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Sempra U.S. Gas & Power to Expand its Mesquite Solar Complex in Arlington, Arizona

Sempra U.S. Gas & Power today announced a 100-megawatt (MW) expansion of its Mesquite Solar complex in Arlington, Ariz., about 60 miles west of Phoenix. When completed in late 2016, the expansion, called Mesquite Solar 2, will produce enough power for 45,000 homes.

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

Climate Change Induces Upslope Migration of Tropical Plants in Ecuador

The plants on the highest mountain in Ecuador have migrated more than 500 meters to higher altitudes during the last two centuries. This is determined in a new study, in which Aarhus University researchers compared Humboldt's data from 1802 with current conditions.

15 Sep 2015

ET Solar Launches ET Cell Optimizer Module at 2015 SPI Exhibition

ET Solar Group (ET Solar), an advanced solar module manufacturer, announced at the 2015 Solar Power International (SPI) exhibition the certification and commercial availability of the new ET Cell Optimizer Module (COM). The ET COM modules incorporate next generation power management integrated circuits (ICs) developed by Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Maxim), a leading manufacturer of mixed-signal and analog semiconductors.

15 Sep 2015

Researchers Develop Catalyst to Recycle Waste and Increase Biodiesel Production

Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.

15 Sep 2015

PowerStream Begins Pilot Solar Storage Program with Sunverge Energy to Reduce Home Electric Bills

Ontario-based utility PowerStream has launched a pilot solar storage program with Sunverge Energy, with the goal of dramatically reducing home electric bills and providing customers with additional outage protection. The pilot is a key component of the utility's plan to reduce overall power consumption in its service area by 535,440 MWh by 2020, which is the equivalent of taking more than 62,000 homes off the grid.

15 Sep 2015

Study Shows Protected Areas Preserve Mangrove Habitats, Prevent Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Protected areas not only keep significant swaths of Indonesia's shrinking mangrove habitats intact, but also prevent emissions of carbon dioxide that would have been released had these mangroves been cleared, according to a study in the journal Ecological Economics.

15 Sep 2015

Researchers Develop New Electrodeposition Process to Produce Highly Efficient Solar Cells

Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have developed a relatively inexpensive and simple way to split water into hydrogen and oxygen through a new electrodeposition method. The method produces highly efficient solar cells that can gather solar energy for use as fuel.

15 Sep 2015

SMK Electronics to Exhibit PV-03 Photovoltaic Module Connectors at Solar Power International

SMK Electronics Corporation U.S.A., a division of SMK Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electronics components, automotive information systems and OEM remote controls, announced today that it will showcase its PV-03 Photovoltaic Module Connectors this week at Solar Power International (SPI), to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center, September 14th-17th (booth # 2349).

15 Sep 2015

Quest for Alternative Energy Points Towards Ocean Coral Reefs

A tropical paradise on the surface, the coral reefs under the tiny island nation’s azure waves are actually a laboratory unlike anywhere else on the planet. The seemingly placid environment features some truly extreme conditions—an evolutionary crucible that has produced creatures with traits that rival the best of human ingenuity. Sweeney’s job is to understand how they got that way and why.

14 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

Study Reveals Antarctic Ice Would Completely Melt if All Global Fossil-Fuel Resources are Burnt

Burning all of the world's available fossil-fuel resources would result in the complete melting of the Antarctic ice sheet, a new study to be published in Science Advances shows. The Antarctic ice masses store water equivalent to more than 50 meters of sea-level rise.

14 Sep 2015

Hanwha Q CELLS to Give Insight into Advanced Q.ANTUM Technology at Solar Power International Trade Fair

Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd. ("Hanwha Q CELLS" or the "Company") one of the world's largest providers of high quality, high efficiency photovoltaic modules and solutions, announced today that it will give insight into the next level of its high efficiency Q.ANTUM technology at this year's Solar Power International (SPI) trade fair in Anaheim, California from September 15-17.

14 Sep 2015

First Online Global Permafrost Database Could Serve as Early Warning System

This Saturday at a conference in Quebec, Canada an international research team will present the first online data portal on global permafrost. In the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost researchers first collect all the existing permafrost temperature and active thickness layer data from Arctic, Antarctic and mountain permafrost regions and then make it freely available for download.

14 Sep 2015

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Sempra U.S. Gas & Power to Expand its Mesquite Solar Complex in Arlington, Arizona

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

Climate Change Induces Upslope Migration of Tropical Plants in Ecuador

ET Solar Launches ET Cell Optimizer Module at 2015 SPI Exhibition

Researchers Develop Catalyst to Recycle Waste and Increase Biodiesel Production

PowerStream Begins Pilot Solar Storage Program with Sunverge Energy to Reduce Home Electric Bills

Study Shows Protected Areas Preserve Mangrove Habitats, Prevent Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Researchers Develop New Electrodeposition Process to Produce Highly Efficient Solar Cells

SMK Electronics to Exhibit PV-03 Photovoltaic Module Connectors at Solar Power International

Quest for Alternative Energy Points Towards Ocean Coral Reefs

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

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

Study Reveals Antarctic Ice Would Completely Melt if All Global Fossil-Fuel Resources are Burnt

Hanwha Q CELLS to Give Insight into Advanced Q.ANTUM Technology at Solar Power International Trade Fair

First Online Global Permafrost Database Could Serve as Early Warning System

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