Solar Energy News

RSS

Retrofit Allows Display Lighting to Use Energy Efficient LED Lighting

A Minnesota-based company has launched new LED retrofit bulbs that will give commercial and recreational users ultimate flexibility in their lighting displays

7 Jan 2009

Grand Canyon Visitor Center to be Solar Powered

The Grand Canyon's Visitor Center, located near the Canyon's south rim, will soon have a portion of its energy provided by the sun

6 Jan 2009

Affordable Residential Solar Electricity Plan Extended to Entire San Francisco Area

One Block off the Grid (1BOG), a consumer advocacy group for residential renewable energy, and SolarCity, a national leader in solar power system design, financing, installation, monitoring and related services, today announced the solar industry’s broadest community purchase program to date

6 Jan 2009

Green Building Industry Set to Grow Despite Recession

Projections by green building consultant Jerry Yudelson say that the green building industry will grow substantially in 2009 despite the global economic recession

6 Jan 2009

Orion Energy Efficiency Award Goes to Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: CCE) will receive an Environmental Stewardship Award on Jan. 9 from Orion Energy Systems Inc. to acknowledge the beverage company’s relentless commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainability

6 Jan 2009

Amtech Gets $5 Million in Solar Orders

Amtech Systems, Inc. announced that its solar subsidiary, Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $5 million in solar orders for its diffusion processing systems from two new customers, one in Asia and the other in Europe

6 Jan 2009

Space Weather Can Cause Havoc For Electronics and Other Technologies on Earth

A NASA-funded study describes how extreme solar eruptions could have severe consequences for communications, power grids and other technology on Earth

6 Jan 2009

Innnovative Passive House Constructed Using BASF Neopor

One of the first passive houses with a load-bearing wood construction of stacked board elements and facade insulation using BASF Neopor has now been finished

6 Jan 2009

Big Volcanic Eruptions Cool Tropical Regions

Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics

5 Jan 2009

Obama Stimulus Package to Double Solar Electricity Production in USA

President-Elect Barack Obama announced in his weekly radio address that the government's new stimulus plan will double renewable energy production in the next two years

5 Jan 2009