US solar company Sunnova Energy has secured $250m in fresh funding to fuel continued growth. This round of financing was the largest amount ever raised by a private residential solar service company in America. Sunnova’s total funding now stands at approximately $500m. The company will use the money to continue its rapid growth and expand its … Continue reading Sunnnova gets $250 million funding to expand its solar power business
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America could power itself 100 times over with solar energy, Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic
In a new report, the Environment America Research and Policy Center seeks to visualize and quantify this potential as it pertains to the United States. The report argues that the U.S. “has the potential to produce more than 100 times as much electricity from solar PV and concentrating solar power (CSP) installations as the nation … Continue reading America could power itself 100 times over with solar energy, Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic
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Antonio Luque, photovoltaic solar pioneer in Spain, to receive $60,000 B?er award
Antonio Luque, professor and director of the Institute of Solar Energy at the Technical University of Madrid, Spain, will receive the Karl W. B?er Solar Energy Medal of Merit at a ceremony to be held at the University of Delaware on March 13, 2015. The medal and a cash award of $60,000, funded by the … Continue reading Antonio Luque, photovoltaic solar pioneer in Spain, to receive $60,000 B?er award
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American Firm plans 1200 MW solar power plant in Nigeria
A consortium of American investors in renewable energy has pledged to deliver in two years, 1,200 megawatts (MW) of solar-powered electricity in Nigeria.Nigeria’s Thisday newspaper report on Tuesday said that the consortium, operating under the auspices of MOTIR SEASPIRE and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo in … Continue reading American Firm plans 1200 MW solar power plant in Nigeria
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India plans to install 100,000 MW of solar energy, photovoltaic and Concentrated Solar Power, by 2022
India is working at revising the solar power target to 100,000 MW for 2022 from the current 20,000 MW. “We have reset the targets of renewable energy. The earlier target for solar energy was 20,000 MW till 2022, which we are trying to reset to 100,000 MW,” he said at an event here organised … Continue reading India plans to install 100,000 MW of solar energy, photovoltaic and Concentrated Solar Power, by 2022
Continue readingTrina Solar sets new efficiency record for photovoltaic silicon cells
Trina Solar said Monday that it had set new world records for high efficiency p-type and n-type silicon solar cells. Trina researchers achieved the results at the company’s State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology in Changzhou. The p-type mono-crystalline silicon solar cell on an industrial Cz wafer, which integrates advanced technologies including back … Continue reading Trina Solar sets new efficiency record for photovoltaic silicon cells
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New solar power plant in Serbia
Renewable energy sources account for 21 percent of Serbia’s power production at the moment and that share will have to go up to 27 percent by 2020. Serbia’s Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic opened in Kladovo on Saturday the largest solar power plant in Serbia, owned by a Serbian company that invested EUR … Continue reading New solar power plant in Serbia
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New battery could propel renewable energy, solar power and wind energy
One of the largest obstacles to the viability of renewable energy, like wind energy and solar power, is the process of storing and transporting the power once the energy’s been converted to electricity. That obstacle has shrunk in recent years, as technology has improved. Now, a bigger, cleaner and more powerful battery is hitting the … Continue reading New battery could propel renewable energy, solar power and wind energy
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Dutch test SolaRoad solar photovoltaic panels on bike path
A project dubbed “SolaRoad” gets underway in the Netherlands this week, testing roadways as a potential canvas to collect solar energy. Fittingly for the cycle-crazy Dutch, the first SolaRoad is a bike path not far from Amsterdam. The path is built of massive, Lego-like modules of solar panels embedded in concrete, each with heavy-duty glass … Continue reading Dutch test SolaRoad solar photovoltaic panels on bike path
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Residential Solar Energy Storage Market to Grow by Factor of 10 from 2014 to 2018
The global market for grid-connected residential photovoltaic (PV) solar installations coupled with energy storage is predicted to grow tenfold to reach more than 900 megawatts (MW) in 2018, up from just 90 MW in 2014, according to new analysis from IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS). This expanding opportunity for PV companies and battery manufacturers largely will … Continue reading Residential Solar Energy Storage Market to Grow by Factor of 10 from 2014 to 2018
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343 MW Solar Power Plants Under Construction in Algeria
Several photovoltaic solar power plant projects with a total capacity of 343 megawatts (MW) are underway in Algeria, the representative of the electricity and renewable energy company (SKTM, a Sonelgaz group’s subsidiary) said Tuesday at a seminar in Algiers. Those projects are being carried out especially in the provinces of the High Plateaux and … Continue reading 343 MW Solar Power Plants Under Construction in Algeria
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Peru aims to cover rural electrical gap with solar photovoltaic panels by 2020
Peru plans to nearly close its gap in electrical coverage in rural regions by the end of the decade with a recently-awarded $28.5 million solar-energy contract, the government said on Wednesday. Ergon Peru S.A.C., which beat one other bidder on the contract awarded on Friday, will install 500,000 solar panels across Peru and guarantee their … Continue reading Peru aims to cover rural electrical gap with solar photovoltaic panels by 2020
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I Spanish Solar Forum
This November will take place in Madrid the “I Spanish Solar Forum: Challenges of the PV Energy without Public Economic Support” organized by the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF). The first edition of this Forum, seeks to provide a yearly meeting point and a place for debate for the Photovoltaic Solar Industry in Spain, which has … Continue reading I Spanish Solar Forum
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Bolivia’s first solar power plant
Yingli Green Energy subsidiary Yingli Spain has supplied more than 5 MW of solar panels for Bolivia’s first solar power plant. Isotron, a subsidiary of Spanish energy company Isastur and a global PV project developer and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services provider, installed more than 17,000 solar panels for the plant — Bolvia’s largest … Continue reading Bolivia’s first solar power plant
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Largest African Solar Energy Plant Comes Online In South Africa
96 megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) project helps power the South African electric grid with renewable energy, creates jobs, and investment. SolarReserve, a leading global developer of utility-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, today announced that the 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) Jasper solar power project completed construction and is fully operational, … Continue reading Largest African Solar Energy Plant Comes Online In South Africa
Continue readingSunPower acquires Photovoltaic (PV) developer SolarBridge
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today expanded its product portfolio for its residential customers with the acquisition of SolarBridge Technologies, Inc., a leader in integrated microinverter technologies for the solar industry. SunPower will utilize this technology, which converts direct current (DC) generated by a single solar photovoltaic panel into alternating current (AC), to develop next generation … Continue reading SunPower acquires Photovoltaic (PV) developer SolarBridge
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Ford to power selected dealerships with wind power and solar energy
The automaker has currently sold easily the second-most plug-ins in the United States this year, trailing only Nissan and the record-setting LEAF. The automaker is also fond of producing great infographics to help the general public grasp the nuances of electric vehicles. Back in August, Ford released plans to build a mammoth solar canopy, the … Continue reading Ford to power selected dealerships with wind power and solar energy
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Japan exploiting renewable energy to address shortage
Japan, an industrialized country but extremely resource poor, has put a great deal of attention on developing new and renewable energy over the years, with the latest case being in Okayama Prefecture where the construction of the biggest solar power plant was launched on Friday. A total of 920,000 solar panels will be installed … Continue reading Japan exploiting renewable energy to address shortage
Continue readingConstruction of 230 MW solar power plant begins in west Japan
A Japanese firm on Friday started construction of a solar power plant in western Japan’s Okayama prefecture, which will be one of the country’s biggest, the Kyodo news agency reported Friday. The 230-megawatt facility’s operator, Setouchi Future Creations LLC, a company founded by firms including GE Energy Financial Services and Toyo Engineering Corp., plans … Continue reading Construction of 230 MW solar power plant begins in west Japan
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Energy Storage for Grid System Industry in China 2014-2017
China Energy Storage for Grid System Industry Report 2014-2017 is a new market research publication announced by Reportstack. Energy storage has a wide range of applications in electric power system involving all aspects of power generation transmission distribution and end user. The energy storage technologies for grid system include pumped storage compressed air flywheel chemical battery … Continue reading Energy Storage for Grid System Industry in China 2014-2017
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