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 Seattle, WA (SPX) Aug 11, 2009 
Researchers the world over are striving to develop organic solar cells that can be produced easily and inexpensively as thin films that could be widely used to generate electricity. But a major obstacle is coaxing these carbon-based materials to reliably form the proper structure at the nanoscale (tinier than 2-millionths of an inch) to be highly efficient in converting light to ... read more
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 11, 2009On a 104-degree Friday in July when sunlight bathed The University of Arizona campus, doctoral student Dio Placencia sat before a noisy vacuum chamber in the Chemical Sciences Building trying to advance the renewable energy revolution. As a member of UA professor Neal R. Armstrong's research group, Placencia conducts research aimed at creating a thin, flexible organic solar cell that could ... more
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Binghamton NY (SPX) Aug 11, 2009Earthsponse, a Central New York-based renewable energy solutions company, has announced its involvement in a new program funding solar installations across New York State. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) released details yesterday on a $74 million project to fund the installation of energy efficiency measures, renewable energy systems, and alternative ... more 
Jacksonville FL (SPX) Aug 11, 2009SunWorks Solar Systems, Florida's leading solar system supplier has signed a letter of intent to design, develop and install a large-scale solar energy project in Central Florida. The solar electric / photovoltaic "solar farm" system is planned for 2 MW (megawatts) in capacity, which will make it one of the largest in Florida. Plans call for system installation in early 2010. This ... more 
New Delhi (UPI) Aug 3, 2009 The draft of India's ambitious National Solar Mission plan, aimed at reducing emissions and easing the country's crippling power shortages, was endorsed in principle today by the prime minister's Council on Climate Change, Press Trust of India reports. India, the world's fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, would reduce its reliance on dirty coal under the plan. India's solar pow ... more |
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Culver City CA (SPX) Jul 28, 2009SolarCity has announced the availability of its award-winning solar leasing option (SolarLease ) to customers of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the nation's largest municipal utility. SolarCity's lease combines with LADWP's generous solar rebates, among the highest of any U.S. utility, to make solar power as affordable for Los Angeles homeowners as anywhere in the nation. ... more 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 28, 2009A massive oversupply of solar modules, combined with disappointing demand, caused average inventories throughout the solar supply chain to soar by 64.3 percent, spurring major oversupply and price erosion, according to iSuppli Corp. Average days of inventory among solar module and cell makers, polysilicon and wafer suppliers and vertically integrated companies that provide all these items ... more 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 28, 2009The appetite for solar projects in the United States has lagged market leaders like Germany and Spain, however increased federal and state subsidies have begun to take effect and demand for solar in certain markets like New Jersey and California is heating up. According to a new report from Pike Research, the U.S. solar market will surpass Spain in 2009 and will top Germany by 2013. ... more |
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