Moffet Field CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2012 - Standard models predict that our Sun was much dimmer in its youth, but devising a way to keep the early Earth from freezing over has not been easy for climate modelers. An alternative solution - cur
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Feb 15, 2012 - If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functi
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2012 - In the effort to convert sunlight into electricity, photovoltaic solar cells that use conductive organic polymers for light absorption and conversion have shown great potential. Organic polymers can
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - Powell Energy and Solar, a regional provider of energy solutions for residential and commercial properties, has completed a solar panel installation for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Cherry H
West Grove PA (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - Mushrooms do not normally need much help from the sun, but nearly 5,000 solar panels have popped up alongside buildings that house white button mushrooms near West Grove, Pennsylvania. Marlboro Mush
Sydney (UPI) Feb 13, 2012 - Researchers in Australia are developing a solar roof system that uses wasted energy to warm air and water.
El Segundo CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2012 - Despite strong long-term growth prospects, the worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter space dipped slightly in 2011 as two big solar markets stalled or cut tariffs, even though overall losses in
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 13, 2012 - Australia's peak body for renewable energy said the Solar Flagships announcement this afternoon by the Federal Government was an important restatement of its commitment to the development of large s
Almeria, Spain (SPX) Feb 13, 2012 - AORA Solar has launched Europe's first gas turbine solar thermal power station in Almeria, Spain. The space-efficient power station is located on half an acre of land in Platforma Solar Almeria (PSA
Cambridge, UK (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - New solar cells could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by over 25%, according to scientists from the University of Cambridge. Scientists from the Cavendish Laboratory, the Unive
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - As the United States seeks to reinvigorate its job market and move past economic recession, MIT News examines manufacturing's role in the country's economic future through this series on work at the
Southampton, UK (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - A joint research project between the University of Southampton and lithium battery technology company REAPsystems has found that a new type of battery has the potential to improve the efficiency and
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - Visitors to Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building may have experienced a curious acoustic feature that allows a person to whisper softly at one side of the cavernous, half-domed room and for an
Norcross GA (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 - Suniva has announced that it is powering a 1 megawatt (MW) solar farm at the Chattanooga Airport. Implemented by Inman Solar, the 1 MW installation is the first phase of a 3MW project by the Chattan
White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 - The solar PV system is the primary component of the energy savings performance contract (ESPC) to be implemented by the Building Technologies Division of Siemens Industry, Inc. The solar PV system w
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2012 - The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association (MSEIA) has announced a formalized partnership to coordinate the resources of both organizatio
