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Affordable Solar: It's Closer Than You ThinkHoughton, MI (SPX) Dec 14, 2011 It's time to stop thinking of solar energy as a boutique source of power, says Joshua Pearce. Sure, solar only generates about 1 percent of the electricity in the US. But that will change in a few years, says Pearce, an associate professor of electrical engineering and materials science at Michigan Technological University. The ultimate in renewable energy is about to go mainstream. It's a matter of economics. A definitive new analysis by Pearce and his colleagues at Queens University in Kin ... read more |
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 Opportunities for More Research on Solar Energy Development and Impacts to Wildlife More peer-reviewed scientific studies of the effects on wildlife of large-scale solar energy developments and operations are needed to adequately assess their impact, especially in the desert Southw ... more | .. |
 Pacific state to rely on renewable energy The tiny South Pacific island nation of Tokelau plans to switch entirely to renewable energy, an official said. ... more | .. |
 Soltecture produces first 100 Watt solar modules Soltecture has announced new records in solar efficiency: the first 100 Watt solar modules have been produced by the production line in Berlin Adelsdorf, a reading that equates to a 13.4 percent eff ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 World's Most Efficient Rooftop Solar Hot Air Heater Enerconcept Technologies has introduced the new Luba GL, the world's most efficient, inexpensive and lightweight rooftop solar hot air collector for supplemental outside air heating in commercial, i ... more | .. |
 Garrigill lays claim to be Britain's solar panel capital A tiny village in Cumbria is laying claim to be Britain's solar panel capital. At least half a dozen residents out of just 200 in Garrigill have had panels installed - beating by days the Government ... more | .. |
 Arizona Western College and Main Street Power Announce Completion of 5MW Solar Installation Arizona Western College (AWC); Main Street Power Company; MS Solar Solutions; PPA Partners; Arizona Public Service (APS), the local utility; Rosendin Electric and Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona, wil ... more | .. |
 Renusol America Releases New Mounting Solution Renusol America has announced the next generation of the groundbreaking, 'one-size-one panel' non-penetrating ballast mounting systems for flat roof applications. The next-generation Renusol C ... more |
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 Home Solar Program Lights Way for Energy Savings in California HelioPower and Power to the People has announced "Help for the Holidays," a joint campaign to help households in California and Nicaragua secure affordable solar energy. Sponsored by Canadian ... more | .. |
 Solar power much cheaper to produce than most analysts realize The public is being kept in the dark about the viability of solar photovoltaic energy, according to a study conducted at Queen's University. "Many analysts project a higher cost for solar phot ... more | .. |
 New Suntracker And PV Rack - Designed For Rigid Climates Easy and practical to mount, an innovative solar tracker and a new practical ground mount rack enter the stage of Cansia Solar Canada 2011. Designed, patented, and manufactured by Espe Sunparc Ameri ... more | .. |
 PowerStream Solar Awards Carmanah Solar PV Contract Carmanah Technologies has been awarded a contract by PowerStream Inc, to supply and install a 350 kW rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system for the Thornhill Community Centre located in Markham, Ont ... more |
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 Firms Collaborate on Northern Ontario Municipal Solar Project Eclipsall, an Ontario maker of PV solar panels has announced that the company's PV modules have been selected for use in a project of 30 new microFIT systems in Kapuskasing, Ontario. DBMS Energy Sol ... more | .. |
 Cooper B-Line Makes Solar Installations Fast and Efficient Understanding that grounding PV modules is a major pain point for customers, Cooper B-Line, a global provider of innovative, labor-saving support systems and enclosure solutions, now offers a simple ... more | .. |
 New World Record for Organic Solar Cells Heliatek has once again set a new world record for organic solar cells after Fraunhofer ISE CalLab (Freiburg, Germany) certified a cell efficiency of 9.8% for a 1.1 cm" tandem cell manufactured with ... more | .. |
 City of Dinuba Goes Solar The City of Dinuba, Chevron Energy Solutions and Tioga Energy have announced the completion of a 1.15 megawatt solar electric system that will reduce energy costs for operations at the city's larges ... more |
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 Enecsys and SMTC Partner to Build Next-Gen Solar Energy Conversion Technology SMTC and Enecsys have announced a partnership to produce Enecsys micro inverters for the Canadian market at SMTC's Markham facility located in York Region, Ontario. This enables Enecsys micro invert ... more | .. |
 SCE and G and Boeing Flip the Switch on Large Rooftop Solar Project South Carolina Electric and Gas and Boeing have officially marked the completion of one of the largest single rooftop solar installations in the United States and the largest in the Southeast, by pr ... more | .. |
 Exceptional Aesthetics of Customized Solar Modules from Odersun Are Recognized By awarding the coveted iF material design award 2012 to Odersun solar modules, the iF design award jury confirmed that photovoltaics can indeed look good. The iF label is recognized the world over ... more | .. |
 SSRE to install solar in Massachusetts Seminole Financial Services has announced the funding of a $18 million construction loan to Southern Sky Renewable Energy, LLC (Southern Sky) to install a 5.75MW photovoltaic ground mounted solar pa ... more |
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 Cheap beads offer alternative solar-heating storage A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on p ... more | .. |
 SolarStrong moves forward without government backing SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced that they have agreed to terms on financing for SolarStrong, SolarCity's ambitious five-year plan to build more than $1 billion in solar pow ... more | .. |
 Canadian Solar supplies 9MW power plant in Spain Canadian Solar has announced that the company has supplied solar modules for a 9 MW solar power plant by OPDE Group in Spain. The solar system is scheduled for commissioning in the fourth quarter of ... more | .. |
 Oerlikon Solar Initiative Could See Lower Module Production Costs Oerlikon Solar has announced an initiative to reduce the cost of production for its Micromorph thin film silicon PV panels. Based on individual agreements between Oerlikon Solar and major glob ... more |
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 Could CIGS hold the key to solar manufacturers' survival? Manz believes CIGS thin-film technology is the last step toward solar power, being able to compete with other sources of solar energy without subsidies. On November 15, 2011, Manz signed a letter of ... more | .. |
 China slams US solar probe as 'protectionist' China on Sunday accused the United States of "protectionist attitudes" towards Chinese solar panel makers and warned that a US investigation could hurt global efforts to cut emissions cheaply. ... more | .. |
 Solar Trees Bloom at GM's Tech Facility Event Envision Solar International participated in a ribbon cutting of a new Solar Tree structure installation at General Motor's Warren, Michigan facility on Wednesday, November 16. More than 100 p ... more | .. |
 Taiwanese Manfacturers to Enter Solar System Market and Face New Challenge As a result of the persisting price downtrend, the mid-stream Taiwanese solar cell makers have been facing deficits since the beginning of 2011. With the prices showing no signs of rebound in the ne ... more |
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Jamie Hahn at PV Power Generation Mid-West and East Conference Rooftop solar makes tremendous sense. Underutilized rooftop assets are a perfect platform for deploying distributed solar generation facilities where power is most needed - under the roof. Tha ... more | .. |
 EMCORE Solar Panels Power NASA's MSL EMCORE has announced that solar panels manufactured by EMCORE were successfully launched November 26, 2011 onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft. The panels, delivered earlier t ... more | .. |
 Carmanah Installs Solar Rooftop PV System for Ontario Refrigeration Facility Carmanah Technologies received a $1.4M CAD contract from a commercial refrigeration service provider in Southern Ontario and at present has designed, supplied and installed a nominal 250 kW solar ro ... more | .. |
 Making a light-harvesting antenna from scratch Sometimes when people talk about solar energy, they tacitly assume that we're stuck with some version of the silicon solar cell and its technical and cost limitations. Not so. The invent ... more |
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