First Solar will build a 48 MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Sempra Generation in Nevada, USA.
30 April, 2009
The year ahead will be tough for wind energy whereas solar power will experience an uptick in 2009, according to analyst Emerging Energy Research (EER).
30 April, 2009
Coal and nuclear power could cost 30% more per year by 2025 than energy from concentrating solar and hot dry rock geothermal power, according to DESERTEC-Australia.
29 April, 2009
The installation of the FLATCON systems for the Spanish CPV power plant in Castilla-La Mancha is now complete.
28 April, 2009
The new 20MW plant will produce enough energy to supply 10,000 homes.
28 April, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a list of the USA’s top green power purchasers.
28 April, 2009
Risø’s solar energy programme has been conducting research into polymer solar cells - a cheap alternative to existing silicon-based solar cells - and research is now at such an advanced stage that a demonstration plant has been built at Risø DTU.
28 April, 2009
According to the Korea Times, South Korean and US researchers claim to have engineered an approach that could lead to plastic solar cells with power-conversion efficiencies of more than 6%.
28 April, 2009
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) may see 200 MW of power coming from solar panels in space from 2016.
27 April, 2009
Real estate developer Kitson & Partners and electric utility Florida Power & Light have agreed to build a solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant at Babcock Ranch, Florida, USA, making it “the world’s first city powered by solar energy.”
27 April, 2009
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has awarded Spire Semiconductor a contract to develop triple junction 42% efficiency concentrator solar cells.
24 April, 2009
Solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer, Trina Solar, has completed a 4.7 MW solar PV rooftop installation in Italy developed by ErgyCapital.
20 April, 2009
Renewable Energy Focus has now joined the twitter network...
19 April, 2009
REC Solar is reducing second quarter (Q2) production of solar cells and modules by close to 50% in response to the “challenging market environment.”
17 April, 2009
Renewable Power Solutions, a provider of solar energy installation services, has been awarded the first exclusively solar apprenticeship programme by the State of California.
16 April, 2009
Dow Corning has selected JinCheon, Korea, as the site for further expansion of its solar business with the development of a second Solar Solutions Application Center.
15 April, 2009
Xcel Energy and SunPower Corp., a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, are to build a 17 megawatt AC photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant in Colorado's Alamosa County.
14 April, 2009
The Hydrogen Education Foundation, part of the National Hydrogen Association, has announced the winners of the 2008-09 Hydrogen Student Design Contest.
13 April, 2009
Helios Technology S.p.A. has achieved its 60 MWp target for its Italy-based cell production line, and has also started up its new module production line - which will reportedly reach a capacity of 50 MWp during 2009.
13 April, 2009
Feynman's famous 1959 proclamation “There's plenty of room at the bottom” largely referred to the untapped storage ability for information at the nanoscale.
12 April, 2009
Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union and founder of Green Cross International, has told world leaders to invest in solar PV energy swiftly as a way out of the current economic crisis, and as part of an emergency response to climate change.
10 April, 2009
Platina Partners LLP, a private equity fund advisor, has taken control of production at three major Spanish solar energy projects - the Anemoi at the Cantillana, El Coronil and Ocaña solar PV power plants.
10 April, 2009
The global solar photovoltaic (PV) market grew to at least 5.5 GW in 2008 compared to 2.4 GW in 2007, with Spain topping the list followed by Germany.
08 April, 2009
Electricity supply from renewable energies including wind and hydro in the UK rose by 11.7%, or 2.2 TWh, to 20.7 TWh in 2008.
07 April, 2009
The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Commission have announced the 12 nominees for this year's European Inventor of the Year awards.
02 April, 2009
Germany’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant using thin-film technology on a pitched roof has been inaugurated in Moers, near Duisburg, Germany.
02 April, 2009