Editorial Team

Solar Daily Editorial Team

Editorial Team

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.

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Santerno Introduces New PV Power Plant Controller that Provides Single Point of Control

Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 23, 2013 - At Solar Power International this week, Santerno, the Carraro Group company that specializes in alternative energy electronics and industrial automation, will display its new Santerno PV Power Plant

Oct 23, 2013

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New NRDC Crowdfunding Campaign to Connect Schools to Solar Power

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 23, 2013 - In a first-of-its kind melding of education, energy and environmentalism, the Natural Resources Defense Council has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support a new initiative to help schools purch

Oct 23, 2013

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Tiny ‘LEGO brick’ style studs make solar panels a quarter more efficient

London, UK (SPX) Oct 22, 2013 - Rows of aluminium studs help solar panels extract more energy from sunlight than those with flat surfaces. Most solar cells used in homes and industry are made using thick layers of material to abso

Oct 22, 2013

Solar Science

The Sun Also Flips: 11-Year Solar Cycle Wimpy, But Peaking

Madison WI (SPX) Oct 22, 2013 - In a 3-meter diameter hollow aluminum sphere, Cary Forest, a University of Wisconsin-Madison physics professor, is stirring and heating plasmas to 500,000 degrees Fahrenheit to experimentally mimic

Oct 22, 2013

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Solar Exchange Advances to Final Round at Solar Startup Challenge

Menlo Park CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2013 - Solar Exchange has announced it will compete in an investor-focused competition dedicated to solar industry startups at Solar Power International (SPI) in Chicago. Taking a page from Silicon Valley'

Oct 21, 2013

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Overcrowded German solar inverter market pushes suppliers to the brink

Englewood CO (SPX) Oct 21, 2013 - Evidence that the solar inverter market has become overcrowded in certain key PV markets such as Germany is growing following Solutronic's recent announcement of insolvency. Due to the high co

Oct 21, 2013

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IHS Cuts Global Solar Inverter Revenue Forecast in Light of Heavy Price Declines

London, UK (SPX) Oct 21, 2013 - Global market revenue for solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters will drop by 9 percent in 2013, due to rapid price declines for commercial and utility-scale inverters and intense cost pressure in mature

Oct 21, 2013

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Harvard Business School installs AC PV solar array

Boston MA (SPX) Oct 21, 2013 - Harvard Business School has just completed a large rooftop solar installation using AC modules from ET Solar powered by SolarBridge microinverters. Massachusetts-based solar energy company Solect En

Oct 21, 2013

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Scientists develop heat-resistant materials that could vastly improve solar cell efficiency

Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter that could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells. The novel component is designed to convert heat from the sun into infrared li

Oct 18, 2013

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PROINSO presents PV-DIESEL hybrid systems

West Sacramento CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - PROINSO bets strongly on R and D and is working to increase sales of PV-DIESEL hybrid systems, which combine PV panels and a diesel generator as a backup power source. The fuel save controller

Oct 18, 2013

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KYOCERA Announces Strategic Alliance with IronRidge for Solar Module Mounting Systems

Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Oct 18, 2013 - Kyocera Solar has announced a strategic alliance with IronRidge to supply high-reliability solar electric generating systems using the market's most advanced module-mounting technologies. Iron

Oct 18, 2013

Solar Science

Astronomers find clues to decades-long coronal heating mystery

New York NY (SPX) Oct 17, 2013 - Drs. Michael Hahn and Daniel Wolf Savin, research scientists at Columbia University's Astrophysics Laboratory in New York, NY, found evidence that magnetic waves in a polar coronal hole contain enou

Oct 17, 2013

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Trina Solar wins System Integration prize at 2013 Solar Industry Awards

San Jose CA (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - Trina Solar has announced that its Trinasmart voltage optimisation product has won the 2013 Solar Industry Award in the System Integration category. This follows success for Trina Solar Chairman and

Oct 16, 2013

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Trina Solar chief scientist at PVSEC 2013

Paris, France (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - Trina Solar took to the stage at PVSEC 2013 to provide an evaluation of current PV production costs and assess what the company believes will be the decisive buying factors for PV in the coming year

Oct 16, 2013

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KYOCERA Collaborating with Mitsui and SB Energy

Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - The Kyocera Group's subsidiary in charge of sales of solar products and services in Japan, Kyocera Solar Corporation and Mitsui and Co have agreed to collaborate on the operation of the SoftBank Izu

Oct 16, 2013

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Abengoa’s Solana begins commercial operation

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2013 - Abengoa has announced that Solana has successfully passed commercial operation tests. This milestone marks a major accomplishment for Abengoa and the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) industry.

Oct 16, 2013