These Solar Windows Could Help Power Skyscrapers Future solar panels might be invisible and plastered on the sides on buildings instead of roofs. A new startup called SolarWindow makes transparent coatings that turn windows into mini power plants. On a skyscraper, where rooftop solar panels can only provide a fraction of the massive amount of … Continue reading These Solar Windows Could Help Power Skyscrapers
Solar ready to thrive without subsidy, says US Energy Secretary The solar industry in the U.S. is primed to grow and survive even without the need for subsidy support, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has said this week. With the price of solar having fallen dramatically over the past few years, Moniz believes that the … Continue reading Solar ready to thrive without subsidy, says US Energy Secretary
Southern Power gains controlling interest in 300MW California plant Energy provider Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, has acquired a controlling interest in the 300MW Desert Stateline Facility from PV system provider First Solar. The California-based project, which First Solar will hold the remaining interest on, stands as the fourth shared acquisition between both … Continue reading #Southern_Power gains controlling interest in 300MW California plant
Scott Walker’s Record on Wind and Solar Power Leaves Renewables Industry Fuming Five years after he took office, renewable energy in Wisconsin is lagging the boom in the rest of the country and industry blames him for the shortfall. Scott Walker’s up-and-down campaign for the Republican presidential nod has produced at least one constant: As … Continue reading #Scott_Walker ‘s Record on Wind and Solar Power Leaves Renewable s Industry Fuming
Solar cell absorbs high-energy light at 30-fold higher concentration than conventional cells y combining designer quantum dot light-emitters with spectrally matched photonic mirrors, a team of scientists with Berkeley Lab and the University of Illinois created solar cells that collect blue photons at 30 times the concentration of conventional solar cells, the highest luminescent concentration … Continue reading Solar cell absorbs high-energy light at 30-fold higher concentration than conventional cells
It was one of those all too rare summer days. The sky is clear, it’s comfortably warm, and the traffic is light. Just a great day to be driving the length of Massachusetts for the first time in a couple of years. Yet there is something different. Something that had been rare is now common. … Continue reading Where is our #Seabrook of solar?
Why NV Energy needs to step up its solar-power game The eighth National Clean Energy Summit recently convened in Las Vegas, and with each passing year, its organizer, Sen. Harry Reid, keeps pouring on more heat for things to get done. This year, President Barack Obama — the first standing president to speak at the … Continue reading Why #NV_Energy needs to step up its solar -power game
See-Through Solar Could Turn Windows, Phones Into Power Sources Anyone who has sweltered in a south-facing office during the summer knows the power of solar energy streaming through a window. RECENT ENERGY STORIES Will New U.S. Restrictions on Methane Be Enough? How Bad Is Power Plant Pollution? Depends on the Weather Glass Paint: Secret to … Continue reading See-Through Solar Could Turn Windows, Phones Into Power Sources
SDG&E hits renewable record amid state solar spike Washington, 27 August (Argus) — San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) set a renewable generation delivery mark last week as the California grid records ever-rising solar use. The investor-owned utility, which serves 3.4mn customers in southern California, said it had 1,042MW of wind and solar capacity running … Continue reading #SDGE hits renewable record amid state solar spike
Is variable pricing the way out of Hawaii’s solar wars? There is a simple way to resolve the solar war in Hawaii and all the stakeholders in the struggle have called for it in one way or another. The fight is over what solar owners will be paid for the electricity their systems send to … Continue reading Is #variable_pricing the way out of #Hawaii ‘s solar wars?
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