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Growing Gap Between Supply and Demand Means Solar Industry May Hit Hard Times

Solar energy (PV) module production capacity will be almost twice as great as global market demand for PV by the end of this year. This could lead to an oversupply situation and can put many manufacturers in a difficult position

21 Aug 2008

Hawaiian Coal Plant to Transform into BioEnergy Facility

U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka and U.S. Representatives Neil Abercrombie and Mazie Hirono helped launch Hawaii's newest renewable energy project at a Hawaiian blessing ceremomy for the Hu Honua Bioenergy Facility in the community of Pepeekeo, on the Big Island's Hamakua Coast

21 Aug 2008

Scientists Working on New Materials That Are Set to Make Solar Electricity Cheaper

Scientists work to convert sunlight to cheaper electricity

21 Aug 2008

Construction Begins on Thin Film Solar Cell Plant

Less than three months after announcing a strategic investment into thin-film photovoltaics, Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, yesterday broke ground on its first photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershausen

21 Aug 2008

Octillion Entered Agreement to Further Develop Photovoltaic Window Technology

Octillion Corp., a next-generation alternative and renewable energy technology incubator, today announced that it has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with scientists at Oakland University to further the development of its NanoPower Window technology. In addition to working to advance the Company's solar photovoltaic technology, scientists and collaborating researchers will explore additional nanotechnology applications that may be derived from their efforts.

18 Aug 2008

Southern California Edison to Provide 900 Megawatts of Wind Power

Southern California Edison (SCE) signed a 20-year contract with DCE, an affiliate of Caithness Energy, which will provide up to 909 megawatts of wind power. Developers say that once completed, the Caithness project will be one of the world's largest fully permitted wind farms.

18 Aug 2008

Large-Scale Australia-China Partnership on Clean Energy Technologies

The University of Queensland will lead a large-scale Australia-China partnership on clean energy technologies, targeting clean coal, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen production and energy storage.

18 Aug 2008

SunEdison Signs 800 MW Development Agreement with Q-Cells

SunEdison, North America's largest solar energy services provider, today announced that the company has entered into a 5-year, 800 MW development agreement in North America with Q-Cells International USA Corporation.

16 Aug 2008

Revolutionary Self-Cleaning Coating Protects Buildings Against Environmental Pollution

Green Earth Nano Science, Inc., a nanotechnology solutions provider and global supplier of proprietary photocatalyst* coatings, recently introduced its newly improved, easy to apply, green, environment friendly, transparent self-cleaning coatings for exterior applications distributed globally under the SolarStucco™ brand.

15 Aug 2008

Spire to Highlight Spi-Sun Simulator 4600SLP at Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference

Spire will highlight the Spi-Sun SimulatorTM 4600SLP. This system will be fully operational at the conference located in Hall One, Booth A29 and available for customers to bring their modules and cells for testing.

15 Aug 2008