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Sun Number Provides Analysis of Solar Potential
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, solar energy
Sun Number, LLC is a company that uses aerial imaging to analyse the solar potential of properties.
Sun Number received a grant from the DOE SunShot program to develop the aerial imagery. Sun Number produces instant analyses of the solar potential of residential and commercial building rooftops. With...
University of Michigan Next Generation Solar Car
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, Home and Lifestyle, solar energy, transportation
Mage Solar Puts Solar on School in Georgia
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, solar energy
University of Michigan Announces 4-Wheeled Sun-Powered Car for the 2013 World Solar Challenge!
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, solar energy
The University of Michigan just announced that its 2013 World Solar Challenge vehicle will look more like a regular car than any of its past cars. Called “Generation,” the new vehicle will buck the three-wheeled design of its predecessor and add a fourth wheel and an upright seat. Although it will...
Researchers Discover Solar Wind Energy Source that Could Revolutionize Nuclear Power
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, solar energy
Using data collected by NASA’s Wind solar probe, scientists have identified an energy source that causes solar winds to heat up and accelerate as they travel further away from their source. The discovery pinpoints ion cyclotron waves as the source of this strange phenomenon, which could revolutionize...
NPD Solarbuzz: PV market to reach 31GW in 2013; 45% ground mounted
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, solar energy
PV demand in 2013 is expected to increase 7% year-on-year to approximately 31GW, according to the new NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz 2013 report.
The market research firm had previously said that PV demand in 2012 had reached 29GW.
For the first time, China is expected to become the largest market, surpassing...
Canadian Solar reports annual loss of US$195 million; shipments to increase in 2013
Published on Mar 12 2013 // business, Energy, Money and Business, solar energy
Falling solar module prices continued to impact Canadian Solar’s financial results as the company more than doubled losses year on year.
The company reported a full-year loss from operations of US$142.5 million and a net loss of US$195.1 million for 2012. It reported full-year net revenue of US$1.3...
Russia plans giant solar power station to orbit Earth
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, solar energy
Russia is thinking of building a giant solar power station capable of collecting energy and beaming it to Earth. This idea was put forward by Central Scientific Research institute for Engineering, a subsidiary of the Russian Space Agency, Roskosmos.
The concept of such a power station was formulated...
Solar Could Produce 5X More Energy Than Oil In Libya
Published on Mar 12 2013 // Energy, solar energy
Libya exports close to $12 billion a year in petroleum products and they are seventy percent of its total exports. This north african nation also has an estimated 48 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves. In other words, oil is a critical part of the national economy there, and has been for...
