that is expected to provide more than $1.5 million in budget relief to the district’s general fund in the first year and $7.6 million over five years. It is anticipated that the project will reduce the district’s electric utility costs by 30 percent and ... [more]
EMMA energy and micro-generator controller can divert surplus energy to additional storage devices
To date, an average of 50 per cent of what is generated by a micro-generator is uncontrollably exported to the grid due to the unavailability of a smart energy management device that can manage and match energy supply and demand in any household. Coolpower Products Ltd. has launched a technology solution for the UK market, that will provide a smart energy management device for both domestic and commercial buildings, that more effectively mana... [more]
SolarWorld invests in Qatar Solar Technologies
Qatar is one of the world’s largest supplier countries for natural gas that has so far been securing its power supply on the basis of natural gas. SolarWorld is acquiring a 29 percent stake in the newly founded Joint Venture Qatar Solar Technologies headquartered in the Emirate of Qatar. The joint venture will establish the first production facility for polysilicon on the Arabian Peninsula. Partners are the Qatar Foundation (70 percent) and t... [more]
23,000 Suntech solar modules to be mounted on Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco
SunLink® Corporation has announced that its roof module mounting solution has begun shipping for a five megawatt project located on the Sunset Reservoir in San Francisco, California - one of the nation’s largest municipal solar installation. Chosen by Recurrent Energy, an independent power producer and a leading developer of solar power projects, SunLink’s solution will be used to mount over 23,000 Suntech solar modules on the flat, seismically r... [more]
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Energy saving begins at home: a Renewable Energy Specialist installs a double dose of solar power at his own house (Renewable Energy World)
It's no surprise that professionals working in any renewable energy field are aware of the practical, carbon-saving benefits of installing solar energy in their own homes. For Tony Almond, boss of Planet Energy Solutions, that meant a double dose of solar power – with both solar photovoltaics and solar thermal panels installed at his property in Welwyn, Hertfordshire (UK).
Solar Energy Could Provide 10% of U.S. Power (redOrbit)
By 2030, solar power could meet as much as 10-percent of the need for electricity in America, claims a new report from a leading environmental advocacy group.The report, Building a Solar Future: Repowering America’s Homes, Businesses and Industry with Solar Energy, was presented on March 9, 2010 by Washington, D.C.
University of Toledo fights to outpace solar power rivals (The Toledo Blade)
By JOE VARDON BLADE PROJECTS EDITOR Last of three parts The research in solar energy and specifically thin-film photovoltaics at the University of Toledo is a sense of pride on campus, a selling point for state officials to solar companies, and is recognized by many solar-industry insiders throughout the country. “The University of Toledo pops up even on my radar screen, and I don't have any ...
UCSD gets grant for solar research (Solana Beach Sun)
UCSD is getting a half-million dollars to study ways to improve solar power in cloudy conditions. The California Public Utilities Commission approved the $548,148 grant Thursday as part of $9.3 million in grants approved by the CPUC for eight solar research projects through the regulatory agency's California Solar Initiative. "The California Solar Initiative is one of the greatest focused ...
Sunshine is free, so can photovoltaics be cheap? (Scientific American)
Here's how to make a solar cell from silicon : take one solid block of doped silicon, saw it into thin wafers, layer said semiconductors beneath a panel of transparent glass, connect them to a metal electrode that can channel away the electrons knocked loose by incoming photons and turn it into a photovoltaic device. That process has at least two flaws: such silicon is expensive, contributing ...
Southern California Edison Orders 200 Megawatts of SunPower Panels for Large Utility Solar Project (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ROSEMEAD, Calif.----Southern California Edison , an Edison International company , and SunPower Corp. announced today that SunPower has won a contract to provide solar technology for generating up to 200 megawatts, or 80 percent, of the solar power capacity needed for the utility’s large solar photovoltaic installation program.
Squeezing Solar Power From Nanowires (Discovery Channel)
Efficient silicon photovoltaics hold so much potential but scaling them up would involve outlandish costs. Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a new approach that could pare down the price. Usually solar cells are made from ultrapure single ...
Solar Study Will Look at Cloudy Days (San Diego 6)
UCSD gets a half million dollar grant for study.
Governor Ted Strickland upbeat on solar job growth (The Toledo Blade)
By JOE VARDON BLADE PROJECTS EDITOR Second of three parts COLUMBUS - Lisa Patt-McDaniel hopped onto a plane headed for Anaheim, Calif., in October for the Solar Power International Conference. As the director of Ohio's Department of Development, Ms. Patt-McDaniel said she used the trip to speak with about 20 solar energy company executives and attempted to persuade them to make their products in ...
University of Toledo fights to outpace solar power rivals (The Toledo Blade)
By JOE VARDON BLADE PROJECTS EDITOR
