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The Solar Daily Editorial Team produces Solar Daily's coverage of solar energy and the renewable transition. We report on photovoltaics, energy storage, project development, markets and policy, and the research advancing the next generation of solar technology. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, source verification, drafting, technical review, and editing, rather than a single writer's work. Solar Daily takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.

Searing Sun Seen in X-rays

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 09, 2015 - X-rays light up the surface of our sun in a bouquet of colors in this new image containing data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The high-energy X-rays seen by NuSTAR ar

Jul 9, 2015

Schneider Electric to optimize 17 MW project

Burnaby, Canada (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Schneider Electric Solar Business, a global leader in solutions for the solar power conversion chain, is pleased to announce that they have provided the complete electrical balance of system (BOS) f

Jul 9, 2015

Paragon Communications slashes energy costs with Independence Solar

Bolton MA (SPX) Jul 09, 2015 - Paragon Communications partnered with Independence Solar to install a 1,200 kW rooftop solar array at its Bolton, MA headquarters. The 4,000-panel installation will offset about 50% of the 300,000 s

Jul 9, 2015

Report: Oman tries solar to enhance oil production

Muscat, Oman (UPI) Jul 8, 2015 - The sultanate of Oman aims to employ solar technology as a long-term method to extract its heavier grade of crude oil, a managing director said.

Jul 8, 2015

Vikram Solar to supply US Master Distributor with 20 MW of solar modules

Kolkata, India (SPX) Jul 08, 2015 - PV module manufacturer Vikram Solar has announced that the company has signed a master distribution agreement for residential and commercial PV installations with a leading US solar wholesaler, Clea

Jul 8, 2015

AES completes PV projects totaling 2 MW in Vermont

Barre, Vermont (SPX) Jul 08, 2015 - AES Distributed Energy has released the following statement from Woody Rubin, Senior Vice President, commenting on the successful completion of three projects totaling 2 megawatts (MW) located in th

Jul 8, 2015

Macon Missouri Solar Farm Opened

St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 07, 2015 - Gardner Capital and MC Power Companies have announced the commercial operation of a solar farm in Macon, Missouri, as well as the groundbreaking and development plans for an additional solar utility

Jul 7, 2015

US DoE and Clean Energy Collective Launch Community Solar Hub

Louisville CO (SPX) Jul 05, 2015 - The world's leading community solar provider Clean Energy Collective (CEC) has announced the launch of the Community Solar Hub (CSH), a web-based resource center devoted to roofless community sola

Jul 5, 2015

New method can make cheaper solar energy storage

Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 05, 2015 - Storing solar energy as hydrogen is a promising way for developing comprehensive renewable energy systems. To accomplish this, traditional solar panels can be used to generate an electrical current

Jul 5, 2015

Enphase Energy to supply Domos Industries’ Freewatt solar system

Milton Keynes, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2015 - Enphase Energy and their distribution partner Domos Industries have announced the availability of Freewatt, a complete solar photovoltaic (PV) system powered by Enphase that addresses residential ne

Jul 5, 2015

Ream develops storage cell for solar energy storage, nighttime conversion

Arlington TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 - A University of Texas at Arlington materials science and engineering team has developed a new energy cell that can store large-scale solar energy even when it's dark. The innovation is an advancemen

Jul 3, 2015

Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii, completing historic flight

Kapolei, United States (AFP) July 3, 2015 - The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft completed a historic flight in its quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel, touching down gracefully in Hawaii on Friday after the most arduous leg of its journey.

Jul 3, 2015

Lockheed Martin solar carport will be Florida’s largest private solar array

Oldsmar FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 - With the first phase of the innovative solar carport at Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems and Training facility in Oldsmar, Florida completed and phase two construction now underway, Florida's large

Jul 3, 2015

Colorado’s Largest City Chooses Community Solar

Denver CO (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 - SunShare has announced that 400 kilowatts of solar energy from two of its Denver Community Solar Gardens will soon be powering sixteen City-owned locations. One of the nation's leading Community Sol

Jul 3, 2015

CEC brings roofless community-shared solar solution to Texas

Robstown TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 - The world's leading community solar provider, Clean Energy Collective (CEC), has announced a partnership with NEC Retail Co-op Electricity to bring community-shared solar to south Texas. CEC will de

Jul 3, 2015

Old Kyoto golf course to be repurposed with 23-Megawatt solar power plant

Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2015 - Kyocera Corporation has announced that Kyocera TCL Solar has commenced construction of a 23-megawatt (MW) solar power plant on an abandoned golf course in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The plant will gen

Jul 3, 2015