SOLAR BLOG

Dock Here for Clean Renewable Solar Energy!
This can very well happen in the near future with billboards advertising C bold and strong, beckoning electric vehicles for recharging. Already in Berlin-Adlershof, this is happening. The largest independently functioning solar charging station is offering high-quality
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
Beautiful Earth Group installs solar charging station in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Earth Group (BEG), a Brooklyn, NY-based renewable energy company, has installed a solar-powered plug-in vehicle charging station right in its own backyard. Well, sort of. You see, BEG's solar charging units sits in Brooklyn Bridge Park C an 85-acre sustainable waterfront piece of land with views of New York Harbor and the Manhattan skyline.
Wind and Solar Can Reliably Supply 25 Percent of Oahu's Electricity Need
When combined with on-Oahu wind farms and solar energy, the Interisland Wind project planned to bring 400 megawatts (MW) of wind power from Molokai and Lanai to Oahu could reliably supply more than 25% of Oahu's projected electricity demand, according to the Oahu Wind Integration Study (OWIS).
large renewable energy projects
The Large Renewable Energy System Competitive Incentives allow Wisconsin businesses and organizations to apply for funds to help implement large renewable energy systems.
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.
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 ?
UK Cuts Subsidies to Big Solar
In the UK, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, or DECC, is planning to cut solar subsidies for all solar energy systems above 50 kilowatts.
Now seem to be the light at the end of the tunnel.
All told, clean energy companies received 23% of venture capital (VC) dollarseven more than its heyday in 2008.
The Secret to Better Solar CellsIs Blue Jeans?
After a series of studies and a plethora of research, the bright minds at Cornell University have discovered a simpler and more efficient way to create solar cells. Surprisingly enough, they found the solution in an everyday pair of blue jeans.
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.
Laser'Scribing'to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency
The research team focused on ways to improve the scribing of the microchannels. Better the microchannels, more efficient will be the solar cells. They tried a process called cold ablation to use laser beams flashed for only picoseconds C quadrillionths of a second. This way, pulsing laser helped in making microchannels with exact depths and well-defined outlines without causing any damage to the ultra-thin-film solar cells and too in a very fast manner.
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) ...
Solar Tracker Solar Panels
A German owned company IMO has set-up a plant in USA that will make the largest solar tracker solar panels to tap solar energy. As per Ruediger Unverzagt and Klaus Pless, respectively the CEO and vice-president of this company, these solar tracker solar panels are the largest in Summerville in South California.
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
Solar power better?
In the end though, all arguments of cost aside, comparing nuclear to solar power is like comparing apples to oranges. It does not compute.
Life of Plastic Solar Cell Jumps from Hours to 8 Months
The research groups' development of an inexpensive, readily available plastic solar cell technology hit a wall because of a chemical leeching problem within the body of the prototype. A chemical coating on an electrode was unstable and migrated through the circuitry of the cell.
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.
SunTrak App Shows You Visual Savings of Solar
Along with web design agency Bartlett Interactive, GreenRay created an online dashboard application that allows consumers to see exactly how much energy their system is currently producing and, in turn, environmental benefits such as number of trees planted and cars taken off the road.
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.
China's Winning Solution to Global Energy Crisis
Solar greenhouses have played a vital role in China's agricultural scene for years. New innovations in greenhouse design are allowing growers to produce more varieties of vegetables, even during long winter months.
Demand for solar panels will significantly increase
After the earthquake in Japan, the world would be cautious of nuclear energy.Demand for solar panels will significantly increase.