Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - The first hybrid wind-diesel electricity park in Ecuador's famed Galapagos World Heritage Site, built by the private sector in partnership with the national and local governments, has for the past f
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Nov 25, 2013 - Researchers at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) have developed a bio-based solar cell. They embedded the two proteins photosystem 1 and 2, which in plants are responsible of photosynthesis, into co
Omaha NE (SPX) Nov 22, 2013 - Tenaska has closed financing on its 130-megawatt Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South project through an issuance of $319.4 million of senior secured, long-term notes. The private placement re
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 22, 2013 - Two large, complex sunspots are moving across the face of the sun. One, which produced considerable solar activity in the past weeks, has almost rotated off completely. A new sunspot rounded into vi
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2013 - According to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Energy Projects, solar, biomass, and wind units provided 694 MW of new elect
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2013 - Alta Devices has announced that its mobile power technology produces up to 5 times more power from indoor light than other commercially available solar technologies. This means that for a give
Mumbai, India (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - After the successful commissioning of over 80MW of solar projects across India, Mahindra EPC is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of its first solar projects in Tamil Nadu, which were
Bristol TN (SPX) Nov 20, 2013 - Holston View Elementary in Bristol, Tenn., has won Solar Project of the Year from Solar Builder magazine. The 50kW solar pavilion system - consisting of 200 MAGE Solar AC modules powered by SolarBri
Kolkata, India (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - Vikram Solar, which is developing a solar module with 100 per cent domestic raw materials, is firmly committed to advancing the public policy goals of the nation. Its endeavour would surpass the dom
St. Peters MO (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - SunEdison has launched a solar photovoltaic (PV)-based water pump designed for the agriculture sector. Intended for use in rural environments, the water pump is available in 3HP (horsepower), 5HP, 7
Urbana IL (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - If you want to get the most out of the sun, you have to improve the performance of the materials used. An interdisciplinary team of Engineering at Illinois researchers has set its sights on improvin
El Segundo, CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab recently set a new world record by producing a solar cell that converted 38.8 percent of solar energy into electricity, more than any other ground-based solar cell not u
Cambridge UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most solar energy is in the infrared. There
San Mateo CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2013 - SolarCity and BMW have partnered to offer owners of the new BMW i vehicles exclusive access to SolarCity's most affordable solar service option. The partnership will make it possible for many BMW i
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Nov 15, 2013 - Kyocera Solar and Madison School District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week to inaugurate a 1.6MW solar energy project, the first that Kyocera has developed and financed through its in-house
Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Nov 15, 2013 - NASA has released an image of the sun showing two sunspots - one coming and one going - both the size of Jupiter, astronomers say.
