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Comprehensive Forecast Report on Global Concentrated Solar Power Market

Transparency Market Research announces the release of a report titled “Concentrated Solar Power Market for Product Segment - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 - 2020.”

27 Feb 2015

New Method Makes Solar Cells More Efficient

Scientists of the University of Luxembourg and of the Japanese electronics company TDK report progress in photovoltaic research: they have improved a component that will enable solar cells to use more energy of the sun and thus create a higher current.

27 Feb 2015

TSEC's Newest "V-Series" High-Efficiency Solar Panels Debut at PV EXPO 2015

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DuPont) and TSEC Corporation (TSEC), will showcase TSEC's newest "V-Series" high-efficiency solar panels for the first time during PV EXPO 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, from Feb. 25 – 27.

From DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions 26 Feb 2015

New Solar Laboratory to be Opened at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Stockholm is one of the world's most sunlight-deprived capitals for almost half of the year. But now, the city's premier technical university, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, is home to one of the world's few solar laboratories.

26 Feb 2015

Town of Woodstock Selects OnForce Solar to Execute 650kW Solar Project

OnForce Solar, a leading provider of solar energy systems, announced that the Town of Woodstock, NY has awarded the firm a 650 kW solar project. The planned solar array will be built on 3 acres near the wastewater treatment plant located on state Route 212.

25 Feb 2015

Southern Power Acquires Two PV Solar Projects Totaling 99MW in Georgia

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power today announced the acquisition of two photovoltaic (PV) solar projects totaling 99 megawatts (MW) in Georgia – the 80-MW Decatur Parkway Solar Project and the 19-MW Decatur County Solar Project – from Tradewind Energy, Inc.

23 Feb 2015

Researchers Develop More Efficient Bio-Battery with Inorganic Components

UBC microbiologist J. Thomas Beatty, bioengineer John Madden and chemist Curtis Berlinguette are working across disciplines to develop a new generation of solar cells. Their inspiration? Mother nature.

23 Feb 2015

NRG Renew to Implement Multi-Site Distributed Solar Program at 170 Sites for Kaiser Permanente

As part of Kaiser Permanente’s strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020 and address the threat of climate change on human health, NRG Renew will implement a single-brand, multi-site distributed solar program at as many as 170 sites, which will include medical offices, hospitals, clinics, data centers and other Kaiser Permanente facilities.

20 Feb 2015

NTPC Selects Saft’s Extreme Temperature Battery Energy Storage System for Arctic Circle Community

Saft, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of high technology batteries for industry, was selected by Northwest Territories Power Corporation (NTPC) to develop and install an extreme temperature Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) for use as part of a hybrid micro-grid that will deliver cleaner, more reliable and less expensive power to a community located 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Canada.

20 Feb 2015

Operations Begin at SunEdison’s Regulus Solar Facility in Kern County

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy development company, today announced the successful completion and start of operation of the Regulus solar facility in Kern County, California.

19 Feb 2015