California solar-power installations double - 2009-01-30 Solar power installations in most of California doubled last year compared with 2007 and continue at a record level, according to a report by the state Public Utilities Commission.
Stanford University to Create $100M Green Energy Research Institute - 2009-01-14 Stanford University is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus on energy issues and work toward development of more affordable and efficient ways to capture the power of the sun and store, deliver and use energy in addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Grand Canyon Visitor Center Goes Solar - 2009-01-08 The roof and grounds of the Visitor Center near the Grand Canyon's South Rim will soon host some 84 solar panels that will help power the building frequented by an estimated 4.5 million sightseers a year.
Toshiba powers up solar energy division - 2009-01-06 Toshiba has entered the solar energy market in a big way with the launch of a dedicated Photovoltaic Systems Division.
Big Solar Power Plant Planned For Northwest China - 2009-01-05 Two Chinese companies on Friday announced plans to build a solar power plant in northwestern China that could one day be the largest photovoltaic solar project in the world.
Japan To Bring Back Solar Power Subsidy For Homes - 2008-12-29 Japan plans to bring back subsidies for solar panel equipment from January, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday, as the world's fifth-biggest emitter struggles to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
Duke Wants to Rent Rooftops for Solar Power - 2008-12-15 North Carolina businesses, homeowners and schools would be able to rent their rooftops to Duke Energy Carolinas for solar power installations, if the utility's plan wins regulatory approval.
Aussie Miners Turn To Solar Tower Power - 2008-11-21 Australian mining firms, hit by high fuel costs and falling commodity prices, could soon swap their diesel generators for 24-hour, solar-power systems, the head of a private renewable power firm said on Thursday.
REI Forges Ahead with Solar Plan - 2008-11-14 Outdoor gear and apparel company REI has installed solar arrays on three stores in the San Francisco Bay Area — bringing the firm more than halfway to its goal of outfitting 10 percent of its retail sites with systems to harness power from the sun.
Utilities To Test Solar Power At Traditional Plants - 2008-11-11 A US utility group announced on Monday a plan to test adding solar thermal energy to natural gas and coal-fired power plants in a move designed to cut fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
How Will Renewables Fare in the New Political Environment? - 2008-11-06 Americans have heard the Presidential and Congressional candidates talk about renewable energy for the last 24 months. Now it's up to Democrats to live up to the talk.
Alternative energy groups fuel European advance - 2008-11-06 Alternative energy stocks were in the vanguard of a rally that saw European markets make gains for the sixth consecutive session on Tuesday.
Coating Helps Solar Panels Soak Up More Of The Sun - 2008-11-05 A new type of reflective coating can make solar panels far more efficient, soaking up nearly all available sunlight from nearly any angle, US researchers said on Monday.
Ausra Opens US Solar Plant, Hopes First Of Many - 2008-10-24 Solar thermal power developer Ausra Inc on Thursday opened a 5-megawatt demonstration plant in California that it says will prove it can deliver on its promise of providing clean energy cheaply.
US Solar Field Foresees Cost Parity With Coal, Gas - 2008-10-17 US producers of solar power will no longer need federal subsidies within eight years because by then solar power will cost less than electricity generated by conventional power plants, industry players said this week.
Sharp Solar to Bring Thin-Film Solar to US Soon - 2008-10-15 Sharp Corp, one of the world's biggest makers of silicon-based solar cells, said on Monday it would introduce next generation thin film solar cells in the US market in the near future.
AT&T, Constellation Wines, Gap to Each Host 1 to 1.2 MW Solar Power Systems - 2008-10-08 Gap Inc. has unveiled a 1-megawatt solar power system, and Constellation Wines U.S. and AT&T are each working with strategic partnerships of their own to host comparably large systems that will harness the power of the sun.
Berlin Aims to Become Solar Powerhouse - 2008-10-06 Berlin wants to become a world leader in the solar energy field, both as a user of the sun's rays for energy and as a pioneer in solar technology despite its northern, cloud-covered location, its economy minister said.
SF Mayor Issues Solar Challenge to 1,500 Biggest Firms - 2008-10-01 The 1,500 largest firms in San Francisco can each get a free solar assessment and an energy audit, if they enlist in Mayor Gavin Newsom's drive to install enough solar power arrays to generate 5 megawatts of electricity — double the city's current capacity for sun power.
Japan to Subsidise Solar Equipment Home Use - Nikkei - 2008-09-29 Japan plans to provide a subsidy of about 200,000 yen (US$1,887) to households that buy a solar power system to promote its use and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
Solar stocks enjoy rally as US tax breaks renewed - 2008-09-24 Solar stocks rallied on Wednesday after the U.S. Senate voted to continue tax breaks worth $18 billion for renewable energy sources, including a generous eight-year extension for solar.
Trina Solar to supply modules for convention ctr. - 2008-09-24 China-based solar energy company Trina Solar Ltd. said Wednesday it began shipments of 13,400 solar photovoltaic modules that will be used to create an assembly on the roof of the Atlantic City Convention Center.
Spain Eases Plan to Slash Subsidy for Solar Power - 2008-09-24 Spain has decided to ease proposed sharp cuts in a generous subsidy scheme to solar power producers in one of the world's hottest markets, Energy Secretary Pedro Marin said on Tuesday.
Senate to vote on extending energy tax credits - 2008-09-23 The Senate will vote on Tuesday on legislation to extend tax breaks for using renewable energy sources and taking steps to save energy.
Slicing Solar Power Costs - 2008-09-23 University of Utah engineers devised a new way to slice thin wafers of the chemical element germanium for use in the most efficient type of solar cells.
Live Earth Show to Help Light Homes With Solar Energy - 2008-09-22 India will host the next Live Earth concert to raise funds for lighting homes with solar energy in places where people do not have access to electricity, organisers said.
Italy Next Solar Hot Spot, Spain Cools - 2008-09-03 Italy could be Europe's next big solar power market after Spain, which will slash generous subsidies later this month, a leading solar industy figure told Reuters on Tuesday.
Mitsubishi Bets Big on Solar - 2008-08-27 Mitsubishi Electric Corp. plans to spend billions of dollars quadrupling production of photovoltaic cells to take advantage of the skyrocketing demand for solar power caused by high fuel prices and climate change concerns.
Japan Players Bet Big on Emerging Thin-film Solar - 2008-08-26 While startups attract the clean tech venture capital millions in the U.S. for new kinds of thin-film solar technologies, some big established players in Japan are also putting significant money into major new efforts to move these emerging technologies into volume production in the next few years.
LDK Reaches 1 GW of Wafer Production Capacity - 2008-08-26 LDK Solar Co., Ltd announced that its wafer plant has reached the milestone of 1 gigawatt (GW) of annualized production capacity.
Honda Considers Exporting Home-Use Solar Panels - 2008-08-21 Honda Motor Co Japan's second-biggest auto maker, said on Wednesday it is considering exporting solar cells as it plans to expand the annual capacity of a solar cell factory to 27.5 mega watts by the year-end.
Sam’s Club to Sell Solar Panels at Home Efficiency Centers - 2008-08-20 Sam's Club will offer solar panels and an array of energy saving products at nine Southern California locations, where the company has created Home Efficiency Centers to focus customer attention on goods for greening their dwellings.
Renewable Energy Gets Energized - 2008-08-13 An affordable share price and second-quarter earnings ahead of expectations make it a great time for investors to plug into Norwegian solar energy group Renewable Energy.
China solar firm Shunda aims for $1 bln IPO in NY - 2008-08-12 China's Jiangsu Shunda Group, which makes silicon wafers used in solar power cells, aims to raise $1 billion from a share listing in New York during the first half of next year to fund rapid expansion, its president said on Monday.
California Leads in Customer and Utility Solar Capacity - 2008-07-28 The Solar Electric Power Association has identified the utilities with the greatest amount of solar capacity, creating a benchmark to compare to in the future.
New PV Test Lab Could Help Speed Product Pipeline - 2008-07-16 The continent's largest photovoltaic (PV) testing and certification facility opened its doors in San Jose Monday in a development that promises to help solar products reach the market faster and accelerate growth of green collar jobs in the region.
Researchers Develop Efficient Solar Power Devices - 2008-07-14 Using sheets of glass covered with organic dyes, scientists have devised an efficient and practical solar power device that they believe can help make this clean, renewable energy source more affordable.
Green energy blooms in the desert - 2008-06-30 The tradition of nicknaming US states has made Florida the Sunshine State and Alaska the Last Frontier. But only one has given itself a second moniker, a move that matches its bold environmental vision.
Hawaii requires solar water heaters for new homes - 2008-06-30 With a heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels, Hawaii has become the first state to require solar water heaters in new homes, pleasing environmentalists but leading opponents to note the island chain's already high home prices.
Japan to Promote Solar Power for Households - Nikkei - 2008-06-23 The Japanese government will come up with measures on Tuesday to promote the household use of solar power systems by introducing subsidies and tax breaks from next year, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday.
IBM Links With Japan's TOK to Develop Solar Technology - 2008-06-17 IBM has joined forces with semiconductor process company Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) to develop more efficient solar power technologies to cut the cost of the clean energy source, the companies said on Monday.
Israel Site for California Solar Power Test - 2008-06-12 Energy company BrightSource Energy Inc said it will open a solar "power tower" in Israel this week to test new technology it will use when building power plants next year in California.
Israel Site for California Solar Power Test - 2008-06-11 Energy company BrightSource Energy Inc said it will open a solar "power tower" in Israel this week to test new technology it will use when building power plants next year in California.
Duke Energy to Invest US$100 Million in Solar Power - 2008-06-10 Duke Energy Corp said Monday it plans to spend US$100 million to install solar panels at up to 850 homes, schools, stores and factories in North Carolina.
HP Licenses High-Efficiency Solar Tech to Speed Innovation - 2008-06-04 Hewlett-Packard today announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Xtreme Energetics to incorporate HP's transparent transistor technology into highly efficient solar panels, allowing for both more productive and more widespread installations of solar power systems.
Nanowires May Boost Solar Cell Efficiency - 2008-05-23 University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future.
Investors take shine to BrightSource with $115m funding round - 2008-05-15 Californian solar thermal start up BrightSource Energy yesterday announced it has secured $115m in funding from a group of blue chip investors, including Google, BP Alternative Energy and StatoilHydro Venture.
Congress must side with renewable energy tax credits - 2008-05-14 Out on the sun-drenched plains east of San Luis Obispo, a Palo Alto-based startup, Ausra Inc., plans to build an enormous array of high-tech mirrors spread over 640 acres.
Industry Growth and Policy Progress on the Agenda at Solar 2008 - 2008-05-12 Solar 2008, the 37th conference put on by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), brought together engineering, business and policy experts in the solar industry in San Diego, California.
REC Q1 core profit beats forecast, shares rise - 2008-04-22 Norwegian solar industry group Renewable Energy Corp (REC) (REC.OL: Quote, Profile, Research) reported a smaller first-quarter drop in core earnings than expected and predicted rising 2008 revenues, pushing its shares 5 percent higher.
Fluor Contracts for World's Largest Polysilicon Plant - 2008-04-15 Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management services by LDK Solar Co., Ltd. for the world’s largest new polysilicon facility in Xinyu City, Jiangxi, People’s Republic of China.
Panel approves APS tariff hike - 2008-04-11 Energy regulators approved Wednesday an additional 88-cent monthly tariff for Arizona Public Service Co. residential customers to support renewable energy.
SunChips Gathers Energy From its Namesake - 2008-04-07 A Modesto, Calif., SunChips plant will turn on a field of solar concentrators later this month, eventually gathering enough heat from the sun to power its chip manufacturing line.
New Solar CIGS Cells Creep Up On Silicon - 2008-04-03 Silicon cells have been the mainstay of the solar photovoltaic industry, but advances in competing technologies could give those manufacturers a toehold in the rapidly growing renewable power market.
Solar firms go for no-upfront-costs business model - 2008-04-02 Under a new type of financing growing in popularity in the solar business, Open Energy Corp., a Solana Beach, Calif., renewable energy company, will build 30 solar membranes with a capacity of 1.5 million kilowatt hours.
California utility to turn roofs into solar power plants - 2008-03-27 It’s a potentially game-changing move, one that could lower the cost of solar cells as manufacturers ramp up production to meet the utility’s schedule of installing a megawatt-a-week of arrays until it reaches the 250-megawatt target.
Air Force contracts for solar cell tech - 2008-03-21 The U.S. Air Force says it has selected Colorado-based Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. to develop highly efficient solar cell technology.
India's Tata, BP Get $78 Mln More For Solar Venture - 2008-03-18 Tata BP Solar, a venture of India's Tata Power Co and BP Solar, said on Monday it had signed an agreement with Calyon Bank, BNP Paribas and others to raise $78 million for expansion.
UK Gives Homeowners Green Light For Solar Power - 2008-03-14 Homeowners across Britain will find it easier to make their own renewable power at home from April as part of a government push to cut carbon emissions from the residential sector.
CLP To Develop World's Largest Solar Power Station - 2008-02-26 An Australian subsidiary of CLP Holdings Ltd, the larger of Hong Kong's two power utilities, has agreed with Melbourne-based Solar Systems to develop the world's largest solar power station.
Arizona to become 'Persian Gulf' of solar energy - 2008-02-22 A Spanish company is planning to take 3 square miles of desert southwest of Phoenix and turn them into one of the largest solar power plants in the world.
Carmanah Provides Solar LED Aviation Lights for Airfield Upgrades in United Arab Emirates - 2008-02-14 Carmanah Technologies Corporation (Toronto:CMH.TO) has received an order through Dubai-based GESOLAR -- the company's authorized aviation distributor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- to supply solar-powered portable airfield lights for privately-owned airfield applications within the region.
Study supports renewable energy - 2008-02-11 A study released Feb. 7 by the Western Resource Advocates, an energy lobbying group, shows Arizona can meet most of its rising electricity demand through investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Hoku, Sanyo Electric extend contract term to 10 years - 2008-01-31 Total amounts that may be payable to Hoku Materials under the contract rose to up to about $530 million for the amended 10-year contract from up to about $371 million for the seven-year contract, the company said in a statement.
Evergreen Solar partners with utility to push green power - 2008-01-25 The pair intends to install pilot photovoltaic systems on schools, public buildings and other high-profile sites in communities served by municipal utilities.
Oerlikon Solar Unit to Double Capacity, Lifts Target - 2008-01-14 The solar unit of Swiss technology group Oerlikon said on Friday it would double its production capacity by adding a new plant in Asia and raised its 2008 sales forecast by 17 percent on surging demand.
India to provide subsidy for solar power plants - 2008-01-02 India will subsidize the running of solar power plants to help develop a renewable energy infrastructure, where high costs can be prohibitive, the minister for renewable energy said on Wednesday.
Nanotechnology aids large-area solar cell - 2007-12-31 In a recently patented technique, Professor Zaban demonstrated how metallic wires mounted on conductive glass can form the basis of solar cells with efficiency similar to that of conventional, silicon-based cells, but that are much cheaper to produce.
Solar company sees potential in north and south - 2007-12-27 John O'Donnell, executive vice president of AUSRA, says the open, sun-drenched valleys of the north have excellent potential even though they have much harsher winters than the south.
Solar EnerTech Enters Into Sales Contract With Sky Solar - 2007-12-18 The total shipment to Sky Solar under the contract amounts to approximately US$21.8 million. Shipments, aimed for solar power installations in Spain, are scheduled to be delivered over a 5-month period beginning in December 2007, with the majority of solar module shipments scheduled for the Company's 2008 fiscal second quarter.
Ausra to Open First US Solar Manufacturing Plant - 2007-12-14 Solar thermal power developer Ausra announced on Thursday that it will open a manufacturing plant for components of its systems in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Air Force Base Harvests Solar Energy - 2007-12-06 The final portion of the largest solar panel installation in North America is expected to be brought online this month, saving Nellis Air Force Base $1 million a year.
Telcos Can Save Millions By Energy Efficiency – NSN - 2007-12-06 A typical western European mobile operator can save millions of euros a year by simple energy-saving measures, Nokia Siemens Networks said on Wednesday.
Algeria Plans Solar Power Cable to Germany - Paper - 2007-11-15 An Algerian company is planning to build a power cable to Germany to export solar-generated electricity from the Sahara, a state-owned newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Acciona Plans Bigger Solar Thermal Plant in US - 2007-11-12 Acciona Energy, which this year opened the largest solar thermal plant built in 16 years, plans a project more three times its size in a desert in the US West, its CEO said in an interview.
First Solar Installation for U.S. General Services Administration's Mid-Atlantic Region - 2007-11-09 WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. (WWAT), developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and the State of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) today commissioned the new solar system at the Clarkson S. Fisher Courthouse Annex in Trenton, New Jersey.
MEMC & Conergy Announce $7 Billion Solar Wafer Agreement - 2007-10-30 Wafer manufacturer, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. and solar system provider, Conergy announced that they have executed a definitive agreement for MEMC to supply solar grade silicon wafers to Conergy.
Suntech Announces $1.5 Billion Polysilicon Purchase Contract with Asia Silicon - 2007-10-26 Photovoltaic cell and module manufacturer, Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., yesterday announced that it has entered into a definitive contract with Asia Silicon Co., Ltd. to purchase high purity polysilicon from Asia Silicon with a total value of up to $1.5 billion over a seven-year period.
Berkeley could pay upfront for solar - 2007-10-24 Berkeley is hoping to become a model for cities nationwide with a plan to bankroll homeowners who want to install solar energy systems.
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