First Solar Signs Contract with PG&E for 300 MW Photovoltaic Solar Power Project

According to First Solar, “First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced a power purchase agreement to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company with renewable electricity from a 300 megawatt (AC) utility-scale photovoltaic solar power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California.
The Desert Sunlight project, to be located near Desert Center in eastern Riverside [...]

Caltech Explores Plastic Solar Cells

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has recently developed solar cells made of 98% plastic, effectively using 1/50th of the normal semiconductor material required. More importantly though these solar cells have demonstrated over 90% efficiency, almost four times greater than traditional silicon-based solar cells.

The researchers at Caltech have discovered that by growing silicon wires in [...]

Chinese solar to gain on subsidy cuts in Europe

According to Reuters, “Subsidy cuts throughout Europe promise more business for Chinese solar companies at the expense of European and American peers as customers seek lower cost products to protect profits.
Governments in major European solar markets such as Germany and Italy are paring back support regimes for photovoltaic (PV) appliances this year and next, arguing [...]

SunPower Announces Agreement to Acquire SunRay

According to the Press Release, “SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SunRay Renewable Energy, a leading European solar power plant developer with offices in Europe and the Middle East, including a principal project office in Rome. SunPower will acquire SunRay from its shareholders, which includes [...]

Duke Energy Acquires First Commercial Solar Power Project

According to the press release, “Duke Energy is adding solar power to its commercial renewable energy portfolio through the acquisition of a large-scale solar photovoltaic project under development in San Antonio, Texas.
Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS), a Duke Energy Commercial Businesses unit that owns and develops renewable power assets, will purchase the Blue Wing Solar [...]

Apple Files Patent for Solar-Powered iPods

Apple has filed a patent for Solar-Powered iPods.  Apple is on the cutting edge of hip products.  Now, they will be following the renewable trend.
Abstract – POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITRY AND SOLAR CELLS
This is directed to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing circuitry that can be used to control multiple solar cells to generate power for [...]

First Solar Acquires Solar Project Development Pipeline from Edison Mission Group

According to the Press Release, “First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), one of the world’s largest solar module manufacturers and utility systems providers, has completed the acquisition of a portion of Edison Mission Group’s (EMG) solar project development pipeline. The utility-scale solar projects are located in California and the Southwest.
“Acquiring the EMG development pipeline extends First [...]

German tariff cuts to spark solar sector downturn

According to Reuters, “A potential deep cut in feed-in tariffs in Germany will hit solar companies around the world and increases pressure on large players to reduce exposure to the world’s largest photovoltaic market.
Analysts say that lower prices could result in a shakeout in the industry that drives higher cost players out of business and [...]

Enviromena Power Systems Closes Series B Financing

According to the Press Release, ” Enviromena Power Systems today announced it has closed its Series B investment round and as part of that round Masdar and Good Energies have become shareholders joining zouk Ventures and New Energies Invest. The investment totals $US 15 million in equity and equity warrants. Enviromena will use the funds [...]

eSolar Partners With Penglai on Landmark Solar Thermal Agreement For China

According to the Press Release by eSolar, “2 GW to be Built Utilizing Technology Proven at the Sierra Power Plant
BEIJING, China and PASADENA, Calif. – January 8, 2010 – eSolar, a global provider of reliable and cost-effective concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, and Penglai Electric, a privately-owned Chinese electrical power equipment manufacturer, today announced a [...]

Toyota Develops Solar Charging Stations for EVs

Toyota Industries Corp. (TIC), the parent company of Toyota Motors, has laid plans to develop a solar charging station network throughout Toyota City in the Aichi Prefecture. Twenty-one stations in eleven locations are set to be built by April 2010 after which they will be thoroughly tested with Toyota’s very own Prius fleet.
The stations will [...]

BLM Concentrating on Renewable Energy Projects That Could Meet Stimulus Funding Deadline

According to the Press Release, “With the December 2010 deadline for obtaining incentive funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act only a year off, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey today reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to helping the nation reach its “green energy future” by guaranteeing full environmental analysis and public review [...]

Soitec acquires Concentrix Solar

According to the Press Release, “The Soitec Group (Euronext Paris), the world’s leading supplier of engineered substrates for the microelectronics industry, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Concentrix Solar GmbH (“Concentrix”), a leading provider of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar systems. With this acquisition, and in line with its strategy, [...]

A loss for First Solar

First Solar, one of the premier solar power companies has taken a few hits lately. One of their most recent issues has led to the stopping of one of their projects in Colorado, United States. In Colorado, First Solar was to build a 150 Mega-watt solar facility in the high desert of the San Luis [...]

Solar Industry Leader Amonix Acquires Sunworks Solar

According to the Press Release, “The Board of Directors of Amonix, Inc., the best choice for utility-scale solar power in hot and dry climates, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Sunworks Solar LLC, a solar manufacturing plant developer. At the same time, Sunworks co-founder Brian Robertson becomes Chief Executive Officer; Sunworks co-founder [...]

Solyndra, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering

According to the Press Release, “Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative cylindrical photovoltaic systems for commercial rooftops, announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.
The joint book-running managers of the proposed offering will be Goldman, Sachs & [...]

First Solar Becomes First PV Company to Produce 1GW in a Single Year

According to the Press Release, “First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has manufactured and shipped more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of its photovoltaic (PV) solar modules in 2009, becoming the first PV company to attain this production volume in a single year. One gigawatt of solar modules produces enough electricity to serve the [...]

California Approves Space-based Solar Satellite

The ever-expanding solar industry has tackled land-based projects and is now looking to the skies for their latest innovations. Although space-based solar technology has been around for decades, it has never really been a viable option in terms of cost-efficiency. Nevertheless, last Thursday California regulators approved a project to beam solar energy from a satellite [...]

Solar Power Players

In Europe, the market for renewable energy is large and growing at an amazing rate. Contributing to this growth along are two companies, E.ON and Abengoa Solar, and their forward thinking solar energy ideas.
In the south of Spain, in Seville, two new solar power plants are underway to help ease the environmental impact of producing [...]

Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables team up to build two 50MW Concentrating Solar Power plants in Spain

According to the Press Release, “Madrid, November 25, 2009: Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables have today formed a partnership that will see them jointly own and operate two 50MW Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants. The plants which are already under construction are located in Ecija (Seville), Southern Spain, one of the best areas [...]

Suncore’s NovaCell Solar Charger

With the average consumer becoming more mobile than ever, the worry of depleting battery life on iPods, cell phones, or other portable devices may soon become a distant memory. Suncore, a leader in self-charging solar solutions, has developed a new product called NovaCell; a portable, pocket-sized, solar charger for your portable device granting its users [...]

First Solar and Ordos Take Key Step Forward in 2GW China Project

According to the Press Release by First Solar, “First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced a Cooperation Framework Agreement with the Chinese government that takes another critical step towards the realization of the world’s largest solar power plant in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, China.
First Solar President Bruce Sohn and Mayor Yun Guangzhong of [...]

Solar Recycling

Green technology is the way of the future, as it will provide consumers and businesses a cleaner way of completing essential tasks while having far less of a negative impact on the environment. Green energy, in the forms of solar, wind, geo-thermal and hydro will soon gain a bigger foothold in electric grids across the [...]

Konarka and Arch Aluminum & Glass Announce Unique Solar Curtain Wall Pilot Project

According to the Press Release, “Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in development and commercialization of Konarka Power Plastic®, a material that converts light to energy, today announced the company, along with Arch Aluminum & Glass Co., Inc, has launched the first curtain wall pilot project that will integrate Konarka Power Plastic into a wall structure [...]

Nocturnal Solar Power Plant

The renewable energy front has made tremendous strides in the last decade which is no more evident than in the new solar power plant that transcends its very own definition. A solar power plant that harnesses energy long after the sun has set. In Santa Monica, CA a solar company called SolarReserve is working tirelessly [...]

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