Maldives Turns to Solar Power for Sustainable Energy

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

The Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean that is threatened by rising sea levels, is turning to solar power to get its electricity.

State Electric Company Limited (STELCO) and Renewable Energy Maldives (REM) have devised a solar energy project to generate electricity for six islands of Malé atoll. Altogether, The Maldives are (more…)

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Germany’s Solar Industry Had a Record Year in 2011

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Solar power will continue to flourish in Germany through 2012, said Abhishek Sha, an analyst with a green and technology focused investment fund.

Abhishek points to Germany’s best feed in tariff program in the world. An influx of cheap Chinese solar panels has also seen demand soar. According to the (more…)

Solar Power for Cell Phones

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Last September we ran a blog post about Nokia’s adventure with solar power for cell phones. The Finnish giant sent some testers out into the big wide world to see how solar power would fare when it came to charging mobile phones with sunlight. The conclusion: it depends on lifestyle, baby. (more…)

7 Killer Resources for Going Solar in 2012

Monday, January 9th, 2012

solar-contractorHaving the right resources can make going solar easy and affordable. And we’ve got a few tricks up our sleeve to help you do just that.

Below is a list of industry-leading resources for residential solar installation. Not only can these organizations help you learn what type of home (more…)

Governor Cuomo Gets Serious about Solar

Friday, January 6th, 2012

This week, New York Governor Cuomo outlined his priorities for the year ahead in his State of the State address. Among his top initiatives for a building a better New York? More solar!

Touting the state’s successful development of other renewable resources, Cuomo remarked that, (more…)

December 2011: Record Month for California Rooftop Solar

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

For some, December probably meant eggnogs, football, relatives, etc. For the California solar industry, it meant a record month of rooftop, behind-the-meter solar. There were over 36 MW of customer-owned installations–the highest since the California Solar Initiative’s inception, and over 130 MW worth of incentive applications. Details on the California Solar (more…)

Home Energy Management Apps Go Mobile

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

One of the key drivers for community and residential energy storage is distributed solar photovoltaics (PV). This is because distributed PV causes fluctuations on low-voltage networks (the end of the line of the grid, essentially). In order for the residential side of the market to take off, customers need an incentive to prioritize either onsite (more…)

Going Solar Just Got Much Much Easier for New York

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

As anyone who has taken on a remodeling project knows, more time can be spent preparing for the project than for the actual installation. Homeowners who try to install a residential solar photovoltaic (PV) system often face complicated processes to get the permits that will not only ensure that their projects are up to (more…)

Breakthrough Facility to Trap Solar Energy in Molten Salt

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

One of the greatest problems of large scale solar power facilities is that they do not produce electricity at night, and when they do produce power, it is constantly fluctuating with the sun’s strength. Under development in the deserts of Tonopah, Nevada is a new technology that will effectively store solar energy (more…)

World’s Biggest Solar Plant Goes Online in Spain

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Andasol, a gigantic farm with 600,000 parabolic mirrors that follow the sun on its daily path across the Earth, has gone online. The system occupies an area that equals the size of 210 football fields.

According to 9Billion, the project is on the Guadix plateau and is a cooperation between four German (more…)

 
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