Solar Panels
Aurora Flight Sciences Wins Contract for Boeing SolarEagle
09 January 2012POSTED IN Applications News
Aurora Flight Sciences of Manassas, Virginia has been awarded a contract by Boeing Defence, Space & Security to design and fabricate structural components for the revolutionary Boeing SolarEagle unmanned aircraft.
Eton Corporation Launches Solar Streaming Music System
09 January 2012POSTED IN New Products
Eton Corporation, a California-based green-powered consumer products company, today announced Rukus, a portable solar-powered Bluetooth sound system. It will be available Q2 2012.
Opel Delivers 4.6MW SolarTracker Systems to GES
09 January 2012POSTED IN Business News
Opel Solar, Inc. and Opel Technologies Inc. (collectively, Opel), a supplier of solar tracker systems and high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar panels, announced today that it has completed delivery of 4.6 megawatts (MW) of its TF-850 solar trackers to Global Energy Service USA (GES).
SolarFocus Unveils its Solar Kindle at CES
09 January 2012POSTED IN New Products
SolarFocus debuts its Solar Kindle Lighted Cover at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, US, this week.
Wagan Tech Unveils Solar Power Generators
06 January 2012POSTED IN New Products
Wagan Tech today announced it will showcase its new solar power generators at the 2012 International CES, 10-13 January in Las Vegas, Nevada.
China’s ET Solar Installs 600 KW PV Modules in UK
06 January 2012POSTED IN Applications News
ET Solar Group, a China-based solar module producer, installed 600 KW PV modules on 30 rooftops in the UK, the company said today.
eSilicon Uses Sofics PowerQubic to Protect Solar Panel IC from EOS
05 January 2012POSTED IN Applications News
Sofics announced today that its PowerQubic electrical overstress (EOS) technology has been chosen by eSilicon Corporation for a high-voltage solar power application.
GreenPeak Unveils Wireless PV Control System
05 January 2012POSTED IN New Products
GreenPeakTechnologies, a Utrecht, The Netherlands-based fabless semiconductor company, today announced a wireless monitoring and control system solution for solar panel installations that will allow individual panel parameter tracking and control.
France to Invest in Solar Panel Company
04 January 2012POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
The French government appears ready to assist Photowatt, the county’s largest solar panel manufacturer, which was on the verge of bankruptcy two months ago.
Western Wind Takes Delivery of Solar Panels for Puerto Rico Project
30 December 2011POSTED IN Business News
Western Wind Energy Corp. announced that it has signed a Module Supply Agreement with a leading international, multi-billion dollar photo voltaic panel manufacturer for 42MW DC (30MW AC) for its Yabucoa Project located in Puerto Rico.
Düsseldorf International Airport Goes Solar
29 December 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Travelers flying in or out of Düsseldorf International Airport will see a field of 8,400 solar panels on an area as big as six soccer fields.
12 Energy-related Predictions for 2012 in Canada
28 December 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Does Canada need more energy supply or more insulation? Clearly, this is a gross simplification but it is estimated that almost a third of Canada's current energy consumption is used for heating and cooling buildings and homes. This number could be cut in half with proper conservation initiatives.
Solar in China: Booming beyond expectations
28 December 2011POSTED IN Editors Blogs
China’s National Energy Administration published the 12th 5-year plan target for renewable energy on 15th, December, in which the solar power generating capacity target has been raised again to 15GW by 2015. As China had already doubled its 2015 solar power goal to 10GW after the Japanese nuclear power crisis, the Chinese administration has tripled its expectation in solar energy during 2011.
American Red Cross Goes Solar in Hawaii
28 December 2011POSTED IN Applications News
The American Red Cross' Hawaii Chapter expects to save half a million dollars in energy costs over the next two decades through its new photovoltaic (PV) system. Designed and installed by RevoluSun, the 62-kW system is now live and generating 45% of the non-profit's energy through clean, renewable sunshine.
SunPower Announces Agreement to Acquire Tenesol SA
23 December 2011POSTED IN Business News
SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tenesol SA, a global solar provider headquartered in La Tour de Salvagny, France.
New Discovery Could Ignite Solar Boom by Cheaply Doubling Panel Efficiency
22 December 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Onyx Service & Solutions Inc. is applauding news released by the University of Texas at Austin stating that one of its chemists has discovered a way that may allow solar panel efficiency to be doubled, possibly reaching as high as 66%.
China Sunergy Solar Modules Benefit UK Public Housing by Christmas
22 December 2011POSTED IN Applications News
China Sunergy Co., Ltd. today announced that it had shipped 1.59 megawatts (MW) in solar panels to Emotion Energy who, in partnership with Edison Energy, installed solar panels for 117 houses in a residential rooftop project in Faifley, Scotland for the Knowes Housing Association Scotland.
ThermoEnergy China Plan Expands to Filter Wastewater from Solar Panel Plants
21 December 2011POSTED IN Business News
ThermoEnergy Corp. has announced that it has launched a marketing plan to provide technology to China that would recover high-value and often toxic chemicals and metals from wastewater produced during the manufacture of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels.
BP Drops Out of the Solar Industry
21 December 2011POSTED IN Business News
BP's move into the solar business was once part of the company's commitment to spend $8 billion on renewable power by 2015. Now it is moving out of solar and its renewable energy package will consist of onshore wind and biofuels.
Solar Solution: The UK's Largest City Centre PV Installation
20 December 2011POSTED IN Case Studies and Solar Solutions
UK-based solar company GMI Renewable Energy Group has recently installed the country's largest city-centre PV system on the roof of a multi-story car park in Leeds.
