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Nanosolar: Solar Power at a Lower Cost

In a market-friendly scenario, Nanosolar claims to be able to produce electricity at 5-6 cents/kilowatt hour almost as cheap as power from coal and at about one-third the cost of other solar power.

BIPV Solar Tiles Pass Testing, But are They Ready for Your Roof?

This time last year I wrote about the introduction of a new breed of building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV): the Sol Power Tile. This unique midnight-blue roofing tile is the first-ever solar product specifically designed for curved roofing systems, according to its manufacturer, SRS Energy.

3,000 Solar Panels Help Power Anheuser-Busch's Newark Brewery

NEWARK, N.J., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Anheuser-Busch announced today the installation of a solar array on the roof of its Newark, N.J. brewery. The array of more than 3,000 photovoltaic solar panels covers 65,000 square feet and, at peak production, will be capable of covering nearly five percent of the brewery's electricity demand.

Yingli Green Energy to Power Largest PV Solar Power Plant in France

BAODING, China, May 17 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers

How many solar panels are needed for your new electric car

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Solar Nissan Leaf - Click above for high-res image gallery So, you want to join the hipsters who are powering their electric vehicles from the sun ?

Solar Could Represent 25% of Global Electricity by 2050

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Evolution Solar (PinkSheets:EVSO) applauded todays action of the International Energy Agency (IEA), which released two Roadmaps on Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) ...

2016 Olympics Could Sport Amazing 300-Foot Solar Waterfall

Sunny Rio de Janeiro will host the next Summer Olympics in 2016. As our world and technological savvy have increased in recent decades, so have the Olympics become a showcase for massive, expensive and cutting-edge design and construction.

JA Solar Announces First Quarter 2010 Results

Total shipments in the first quarter of 2010 were a record 272MW, compared with fourth quarter 2009 shipments of 231MW, representing sequential growth of 17.7 percent. Tolling business was 26 percent of total shipments. Shipments to international customers expanded