Non-Traditional Uses of Photovoltaics
The technology behind silicon solar cells hasn’t changed much in decades, although efficiencies have been boosted with incremental improvements, such as a new coating developed at the... Read More
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Intersolar North America to Debut Solar Games Competition in San Diego
Intersolar North America, the first major solar + energy storage event of 2020, announced the launch of an innovative, real-time competition for solar and energy storage installers called the -
SMA America and EnergyHub Partner on Inverter Management Functions
SMA America and EnergyHub partner to deliver cutting-edge solar inverter management for utilities SMA America, a specialist for photovoltaic system technology, and EnergyHub, a provider of distributed energy resource (DER)... -
Latin America and Caribbean on the Brink of Massive Solar Power Growth
Latin America and the Caribbean could grow their installed solar capacity by a factor of 40 by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows. Annual investmens exceeding seven billion would see... -
U.S. Solar Trade Group Adds Multinational Solar Companies to its Board of Directors
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, announced today that multinational solar project developers Grasshopper Solar and BrightNight... -
Distributed Solar Prices Fall Annually by 5-7%
The latest edition of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab’s) annual Tracking the Sun report finds that prices for distributed solar power systems continued to fall in 2018, that industry... -
ABB to Acquire Majority Stake in Chinese EV Charging Provider Chargedot
ABB is to acquire a majority stake of 67% in Shanghai Chargedot New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese e-mobility solution provider. The transaction is expected to be completed in the coming months and ABB has the... -
Annual Photovoltaic Installations Cross the 100GW Milestone
The global market for annual solar PV (SPV) installations has crossed the 100 GW milestone. As the market for SPV has grown in the past decade, the need for transparency and grid stability has forced state and regional... View All
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Solar Cell Solutions Based on Iron
An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30% of the energy in a certain type of light-absorbing iron molecule disappears in a previously unknown manner. By closing this loophole, the researchers hope to contribute to... -
Solar on Farmland: Co-generating electricity alongside crops
A team of engineers, agronomists and economists at Purdue University’s Center for Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems (SFEWS), supported by the National Science Foundation, are developing novel photovoltaic (PV) module designs for use... -
Non-Traditional Uses of Photovoltaics
The technology behind silicon solar cells hasn’t changed much in decades, although efficiencies have been boosted with incremental improvements, such as a new coating developed at the University of Texas. Pervoskites, however, are one of the... -
Largest Hydrelio Floating Solar System in North America
Ciel & Terre USA, innovators in floating solar power systems, in conjunction with Solar Renewable Energy, LLC and RETTEW are pleased to announce completion of its made in USA Hydrelio floating solar solution for a 4.4. MWp floating solar array... -
Heliatek's Organic Solar Film Certified to Have Low Carbon Footprint
Heliatek, a specialist in organic solar energy solutions, announces today that its award-winning technology have been certified by TÜV Rheinland in a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to have a carbon footprint of less than 16 kg CO2e/m2. For a... -
Perovskites Move Beyond Solar Cells
Perovskites are mainly known in the field of solar cells. Researchers from IMO-IMOMEC, an associated laboratory of imec at the University of Hasselt, and colleagues from KU Leuven, UGent and UAntwerpen, are tuning perovskites also for other... -
Solar Car Chargers Continue to Charge EVs During California Outage
Envision Solar International, Inc., a producer of infrastructure products for electric vehicle charging, energy security and outdoor media, today announced that its EV ARC, off grid, solar-powered EV charging infrastructure products continued... View All
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$128 Million in New Projects to Advance Solar Technologies
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for $128 million in new projects to advance solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 75... -
Renewable Energy Extension Act Backed by More than 70 Associations
Today, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced that dozens of associations representing a broad array of interests are calling for an extension of the Section 48 and Section 25D Investment Tax Credit (ITC). More than 70... -
231 Mayors Call on Congress to Extend the Solar Investment Tax Credit
A bipartisan group of 231 mayors from Tacoma, Wash to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. sent a letter to Congress today urging them to pass the Renewable Energy Extension Act (HR 3961/S. 2289), a five-year extension of the solar Investment Tax Credit... -
Design for High-Penetration Renewable Energy Standard in the US
In a new white paper released by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the organizations offer recommendations on how U.S. policymakers can most effectively design a federal... -
Winners of Solar Prize and Two New Innovative Solar Initiatives
At Solar Power International, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Daniel R Simmons, announced the winners of the first round of the -
The Latest on the Solar Tax Credit Extension
An extension of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) would spark $87 billion in new private sector investment and add 113,000 American jobs over baseline estimates by 2030, according to 10-year forecasts released today by the Solar Energy... -
Solar Industry Maps Out Next Steps for 20% by 2030 Goal
As part of the first steps into the Solar+ Decade, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a roadmap that puts solar energy on a path to reaching 20% of U.S. electricity generation by 2030. The roadmap is a 10-year strategic... View All
