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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]
Bergamo Acquisition announces new solar power project in Lebanon
Bergamo Acquisition Corp. has announced a new solar power project for the Republic of Lebanon. The total cost for the project will be USD $500 Million. This week Bergamo key management will travel to Lebanon to conclude the Letter of Intent with the Government of Lebanon. Attending this meeting on March 11, 2010 for Bergamo will be Salim Chamdia and Haseeb Fatani, both Vice Presidents of Bergamo E & A. Attending the meeting for Bergamo subsid... [more]
Eco hotel on Jekyll Island preserves the natural environment of the island
The 138-room Hampton Inn & Suites Jekyll Island opened in January 2010, the first new hotel to be built on the island in 35 years. New Castle Hotels & Resorts and co-developers Jekyll Ocean Oaks, LLC followed an extensive set of guidelines, adopted by the Jekyll Island Authority, that require development respect and preserve the unique natural environment and historic character of the island. Developers applied a range of conservation pra... [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 ...
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 ...
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
EVSO: New Report Outlines Bold Vision for Solar in the US (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
THE WOODLANDS, Texas----Management of Evolution Solar Corp. stated that they were very pleased with a new report from Environment America that outlines a vision for using the sun to meet 10 percent of the United States’ energy needs by 2030.
Surpisingly Modest Solar Growth Is Predicted (IEEE Spectrum)
Lux's projection of solar growth rates in the range of 20-25 percent suggests a conclusion by the firm that the boom peaked the year before last.
