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MIT Finds Self Assembling Synthetic Chloroplast to be Used as Solar Cells

Emulating the efforts of the plants in converting light into energy, a team of scientists from MIT deemed to have produced a synthetic chloroplast that can be separated and reassembled a number of times to repair the sun dented solar cells.

7 Sep 2010

Noveda Technologies to Extend its Web Monitoring Feature to PSE&G Solar Installations

Noveda Technologies, a company providing web based solar power monitoring systems, has declared that it is chosen by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey’s gas and electric utility company, to provide hosting and monitoring services for the solar programs of PSE&G.

7 Sep 2010

Solar Power Producers at New Delhi Look for a Tariff Policy with Subsidy

The solar segment of the India is waiting for a fillip under its recently announced Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission that has set a target of 20,000 MW solar power productions by the year 2022. The city of New Delhi is set to meet 5% of its total power demand through solar energy by the year 2012.

7 Sep 2010

ComEd Launches 'Smart Grid Innovation Corridor to Assess Residential Solar Program

ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation and an energy delivering company, has announced the setting up of ComEd Smart Grid Innovation Corridor, a large assemblage of Smart Grid pilots.

7 Sep 2010

PNM Resources Receives Approval for a 22 MW Utility Level Solar Project

PNM Resources, an energy holding company, has announced that its application to add utility level solar power projects to supply power to New Mexico utility was approved by the state regulators.

7 Sep 2010

SunPower Introduces SunPower Oasis Power Plant Product in Europe

SunPower Corporation had announced the availability of its SunPower Oasis Power Plant product across Europe during the recently held European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference.

7 Sep 2010

MiaSolé’s New Copper Indium Gallium Selenide Technology Provides Improved Power Production

MiaSolé, a developer and manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, has declared that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) under the U.S. Department of Energy affirmed the 14.3% power production efficiency of its large area production solar modules, which is the highest among all the commercial scale CIGS module know-how.

7 Sep 2010

Global Solar’s PowerFLEX BIPV Rated as the Best Rooftop Solar Solution

Global Solar, a company known for its unique flexible Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) thin film solar cell technology, has brought out a flexible building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) module called the PowerFLEX BIPV.

7 Sep 2010

Canadian Solar and Blue-Tech Srl Announce Completion of Two Residential and Two Business Solar Installations at Italy

Canadian Solar, a leading solar company and Blue-Tech Srl, an Italian company involved in green energy and photovoltaic solar segments, have declared the culmination of four new solar installations two each in residential and industrial segments in Northern Italy.

7 Sep 2010

Abengoa Solar and E.ON Building Helioenergy Solar Thermal Electric Plant

Abengoa Solar, a solar company that develops and applies solar technologies and E.ON a Düsseldorf Germany based Energy Company, have completed 50% of the construction of their solar electric thermal plant located in Ecija near Seville (Spain).

7 Sep 2010