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DTE Energy, Domino's Farms Open 1.1MW Solar Array Facility in Ann Arbor Township

In partnership with Domino's Farms, DTE Energy today announced the opening of the state's largest solar array to date, a 1.1-megawatt facility at Domino's Farms in Ann Arbor Township.

16 Sep 2015

Ecoplexus Begins Construction Work on Five Solar PV Projects in North Carolina

Ecoplexus Inc., a leading developer of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced that it has closed financing and commenced construction on five solar PV projects totaling 28 megawatts (MW). The projects have signed long-term PPA contracts with Duke Energy Progress and Dominion North Carolina Power and will achieve commercial operations in late 2015.

16 Sep 2015

SunPower Partners with Riverside Public Utilities to Create 7.5-MW Tequesquite Landfill Solar Farm

With a new 7.5-megawatt (MW) solar energy farm located on the city's former Tequesquite Landfill now operational, Riverside's total solar generation has soared past the 20-MW mark – five years ahead of schedule.

15 Sep 2015

Suntech to Unveil Upgraded 100MW SuperPoly Modules at Solar Power International 2015

Wuxi Suntech announced today that the company will showcase two recent, and one upcoming, product lines in California next week at Solar Power International (SPI) 2015. The conference, recognized as one of the leading North American solar events, affords Suntech the opportunity to introduce its upgraded SuperPoly modules, boasting a 100 MW manufacturing capacity, and the high efficiency HyPro line featuring PERC technology, to the burgeoning US solar market. In addition, Suntech's 1,500V high system voltage module, to be launched in October, will be on display at SPI.

14 Sep 2015

SunEdison’s Solar Farm Enables Columbia to Offset 100% of its Energy Use from Renewable Sources

SunEdison, Inc. (SUNE), the largest global renewable energy development company, in partnership with BITHENERGY, a leading solar developer, today announced that Columbia, Md. is now offsetting 100 percent of its energy use from renewable sources. Columbia now sources 75 percent of its energy from wind renewable energy credits, and 25 percent from a newly completed two megawatt (MW) DC solar farm in SunEdison and BITHENERGY's Nixon Farm solar project in West Friendship, Md.

14 Sep 2015

Hanwha Q CELLS USA Announces Sale of 33MW of Utility Scale Solar in Panama

Hanwha Q CELLS USA, an international solar developer and solutions provider, announces the sale of 33 megawatts of utility scale solar in Panama. Hanwha Q CELLS USA is joined by development partners Renventure (local partner), SEMI (Engineering, Procurement and Construction), ASEP (Panama public service agency), ANAM (Panama environmental authority), and EDEMET (transmission company).

14 Sep 2015

Japanese Paper Art Inspires Design of Solar Cells Capable of Tracking Sun

Kirigami - a Japanese paper cutting art - has inspired researchers from the University of Michigan to develop solar cells that can track the sun, trapping as much as 36% more energy than stationary cells.

11 Sep 2015

Graphene Helps to Create Efficient, Inexpensive, Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers from the Department of Applied Physics at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have created efficient yet inexpensive semitransparent perovskite solar cells using graphene electrodes.

10 Sep 2015

Ocean Waves Could Help Improve Efficiency of Renewable Energy Devices

As the demand for renewable wind and solar energy steadily increases, the need to reduce the cost and extend the life of renewable energy storage batteries becomes even greater.

10 Sep 2015

MISTRAS Completes Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Turbines

MISTRAS Group Limited (U.K. subsidiary of MISTRAS Group), has successfully completed the design, manufacture, installation and first year’s operation of structural health monitoring systems on 32 offshore wind turbines in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm.

9 Sep 2015