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Alta Devices to Enable Self-Powered Internet of Things

Nov 22, 2013 (SPX)

Alta Devices has announced that its mobile power technology produces up to 5 times more power from indoor light than other commercially available solar technolo...

Mahindra EPC's Successful Comissioning Of Solar Projects In Tamil Nadu

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

After the successful commissioning of over 80MW of solar projects across India, Mahindra EPC is pleased to announce the successful commissioning of its first so...

Holston View Wins Solar Project of the Year

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

Holston View Elementary in Bristol, Tenn., has won Solar Project of the Year from Solar Builder magazine. The 50kW solar pavilion system - consisting of 200 MAG...

Vikram Solar Promotes National Solar Manufacturing Capacity

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Vikram Solar, which is developing a solar module with 100 per cent domestic raw materials, is firmly committed to advancing the public policy goals of the natio...

2 for 1 in solar power

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Solar cells offer the opportunity to harvest abundant, renewable energy. Although the highest energy light occurs in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum, most ...

Refined materials provide booster shot for solar energy conversion

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

If you want to get the most out of the sun, you have to improve the performance of the materials used. An interdisciplinary team of Engineering at Illinois rese...

SunEdison Launches Solar Water Pumps In India

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

SunEdison has launched a solar photovoltaic (PV)-based water pump designed for the agriculture sector. Intended for use in rural environments, the water pump is...

Boeing Subsidiary Spectrolab Sets New Solar Cell Efficiency World Record

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab recently set a new world record by producing a solar cell that converted 38.8 percent of solar energy into electricity, more than a...

SolarCity Partners with BMW i to Create Exclusive Solar Service Package

Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)

SolarCity and BMW have partnered to offer owners of the new BMW i vehicles exclusive access to SolarCity's most affordable solar service option. The partnership...

German Nanosolar becomes Smartenergy Renewables Deutschland

Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)

Nanosolar GmbH, which was acquired by Smartenergy Renewables AG in July 2013, has been renamed and operates under the new corporate name of Smartenergy Renewabl...

Google and KKR Partner to Invest in Portfolio of Solar PV Projects

Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)

Google, KKR and Recurrent Energy have announced that Google and KKR are making an investment in six solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities that are currently being ...

Madison School District Becomes First PV Independent Power Producer

Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)

Kyocera Solar and Madison School District held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week to inaugurate a 1.6MW solar energy project, the first that Kyocera has develo...

Centrosolar Installs Solar Array For Fronius USA

Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)

Centrosolar America and Johnson Melloh Solutionshave announced the completion of a 61kW solar project at the recently completed Fronius building in Portage, Ind...

Google, KKR to invest $400 mn on solar projects

Nov 14, 2013 (AFP)

Internet giant Google and investment firm KKR will invest $400 million in six solar plants in California and Arizona, the companies announced Thursday. The plan...

China to drive world's renewable energy increase

Nov 14, 2013 (UPI)

China's increase in renewable energy is on course to surpass the European Union, the United States and Japan combined, says the International Energy Agency. In ...

IHS Boosts Solar Capital Spending Forecast as Market Conditions Continue to Improve

Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)

Amid new signs that solar market conditions are improving and major suppliers are increasing production, IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) is raising its forecast of photovo...

Penn and Drexel Team Demonstrates New Paradigm for Solar Cell Construction

Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)

For solar panels, wringing every drop of energy from as many photons as possible is imperative. This goal has sent chemistry, materials science and electronic e...

PROINSO exhibits PV-DIESEL hybrid solutions at Intersolar India

Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)

PROINSO will travel to Mumbai to attend Intersolar India, a major solar power industry show that is expected to attract over 8,500 trade members. It will be the...

HMV breaking ground on Wisconsin's first stand-alone utility-scale solar energy project

Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)

Half Moon Ventures (HMV) has announced the groundbreaking on Wisconsin's first stand-alone utility scale solar energy project in the city of Jefferson, Wis. HMV...

Midsummer develops high-efficiency process for cadmium-free CIGS on stainless steel

Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)

Midsummer has developed a high speed process for manufacturing of CIGS solar cells utilising sputtering of all layers in the solar cell structure. Midsummer rec...