Boston MA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collect
Berlin (AFP) Jan 19, 2014 - Germany's new energy minister has outlined cuts in subsidies to producers of renewable energy as the country wrestles with soaring costs from its nuclear power exit, according to a document obtained by AFP Sunday.
Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Solar energy has long been used as a clean alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and oil, but it could only be harnessed during the day when the sun's rays were strongest. Now researchers led by
Argonne IL (SPX) Jan 17, 2014 - Humans have for ages taken cues from nature to build their own devices, but duplicating the steps in the complicated electronic dance of photosynthesis remains one of the biggest challenges and oppo
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jan 16, 2014 - Connecticut residents who made a New Year's resolution to reduce their environmental impact may be getting a boost without even realizing it. On December 23, 2013, a 5-megawatt AC (7.4MW DC) install
London, UK (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - Light-gathering macromolecules in plant cells transfer energy by taking advantage of molecular vibrations whose physical descriptions have no equivalents in classical physics, according to the first
Hong Kong (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - GS Hong Kong Solar, a maker of thin-film CIGS solar cells, has officially opened its new 150,000 square foot manufacturing plant. The plant has a phase one, full-production capacity of 40 mega
Plymouth Meeting PA (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - While smartphones are certainly getting smarter, the average battery life is draining faster than ever. What good are all those clever apps and devices when your battery dies in the middle of a coll
Thornton CO (SPX) Jan 13, 2014 - Ascent Solar Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to establish a joint venture entity (JV) with the Government of the Municipal City of Suqian in Jiangsu Province, China (Suqian). Un
Newark NJ (SPX) Jan 12, 2014 - The first powerful X-class solar flare of 2014, in association with another solar phenomenon, a giant cloud of solar particles known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), erupted from the sun on Tuesd
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2014 - An enormous sunspot, labeled AR1944, slipped into view over the sun's left horizon late on Jan. 1, 2014. The sunspot steadily moved toward the right, along with the rotation of the sun, and now sits
Baoding, China (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - Yingli Green Energy has announced that the Company has supplied 1 MW of multicrystalline PV modules to Serbia's 2nd largest solar project. The 1 MW project is located in the municipality of Kl
Glenwood NM (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - Solar Biz is pleased to announce involvement with the Floating Doctors in bringing electricity to the indigenous community of Valle Escondido on Isla Cristobal, Panama. Floating Doctors, a non-profi
Jiashan, China (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - ReneSola has announced it signed a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) to sell three utility-scale projects in Western China, with a total capacity of 60MW, to Jiangsu Akcome Solar Science and Technology on
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - ReneSola has announced its collaboration with Solar Power Systems of Mexico in implementing a 192KW project for glass manufacturer Vidrio Formas in Lerma, Edo, Mexico. Vidrio Formas manufactur
Shanghai, China (SPX) Jan 07, 2014 - ReneSola has announced it has been awarded a contract to supply 420MW of solar panels to a leading solar project developer based in Japan. ReneSola's Virtus II 300W 72-cell high-efficiency pol
