West Lafayette, Ind. (UPI) Jan 13, 2013 - Properties found in gemstones to reflect, diffract and bend incoming light could up solar cell efficiency and bring low-cost solar energy, U.S. scientists say.
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 11, 2013 - The sun ejects a continuous flow of electrically charged particles and magnetic fields in the form of the solar wind - and this wind is hotter than it should be. A new study of data obtained by Eur
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2013 - Recurrent Energy has announced the commercial operation of the final of four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, providing a total of 88 megawatts (MWdc) of clean electricity to the Sacramento Municip
El Segundo, CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2013 - Amid rapidly falling prices, mounting losses and massive operational costs, the upstream solar photovoltaic (PV) supply chain is undergoing major consolidation, with the number of companies particip
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jan 10, 2013 - Kyocera Solar has announced the Kyocera Diamond Partner Program for new and existing installers who offer Kyocera solar modules and peripheral photovoltaic (PV) system products. The benefit program
Rocklin, CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2013 - JLM Energy has secured OG-100 certification from the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) for its Gyezr solar thermal collectors. Designed and manufactured in the U.S., Gyezr solar ther
New Delhi (UPI) Jan 10, 2013 - As India aims to boost solar power as part of its national solar mission, many individual states are also ramping up solar targets.
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 10, 2013 - The storage capacity of concentrating solar power (CSP) can add significant value to a utility company's optimal mix of energy sources, a new report by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renew
Baoding, China, (SPX) Jan 09, 2013 - Yingli Green Energy reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resources Company Limited (Tianjin Yingli) has achieved significant progress in multicrystalline ingot castin
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2013 - Why are efficient and affordable solar cells so highly coveted? Volume. The amount of solar energy lighting up Earth's land mass every year is nearly 3,000 times the total amount of annual human ene
Austin TX (SPX) Jan 09, 2013 - The renewable energy market is saturated with new ideas and promising technologies. More specifically, there's a healthy bit of buzz around what's on tap for solar power in the coming years. T
(UPI) Mayenne, France (UPI) Jan 9, 2013 - France has instituted a series of emergency measures to revive its flagging solar energy industry, Energy Minister Delphine Batho said this week.
Davis CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2013 - Chemists at the University of California, Davis, have engineered blue-green algae to grow chemical precursors for fuels and plastics - the first step in replacing fossil fuels as raw materials for t
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jan 9, 2013 - Australia now has 2 million small-scale renewable energy installations, says the Clean Energy Regulator, the government agency that oversees Australia's renewable energy targets.
Oxford UK (SPX) Jan 07, 2013 - Innovative hand held electrical test instrumentation has been used on the installation of a new solar PV system which has been designed to enable a school to reduce its carbon footprint. Southern So
Wuxi, China (SPX) Jan 04, 2013 - Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. reports that its solar modules have passed the Blowing Sand Test based on DIN EN 60068-2-68 LC2 by SGS, the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and cer
