The European Photovoltaic Industry Association just announced that the world’s combined solar power capacity has surpassed 100 gigawatts to hit a new high, topping out at 101 gigawatts! The news shows that renewable energy is definitely on the rise – especially considering that the record for wind...
In what was called a ‘shocker’ by Patently Apple, a blog—not surprisingly—dedicated to Apple’s patents, Apple was granted a patent for a touchscreen that would also serve as a transparent solar charger. Apple filed the patent in 2008. While it’s far from the first solar...
A flurry of new solar-cell efficiency records — including a quiet surprise — are putting thin-film solar PV technologies tantalizingly close to silicon rivals.
The latest results (except Empa, which is awaiting official confirmation from the overseas lab) are in NREL’s updated multistrand...
Apollo Materials is one of only four photovoltaic manufacture equipment suppliers predicted to have enjoyed revenues of more than US$4oo million in 2012.
The distress being suffered by photovoltaic manufacturers is being mirrored among suppliers of production line equipment for the industry, with the...
Earlier this month, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) chairman Jon Wellinghoff hailed distributed generation an unstoppable trend in power generation, noting that more than 40 percent of all new generation since June was from renewables, much of that distributed.
A significant portion...
Canadian Solar Inc. and SunEdison Power Canada Inc., a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., today announced that they have completed a purchase and sale transaction wherein Canadian Solar’s direct subsidiary Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. has acquired a majority interest in two utility-scale...
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Electric power holding company Duke Energy has announced the acquisition of a 6MW commercial solar project located within the University of Arizona’s (UA) Science and Technology Park solar zone in Tucson.
The company purchased the Gato Montes Solar Power Project, expected to...
It’s not quite the same as a nice cucumber or grilled cheese sandwich, but researchers at Princeton researchers have found that a unique sandwich of materials significantly boosted the performance of photovoltaic devices by essentially trapping more light. The resulting device is only nanometers...
The idea of giving the masses more access to solar energy has taken shape in a newly drafted bill in California that will allow renters to buy renewable electricity that is produced away from where they live and get credit on their utility bills.
Sen. Lois Wolk introduced the bill yesterday, a...
Amtech Systems fourth quarter and full-years simply reflect the dire conditions any specialist equipment supplier with exposure to the PV manufacturing sector is experiencing.
Coping with the worst downturn on record as capital expenditures vanish due to massive structural overcapacity has forced many,...
