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December 16, 2014

Solar Permitting Guidebook Offers Local Governments Strategies
San Diego CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2014
A new guidebook outlining ways for California cities and counties to make permit processing and inspections for home rooftop solar electric systems quicker and more uniform is now available from the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE). Increasing solar energy adoption is a key component for many local jurisdictions in achieving goals for energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reductions and climate action plans. The California Solar Permitting Guidebook addresses the requirements of the Solar Permittin ... read more

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Year-End rush in China pushes Asia-Pacific PV market record levels Quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to reach the 10 gigawatt (GW) level for the first time, in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2014. According to the la ... more		NREL compares varied State based solar policies Analysts at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have used statistical analyses and detailed case studies to better understand why solar market policies in certain sta ... more		Stacking Two-Dimensional Materials May Lower Cost of Semiconductor Devices A team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has found that stacking materials that are only one atom thick can create semiconductor junctions that transfer charge efficiently, regar ... more
				Galenfeha Completes Successful Testing Of Solar Power Station Galenfeha is pleased to announce that the Company has completed successful field testing of its portable, solar regenerated power supply station. Galenfeha conducted field-testing for a major ... more		ET Solar Supplies 5 MW PV Modules to a Mining Operation in Suriname ET Solar Energy has announced that it has supplied 5 MW polycrystalline photovoltaic modules to a leading mining operation in Suriname. Upon completion, this solar power plant will substantial ... more

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Huawei Makes Largest 12-Month Gains in the Global PV Inverter Market According to the latest "PV Inverter Market Tracker" report from the Power and Energy service of IHS Technology, SMA, ABB, and Omron lead global photovoltaic (PV) inverter market-share rankings; how ... more		New Technique Could Harvest More of the Sun's Energy As solar panels become less expensive and capable of generating more power, solar energy is becoming a more commercially viable alternative source of electricity. However, the photovoltaic cells now ... more		Evidence suggests ancient Australians valued fossils rather than causing megafauna extinction Mangrove research reveals major blue carbon and economic gain potential for the Philippines New method harnesses solar-powered biofilms to eliminate soil pollutants		'Smart windows' have potential to keep heat out and save energy Windows allow brilliant natural light to stream into homes and buildings. Along with light comes heat that, in warm weather, we often counter with energy-consuming air conditioning. Now scient ... more
				Researchers Demonstrate New Way To Plug 'Leaky' Light Cavities Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated a new and more efficient way to trap light, using a phenomenon called bound states in the continuum (BIC) that was first propos ... more		GE and Pacifico Energy to build 2nd solar JV in Japan GE unit GE Energy Financial Services is continuing its expansion into the Japanese renewable energy power market, completing its second solar project financing transaction with Pacifico Energy, a To ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

First Solar enters residential market First Solar and Clean Energy Collective (CEC) have announced that they have formed a strategic partnership to develop and market community solar offerings to residential customers and businesses dir ... more		UNSW converts sunlight to electricity at 40 percent efficiency UNSW Australia's solar researchers have converted over 40% of the sunlight hitting a solar system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. The record efficiency was achieved in outdoo ... more		Orion spacecraft prepared for lunar mission as stacking with SLS rocket achieved Flight Readiness Achieved for CarbSAR Mission With SSTL and Oxford Space Systems China sends advanced communications satellite into orbit		Light propagation in solar cells made visible How can light which has been captured in a solar cell be examined in experiments? Julich scientists have succeeded in looking directly at light propagation within a solar cell by using a trick. The ... more
New technique offers spray-on solar power Pretty soon, powering your tablet could be as simple as wrapping it in cling wrap. That's Illan Kramer's (ECE) hope. Kramer and colleagues have just invented a new way to spray solar cells onto flex ... more		First Public EV charging station in Australia powered by a solar car park structure Australia's first public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station powered by a solar car park structure, the first EV charging station on the Pacific Highway, and one of the largest solar installation ... more		Australian scientists announce solar energy breakthrough Australian scientists said Monday they had made a breakthrough in increasing the efficiency of solar panels, which they hope could eventually lead to cheaper sources of renewable energy. ... more		U.S. puts more cash behind solar power Solar energy developers can tap into the more than $9 million in funding available through the federal SunShot initiative, the Energy Department said. ... more

	Hanwha SolarOne to Build 230 MW Module Factory in South Korea Hanwha SolarOne, a top-10 global photovoltaic manufacturer of high-quality, cost-competitive solar modules, will build a new solar photovoltaic (PV) module factory in Eumseong, Chungbuk, South Korea ... more		Spectrolab manufactures 4 millionth space solar cell Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab is the first company to produce 4 million gallium arsenide based solar cells for use in space. The cells have powered more than 380 spacecraft flights in more than 23 ye ... more

Russia's Burevestnik: A Nuclear-Powered Missile That Defies Convention

U.S. deploys carrier strike group to the Caribbean

Trump: Qatar is readying peacekeepers for Gaza

AORA to provide Solar-Biogas Hybrid off-grid in Africa		Yingli supplies 72 MW of panels to Solarcentury in the UK		Trina gets carbon footprint verification for solar PV modules from BSI		Solarmax Is Latest Victim of Decline of European Solar Inverter Market		Solar industry pins great hopes on Indian solar market
Single-atom layers that snap together like Lego		Blu-ray disc can be used to improve solar cell performance		Recycled Blu-ray discs improve solar panels		Joint Venture To Develop 1GW Of Utility Scale Solar In Brazil		Energy Smart Targets Aussie Market

AllCell to build network of Solar EV Charging Stations in Jordan

JinkoSolar to Supply 7MW of solar modules to Mexico's AS Solar

Yingli Green Energy to Power Europe's Largest Solar Plant

Crops play a major role in the annual CO2 cycle increase

Graphene/nanotube hybrid benefits flexible solar cells

Renewable energy improves stock price of mining companies

Trina Signs 10 MW EPC Agreement with Jordan

Revolutionary solar-friendly form of silicon shines

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