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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 21, 2011 News has emerged recently of another situation where concern has been raised over the safety of certain domestic solar PV installations. On this occasion, in Australia, the NSW Government issued details of a survey of solar PV installations in western Sydney that found that 18.5% of the installations had major defects. Of the 658 systems inspected, 122 were found to have significant safety issues and a further 418 (63.5%) were found to have minor defects. These findings mirror that of a similar su ... read more |
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![]() Solar Panels Keep Buildings Cool Those solar panels on top of your roof aren't just providing clean power; they are cooling your house, or your workplace, too, according to a team of researchers led by Jan Kleissl, a professor of e ... more | .. |
![]() Westfield Amps Up Sustainability Efforts in Southern California Westfield Group has announced two solar energy initiatives in Greater Los Angeles, totaling $6 million, taking place at Westfield Topanga, and Westfield Fashion Square, two of the company's premier ... more | .. |
![]() PV System Test Reports Made Simple A new dedicated software program for the solar PV industry helps system installers produce all electrical test documentation for client handover packs quickly and easily. The new Seaward Solar ... more | .. |
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![]() TE Connectivity HM And HW Labels Now UL Recognized For Use On The Backside Of Solar Panels TE Connectivity (TE) has announced that its HM high-tack metalized polyester and HW high-tack white polyester labels have received UL recognition for use on the backside of solar panels with typical ... more | .. |
![]() New way to store sun's heat A novel application of carbon nanotubes, developed by MIT researchers, shows promise as an innovative approach to storing solar energy for use whenever it's needed. Storing the sun's heat in c ... more | .. |
![]() Latest DUNMORE Innovation Adds Unique Identifiers to Backsheet DUNMORE believes that protecting solar modules from copies and imitations is becoming increasingly important in the photovoltaics industry. To help distinguish between original products and knock-of ... more | .. |
![]() North Carolina Solar Center Expands Testing Capabilities With Donated Solar Array The North Carolina Solar Center has expanded yet again. The prominent solar research and development facility on North Carolina State University's campus in Raleigh has added a 1.98 kW photovoltaic ... more |
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![]() Solar Power International to be Held in Dallas Solar Power International 2011 (SPI 2011) will take place October 17-20 at the Dallas Convention Center. Presented by Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and Solar Energy Industries Association ... more | .. |
![]() Solar Frontier Ships 150 Watt CIS Modules Globally Solar Frontier has announced that it has started shipping 150 Watt CIS modules after accelerating its production roadmap and achieving production targets ahead of schedule at its state-of-the-art Ku ... more | .. |
![]() JinkoSolar Introduces Quantum Series Modules JinkoSolar Holding has announced the company has reached commercial-scale production on its Q-1 Solar Modules, part of the Quantum Series. Q-1 Solar Modules are produced using pseudo-mono multi-crys ... more | .. |
![]() United Solar Reaches New Levels of Efficiency United Solar has announced that it has achieved a world record efficiency of 16.3% for thin-film silicon solar technology. This achievement is higher than the previous record of 15.4%, also reached ... more |
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![]() Energy Insights and ASES Create Online Photovoltaic Research Panel IDC Energy Insights has announced plans to create a unique and industry-leading online survey panel to enable in-depth research into the North American photovoltaic (PV) industry. Crafted in p ... more | .. |
![]() New BRITEPOINT Family of Solar, LED Products MorganAM and T will display its new BRITEPOINT line of solar and LED products at its booth at 2011 Intersolar North America. MorganAM and T provides the industry with a wide range of insulation and ... more | .. |
![]() Enecsys announces UL 1741 certification for single and Duo micro Enecsys Limited has announced UL 1741 certification for three more products in its family of micro inverters. This follows certification of the SMI-S200W-60, a 200 Watt unit, in January 2011. The SM ... more | .. |
![]() Merkel seeks renewables boost in Africa Germany is seeking to bolster trade with Africa in renewable energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to the continent this week. ... more |
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![]() Enecsys announces UL 1741 certification for single and Duo micro Enecsys Limited has announced UL 1741 certification for three more products in its family of micro inverters. This follows certification of the SMI-S200W-60, a 200 Watt unit, in January 2011. The SM ... more | .. |
![]() Energy Insights and ASES Create Online Photovoltaic Research Panel IDC Energy Insights has announced plans to create a unique and industry-leading online survey panel to enable in-depth research into the North American photovoltaic (PV) industry. Crafted in p ... more | .. |
![]() Solar Frontier Ships 150 Watt CIS Modules Globally Solar Frontier has announced that it has started shipping 150 Watt CIS modules after accelerating its production roadmap and achieving production targets ahead of schedule at its state-of-the-art Ku ... more | .. |
![]() North Carolina Solar Center Expands Testing Capabilities With Donated Solar Array The North Carolina Solar Center has expanded yet again. The prominent solar research and development facility on North Carolina State University's campus in Raleigh has added a 1.98 kW photovoltaic ... more |
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![]() New BRITEPOINT Family of Solar, LED Products MorganAM and T will display its new BRITEPOINT line of solar and LED products at its booth at 2011 Intersolar North America. MorganAM and T provides the industry with a wide range of insulation and ... more | .. |
![]() Tecta Solar Expands East Coast Presence Fueling Growth through New Hires and Service Expansions Tecta Solar, a division of Tecta America Corp., has opened a new office just outside of Philadelphia, in Fort Washington, Pa. to provide its expanding team a sustainable, local office for its solar ... more | .. |
![]() Pyron Solar Achieves Milestone For Its Floating CPV Power Production System At Prototype Test Site The world's first full-scale installation for Pyron Solar's unique concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy system has achieved a milestone with performance results from a prototype test site th ... more | .. |
![]() U of T researchers build an antenna for light University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from ... more |
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![]() Nanocrystal transformers While a movie about giant robots that undergo structural transformations is breaking box office records this summer, a scientific study about structural transformations within single nanocrystals is ... more | .. |
![]() Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to $211 billion Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year's 32% rise in green energy investments worldwide according to the latest annual report o ... more | .. |
![]() Big solar panel factory launched in Italy One of the biggest solar panel factories in Europe has been launched in Italy as a U.N. report says photovoltaic modules have become more price-competitive. ... more | .. |
![]() Centrosolar America Receives Intertek Certification Of Centropack Pre-Packaged PV Kit Centrosolar reports that their CentroPack line of pre-packaged solar installation kits is now approved and listed by Intertek as a complete system. Intertek provides electrical safety testing and gl ... more |
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![]() Japan's Mitsui in quake-zone solar plan: report Japanese trading house Mitsui plans to build large-scale solar power plants with the capacity to supply 30,000 households in the tsunami-hit northeast, a newspaper reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
![]() Solis Partners Completes Rooftop Commercial Solar Installation in Bridgewater Solis Partners, a leading developer and integrator of commercial solar power systems, and PVH Corp. (PVH), one of the nation's largest apparel companies, recently celebrated the completion of a 154 ... more | .. |
![]() Inkjet printing could change the face of solar energy industry Inkjet printers, a low-cost technology that in recent decades has revolutionized home and small office printing, may soon offer similar benefits for the future of solar energy. Engineers at Or ... more | .. |
![]() Infineon Raceway Lights Up With Major Panasonic Solar Panel Installation Infineon Raceway, in partnership with Panasonic, has completed a major milestone in energy conservation with the successful installation of 1,652 solar panels at the famed Northern California racewa ... more |
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