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Rioglass Solar Signs Contract with Siemens CSP for Receiver Technology Acquisition

Rioglass Solar, the leading manufacturer of mirrors used for Concentrating Solar Power, has signed an agreement with Siemens CSP, for the acquisition of the receiver technology and related manufacturing assets.

19 Sep 2013

Greenwood Biosar to Deliver Five Santerno Solar Inverters at Romanian Solar Project

Santerno, the Carraro Group company that specializes in alternative energy electronics and industrial automation, has signed an agreement with Greenwood Biosar, the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) division of Greenwood Energy, to deliver five Santerno TG760 1000V solar inverters for installation at a new solar project in Calarasi, Romania.

19 Sep 2013

Sunpreme Receives IEC 61701 Accreditation and PID Certification for GX Series Modules

Sunpreme Inc., a US-based Silicon Valley based solar company that designs and manufactures its own photovoltaic cells and panels, announced that its advanced GX300 panels have earned IEC 61701 salt mist corrosion test certification. Additionally, its PV modules successfully passed the Potential Induced Degradation Test (PID) under severe conditions of high voltage, high temperature, and high humidity.

18 Sep 2013

LEED Platinum Certified Sandy Grove Middle School to Utilize 589 kW DC Solar PV System

PowerSecure International, Inc., announced today that it has designed and installed the power systems for Sandy Grove Middle School (SGMS) in Lumber Bridge, NC, which opened for the 2013-2014 school year as one of the nation’s first net positive energy schools.

17 Sep 2013

Engineers Employ Falling Particle Receiver Technology for Efficient Conversion of Sun’s Energy into Electricity

Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories, along with partner institutions Georgia Tech, Bucknell University, King Saud University and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), are using a falling particle receiver to more efficiently convert the sun’s energy to electricity in large-scale, concentrating solar power plants.

17 Sep 2013

History of Solar Energy

The Chinese got it. So did the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Long before the advent of modern photovoltaics and solar grids, these forward thinkers were finding ways to harness the sun's energy - present in infinite supply - and use it to heat their homes and baths, and even to cook their food.

16 Sep 2013

XPO Clean Energy Exposition to be Hosted by UC Irvine

UC Irvine has been named the official host university of the inaugural XPO clean energy exposition, which will take place in October alongside the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013 at the Orange County Great Park.

16 Sep 2013

U.S. Solar Installations in Q2 2013 Increase 15% Over Q1 2013

GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) today release U.S. Solar Market Insight: 2nd Quarter 2013, the definitive analysis of solar power markets in the U.S., with strategic state-specific data for 28 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

13 Sep 2013

Fast Park Commissions 300 Solar Panels at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Facility

Fast Park, leading offsite airport parking company, completed installation and commissioning of 300 solar panels at its Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) facility this week.

13 Sep 2013

Soitec’s Latest Concentrated PV Module Demonstrates Record 31.8% Power-Generating Efficiency

Soitec (Euronext), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, today announced its newest concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) module featuring a record power-generating efficiency of 31.8 percent.

From Soitec 13 Sep 2013

Solar Energy News

Rioglass Solar Signs Contract with Siemens CSP for Receiver Technology Acquisition

Greenwood Biosar to Deliver Five Santerno Solar Inverters at Romanian Solar Project

Sunpreme Receives IEC 61701 Accreditation and PID Certification for GX Series Modules

LEED Platinum Certified Sandy Grove Middle School to Utilize 589 kW DC Solar PV System

Engineers Employ Falling Particle Receiver Technology for Efficient Conversion of Sun’s Energy into Electricity

History of Solar Energy

XPO Clean Energy Exposition to be Hosted by UC Irvine

U.S. Solar Installations in Q2 2013 Increase 15% Over Q1 2013

Fast Park Commissions 300 Solar Panels at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Facility

Soitec’s Latest Concentrated PV Module Demonstrates Record 31.8% Power-Generating Efficiency

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