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SOLON to Construct Solar Power Plant for UniSource Energy Services Near Arizona

SOLON, a turnkey solar power plant provider in the USA, has declared that it will be constructing a 10 MW solar PV plant close to Kingman, Arizona, to supply cost-effective and clean power to UniSource Energy Services (UES) customers.

28 Oct 2011

Silicon: The Gulf between Crystalline and Amorphous

The energy of amorphous silicon - an essential material for the new generation of photovoltaic panels and for flat panel displays - is 50% lower than the value so far assigned to it.

27 Oct 2011

Bayer Receive Award for EcoCommercial Building Conference Center

Bayer MaterialScience LLC’s EcoCommercial Building (ECB) Conference Center is a sparkling example for promoting Pennsylvania’s clean-energy economy.

27 Oct 2011

Sandia Receives Awards for its Sustainability and Energy Efficiency

Sandia National Laboratories has reduced its water use by 30 percent since 2008 and its energy intensity by more than 8 percent since 2005 in nationally recognized efforts to integrate sustainable planning and design into its operations and facilities.

25 Oct 2011

New Route Doubles the Efficiency of Hybrid Solar Cells

Organic solar cells have the potential to convert sunlight into electrical energy in an economical and environmentally friendly fashion. The challenge is that they still work less efficiently than inorganic semiconductors. Ultrafast measurements on hybrid cells now reveal a route to double their efficiency.

24 Oct 2011

Spain to Receive Major Investment Package from Gehrlicher Solar

The president of the Murcia Community, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, and Klaus Gehrlicher, founder and CEO of the German photovoltaic company Gehrlicher Solar AG, met on October 20th to announce major solar power investments within the next five years.

24 Oct 2011

MIT Researchers Discover Technique for Simultaneous Heat and Electricity Generation from Sunlight

A new study that appeared in the journal, Solar Energy moves off from the conventional theory that solar energy will produce either heat energy to produce hot water or steam or electricity alone.

24 Oct 2011

Public Service Electric and Gas Inaugurates Solar System at Rider University

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) along with Rider University has inaugurated a 74 MW solar system at the school in Lawrenceville, NJ.

22 Oct 2011

SANYO to Display HIT Solar Modules at Solar Power UK 2011

SANYO Component Europe (SANYO) has declared that it will participate at the Solar Power UK 2011, solar expo to be held from October 26 -28, 2011 at Birmingham, UK, located International Conference Centre (ICC).

22 Oct 2011

Envision Solar International to Deploy Solar Grove Structure for Utility in California

Envision Solar International, a renewable energy infrastructure ware designing and developing company, declared that it has broken ground to deploy its Solar Grove for a utility in California.

22 Oct 2011