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- The Natural Gas as Bridge Idea - 07/29/10
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies Outpace Renewables - 07/29/10
The research and consulting firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports that subsidies for fossil energies are far outweighing those for renewables. While many governments are putting support...
- U.S. DOE Funds 'Sunlight-to-Fuel' Project - 07/29/10
The U.S. Department of Energy Announced earlier this month that it would set aside more than $100 million to create an "Energy Innovation Hub" to encourage innovation around producing fuels directly...
- The Only Way Is Up: CSP Builds Up Heat - 07/29/10
If you're wondering where the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is heading from here, crane your neck and look upward. Forecasts show industry growth climbing steeply from...
- Enolia Solar Systems to Install 1.5MW of SolarEdge Power Harvesting Systems in Greece, as Part of a New Partnership - 07/29/10
SolarEdge Technologies, a provider of end-to-end Distributed Solar Power Harvesting and monitoring solutions, is expanding its activity in Greece, announcing a partnership with Enolia Solar Systems...
- Audio Interview: eIQ Energy Partners with Shoales to Reduce BoS Costs - 07/29/10
Michael Lamb tells editor Debra Vogler how the company's vBoost technology and its partnership announcement with Shoales will address reduced balance-of-system (BoS)...
- Audio Interview: The Future of Thin-film Solar Cell Manufacturing, Chris Eberspacher - 07/29/10
Eberspacher summarizes sessions on thin-film photovoltaics and PV fab management from Intersolar NA...
- SMA Expands North American Utility-Scale PV Inverter Line - 07/29/10
SMA America LLC, the U.S.-based subsidiary of global solar technology leader SMA Solar Technology AG, has expanded its U.S. line of utility products with the Sunny Central High Efficiency (HE) line...
- Utility-scale Battery Research Underway - 07/29/10
What happens when the U.S. government awards DuPont, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Bosch, and 3M $1.6 million to develop a longer-lasting, less expensive way to store clean energy? We will...
- Certification Requirements Could Hinder UK Solar Market - 07/29/10
According to EUPD Research, an organization that is studying the UK PV market, an important aspect of the feed-in tariff (FIT) regulation could stymie growth of the solar market in the UK.
- New York's Solar Thermal Plans - 07/28/10
By unveiling a solar heating and cooling programme that could create 25,000 new green jobs, generate US$2.6 billion in revenue and see 2 GW of new solar thermal capacity installed in the state over...
- Lost in the Political Flood - 07/28/10
- No RES in Senate Energy Bill - 07/28/10
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released details of a newly drafted energy bill yesterday. The bill is more notable for what's not in it, than what is in it.
- 16 MW of CIS Modules Going to Asia - 07/28/10
The German company Sulfurcell, a producer of Copper Indium Selenide (CIS) thin-film modules, signed agreements this week to supply companies in China and India with 16 megawatts (MW) of product.
- Securing land to develop CSP plants in the US ? Private, State or Federal? - 07/28/10
One of the first and critical challenges for solar developers is locating and securing the most suitable site that meets all the technical, logistic & budgetary requirements. There are only 3...
- Sandia and SunPower Researching Utility-Scale Solar Energy Integration - 07/28/10
Sandia National Laboratories and SunPower Corp. announced that they formalized a research agreement in which they will focus on integrating large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems into the grid.
- Energy Storage Company Raises $29.5 M - 07/28/10
Xtreme Power, a provider of Dynamic Power Resources (DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage systems, announced the close of a $29.5 million financing round co-led by Bessemer...
- New scanning probe microscopy techniques for analyzing organic photovoltaic materials and devices - 07/28/10
Rajiv GiridharagopaL, Guozheng Shao, David S. Ginger, University of Washington; and Chris Groves, Durham University,discuss the experimental challenges and opportunities associated with two...
- Solar Energy International meets industry needs with curriculum update - 07/28/10
For 20 years, SEI has been at the forefront of solar PV...
- Nicaraguan communities embrace solar and wind - 07/28/10

