San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2013 - Don't hire someone to wash your dirty solar panels. That's the conclusion of a study recently conducted by a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego. Their findings were publish
Brussels, Brussels Capital Region (AFP) Aug 02, 2013 - The European Commission said on Friday that a much-lauded amicable solution over imports of Chinese solar panels, a key step in easing fears of a trade war, will enter legal force on Tuesday, August 6.
San Diego (UPI) Jul 31, 2013 - Cleaning solar panels is often not worth the cost if trying to improve their efficiency, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, say.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - Nearly doubling the efficiency of a breakthrough photovoltaic cell they created last year, UCLA researchers have developed a two-layer, see-through solar film that could be placed on windows, sunroo
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, HZB and TU Delft scientists have successfully stored nearly five percent of solar energy chemically in the form of hydrogen. This i
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - Electronic touch pads that cost just a few dollars and solar cells that cost the same as roof shingles are one step closer to reality today. Researchers in the University of Minnesota's Colleg
Livermore CA (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - The use of plasmonic black metals could someday provide a pathway to more efficient photovoltaics (PV) - the use of solar panels containing photovoltaic solar cells - to improve solar energy harve
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 31, 2013 - Kyocera has announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC, its joint venture with Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation, has begun operation of a 2.4 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Sydney (UPI) Jul 31, 2013 - A $403 million solar power project in Australia, touted as the Southern Hemisphere's largest, is ready to move forward after receiving partial funding agreements, said its developer AGL energy.
London (UPI) Jul 30, 2013 - A North American subsidiary of British energy company Centrica said it paid $54 million to acquire a U.S. solar power company.
Brussels (AFP) July 29, 2013 - China and the EU can now look at other trade disputes after reaching an amicable solution over imports of Chinese solar panels, a key step in easing fears of a trade war, a top European Union official said on Monday.
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 29, 2013 - Using data from a NASA satellite, a team of scientists led by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and involving the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered a massive particle acc
Richmond VA (SPX) Jul 29, 2013 - Dominion has acquired three solar-power development projects near Indianapolis, Ind., from Sunrise Energy Ventures. Expected to be in service before the end of 2013, the projects will use stan
Brussels (AFP) July 27, 2013 - The European Commission said Saturday it has reached an amicable solution with Beijing over imports of Chinese solar panels, a dispute that had threatened a full-blown trade war between two of the world's largest trading powers.
Stamford CT (SPX) Jul 26, 2013 - A small ambitious group from Viridian Energy sets off for Indonesia this week to demonstrate the difference between a splash and a ripple. They're headed to the Gedepahala area of Java, two hours fr
Wuxi, China (SPX) Jul 26, 2013 - Suntech Power Holdings has announced that it is supplying the photovoltaic modules for the largest solar power plant in Latin America, a 30MW plant in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The
