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April 22, 2013

Department of Energy Supports Smart Solar Deployment Through truSolar
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and DOE's Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) extend their support for the truSolar Working Group's efforts to develop uniform open source risk scoring standards and rating criteria for solar projects that will facilitate lower transaction and capital costs, and improve project finance liquidity within the commercial and industrial solar segment. "truSolar represents a valuable opportunity to create a common appro ... read more

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Solar3D Announces Patent Protection For Concept Solar3D, the developer of a 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, has announced that the company has filed a patent application to protect its ... more		Gov. Markell Helps Dedicate PSEG Milford Solar Farm Delaware Governor Jack Markell joined with PSEG Solar Source, Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation (DEMEC), juwi solar, Inc. (JSI) and Sunolar Power (Sunolar) to dedicate the PSEG Milford Solar F ... more		JinkoSolar Partners with University of Western Ontario to Power a Solar Car JinkoSolar Holding has announced that it will team up with the University of Western Ontario's ("UWO") Western Engineering to provide to their SunStang Solar Car Project JinkoSolar high-efficient po ... more
				SunEdison and Petrobras sign an agreement to build one of the largest solar PV plants in Brazil SunEdison has signed an agreement with Petrobras to build one of the largest solar photovoltaic power plants in Brazil. The plant will be located in Alto do Rodrigues, Rio Grande do Norte. Once comp ... more		Renewable energy thrives in Japan TWO themes dominate discussion on Japan's energy policy two years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. Mainstream media continue to emphasise that the catastrophe was basicall ... more

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Inverter Sales Increase But Massive Change To Location And Share Energized by a surge of shipments in Asia, the global photovoltaic (PV) inverter market in 2012 bucked weak worldwide solar industry conditions to expand by 5 percent and break the $7 billion level ... more		Physicians Unite with Solar Energy Companies to Form New Group A coalition of public health leaders and solar energy companies has formed CAUSE (Californians Against Utilities Stopping solar Energy) to combat monopoly utility efforts to kill rooftop solar. CAUS ... more		CO2 soon to be buried under North Sea oil platform From farms to court, climate-hit communities take on big polluters From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze		PV Inverter Revenue Expands to $7 Billion in 2012 Energized by a surge of shipments in Asia, the global photovoltaic (PV) inverter market in 2012 bucked weak worldwide solar industry conditions to expand by 5 percent and break the $7 billion level ... more
				New solar-cell coating could boost efficiency Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight into electricity: Called the Shockley-Queiss ... more		NREL and Stanford Team up on Peel-and-Stick Solar Cells It may be possible soon to charge cell phones, change the tint on windows, or power small toys with peel-and-stick versions of solar cells, thanks to a partnership between Stanford University and th ... more

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Yingli becomes number one global supplier Yingli from China became the largest global supplier of photovoltaic (PV) modules in 2012 based on annual merchant shipments, while previous leader and besieged fellow Chinese producer Suntech Power ... more		A solar booster shot for natural gas power plants Natural gas power plants can use about 20 percent less fuel when the sun is shining by injecting solar energy into natural gas with a new system being developed by the Department of Energy's Pacific ... more		AI systems proposed to boost launch cadence reliability and traffic management China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight Space Themed Casino Games Slots, Rockets, and Astronaut Adventures		Envision Solar Completes Second Solar Tree Array Installation for NREL Envision Solar International (EVSI) is pleased to announce the successful installation of a second Solar Tree array for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at ... more
				Solar becomes single largest source of new grid capacity in the USA For the first time, solar energy accounted for all new utility electricity generation capacity added to the U.S. grid last month, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC's) Mar ... more		Natcore Makes Major Advancements In Black Silicon, Discovers Compelling New Application Natcore Technology has made major strides in advancing its black silicon solar cells to commercial levels of efficiency and, as part of its development process, has discovered that its technology co ... more

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	Microgrid solar installs solar system on first US Active house St. Louis based Microgrid Solar is proud to have been chosen as the solar PV installer of a 4.8 kW system on Active House USA. Built by Hibbs Homes and Verdatek Solutions, Active House USA uses stat ... more		Our Lady of good Counsel Taps the Power of the Sun Solis Partners has announced that it recently completed the installation of a 77-kilowatt, ground-mounted solar array for Our Lady of Good Counsel in the West Trenton section of Ewing Township, N.J. ... more		Enfinity turns on solar plants for California school district Solar energy project developer Enfinity America Corporation, has announced the completion of a portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) installations across ten sites for the Greenfield Union School Dis ... more		Israel and Michigan Establish Research Partnership for Vehicle Fuels, Solar Energy and Thermoelectrics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Michigan (U-M) have established a research partnership to develop renewable technologies. The partnership aims to solve major cha ... more

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Hanwha SolarOne Launches New Generation HSL Series		SunPower Launches X-Series Family of Solar Panels		SRP and SunPower Dedicate Completed C7 Tracker Solar Power System at ASU Polytechnic Campus		Global PV Installations to Exceed 35 Gigawatts in 2013		Envision Solar Announces Major Technology Advancement For Solar Tree Array

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California Company Miasole Exports Thin-Film Solar Panels

JinkoSolar Donates 200 Modules to Earthquake-Stricken School in Italy

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