solar power
Created on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Honda, solar panels, home solar, solar power, renewable energy
February 20 -- Automakers have long resorted to incentives like zero-percent financing, rewards points and rebates to inspire customer loyalty. Now Honda is offering a different deal: inexpensive home ... [ +++ ]
February 20 -- Automakers have long resorted to incentives like zero-percent financing, rewards points and rebates to inspire customer loyalty. Now Honda is offering a different deal: inexpensive home ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 15 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Texas, Austin, San Antonio, solar power, solar energy, state policy, clean energy
February 15 -- San Antonio and Austin are using their municipal power companies to push solar electricity generation, and other Texas cities should support state policies boosting solar power, Austin-based ... [ +++ ]
February 15 -- San Antonio and Austin are using their municipal power companies to push solar electricity generation, and other Texas cities should support state policies boosting solar power, Austin-based ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 15 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Colorado, state RPS, clean energy jobs, clean energy, wind power, solar power, renewable energy
February 15 -- Today, nearly 20,000 Coloradans work in the clean energy sector and the equivalent of more than two large nuclear reactors' worth of renewable energy capacity is either online or in the ... [ +++ ]
February 15 -- Today, nearly 20,000 Coloradans work in the clean energy sector and the equivalent of more than two large nuclear reactors' worth of renewable energy capacity is either online or in the ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Apple, iPhone, solar power, solar panel, renewable energy, innovation
February 13 -- Apple has secured a new patent for an integrated touch and solar sensor panel, Kennedy writes, which could mean a solar powered Apple iPhone is on the horizon. >>View Article [ +++ ]
February 13 -- Apple has secured a new patent for an integrated touch and solar sensor panel, Kennedy writes, which could mean a solar powered Apple iPhone is on the horizon. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Germany, Wind Power, Solar Power, Feed-in Tariff, Distributed Generation
February 12 -- The real reason Germany dominates in solar (and wind) is their commitment to democratizing energy, and half of their renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
February 12 -- The real reason Germany dominates in solar (and wind) is their commitment to democratizing energy, and half of their renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Solar Power, Germany, Alaska, feed-in tariffs, Renewable Energy Policy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
February 11th -- Germany doesn’t get an enormous amount of sunlight, relatively speaking. Its annual solar resources are roughly comparable to Alaska’s. Just about every single region in the continental ... [ +++ ]
February 11th -- Germany doesn’t get an enormous amount of sunlight, relatively speaking. Its annual solar resources are roughly comparable to Alaska’s. Just about every single region in the continental ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 07 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: California, solar, renewable energy, clean energy, solar power record, electricity
February 7 -- It looks as though California has broken another solar power record, and it's done so in one of the least-sunny times of year possible. According to preliminary figures provided by the ... [ +++ ]
February 7 -- It looks as though California has broken another solar power record, and it's done so in one of the least-sunny times of year possible. According to preliminary figures provided by the ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 01 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: solar power, solar panels, investment, 1366 Technologies
February 1 -- Solar startup 1366 Technologies opens a demonstration plant, its last step before full-scale commercialization. >>View Article [ +++ ]
February 1 -- Solar startup 1366 Technologies opens a demonstration plant, its last step before full-scale commercialization. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Sungevity, solar power, solar PV, PV, clean energy finance, finance, renewable energy
January 30 -- Sungevity, one of the top online photovoltaic (PV) retailers and solar leasing companies, recently shored up $125 million in new financing to boost its business. >>View Article [ +++ ]
January 30 -- Sungevity, one of the top online photovoltaic (PV) retailers and solar leasing companies, recently shored up $125 million in new financing to boost its business. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: solar energy, San Antonio, Texas, OCI Solar Power, solar PV, renewable energy
January 30 -- Construction has now begun on OCI Solar Power’s 400MW solar energy project located in San Antonio, Texas.The first phase, named Alamo I, is expected to be completed by the middle of 2013. ... [ +++ ]
January 30 -- Construction has now begun on OCI Solar Power’s 400MW solar energy project located in San Antonio, Texas.The first phase, named Alamo I, is expected to be completed by the middle of 2013. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 25 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: GE, thin-film solar cells, thin-film PV, solar power, renewable energy, solar efficiency
January 25 -- GE has emerged, at least technologically, as the top challenger to First Solar Inc., the largest maker of thin-film solar cells, said Keith Emory, head of the NREL lab that verifies solar-cell ... [ +++ ]
January 25 -- GE has emerged, at least technologically, as the top challenger to First Solar Inc., the largest maker of thin-film solar cells, said Keith Emory, head of the NREL lab that verifies solar-cell ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 25 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Volkswagon, solar power, solar PV, photovoltaics, renewable energy, clean energy
January 25 -- The solar park occupies 33 acres (13 hectares) next to the plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where VW produces the Passat mid-size sedan for the U.S. market, and provide 13 percent of energy ... [ +++ ]
January 25 -- The solar park occupies 33 acres (13 hectares) next to the plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where VW produces the Passat mid-size sedan for the U.S. market, and provide 13 percent of energy ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Minnesota, Twin Cities, Solar Power, Solar Panels, Power Cooperative, renewable energy, clean energy
January 15 -- For the first time in Minnesota, an electric power cooperative is offering its customers an alternative -- investing in a community-owned solar-power array, and getting credit for the output ... [ +++ ]
January 15 -- For the first time in Minnesota, an electric power cooperative is offering its customers an alternative -- investing in a community-owned solar-power array, and getting credit for the output ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 14 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: IRENA, United Nations, solar power, wind power, renewable energy, clean energy, renewable resources
January 14 -- Countries must “substantially” expand their capacity to produce energy from solar, wind and other renewable resources to meet a global United Nations target, says the International Renewable ... [ +++ ]
January 14 -- Countries must “substantially” expand their capacity to produce energy from solar, wind and other renewable resources to meet a global United Nations target, says the International Renewable ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 14 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: solar power, Arizona, renewable energy, clean energy, solar panel, photovoltaics, Mesquite Solar
January 11 -- The 150-megawatt Mesquite Solar 1 power plant, backed by a U.S. loan guarantee, is on-line and generating clean power for thousands of homes. >> View Article [ +++ ]
January 11 -- The 150-megawatt Mesquite Solar 1 power plant, backed by a U.S. loan guarantee, is on-line and generating clean power for thousands of homes. >> View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 11 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: California, solar energy, solar power, renewable energy, 1GW, electricity
January 11 -- California's rebate program for businesses and homeowners who install solar panels has now funded enough systems to generate 1 gigawatt of electricity - a level few countries and no ... [ +++ ]
January 11 -- California's rebate program for businesses and homeowners who install solar panels has now funded enough systems to generate 1 gigawatt of electricity - a level few countries and no ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 07 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: solar power, Minnesota, renewable energy, solar panels, clean energy
January 7 -- A new system built near Slayton, Minn., with more than 7,000 solar panels is part of the boom in solar installations in Minnesota and across the United States. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
January 7 -- A new system built near Slayton, Minn., with more than 7,000 solar panels is part of the boom in solar installations in Minnesota and across the United States. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 26 December 2012 / Industry News
Tags: solar, California, solar power, power generation, solar record, renewable energy
December 26 -- California just recently passed the milestone of 1 GW of solar power production (in August). And now it has just surpassed another milestone — it nearly reached that peak August generation ... [ +++ ]
December 26 -- California just recently passed the milestone of 1 GW of solar power production (in August). And now it has just surpassed another milestone — it nearly reached that peak August generation ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: Arizona, wind energy, solar power, renewable energy, grid
November 19 -- A rural elementary school in Arizona offers a lesson in grid independence - albeit small, it is the first in the US to run entirely on renewable energy. Five wind turbines and 100 solar ... [ +++ ]
November 19 -- A rural elementary school in Arizona offers a lesson in grid independence - albeit small, it is the first in the US to run entirely on renewable energy. Five wind turbines and 100 solar ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 / Industry News
Tags: Hurricane Sandy, solar power, renewable energy, solar truck, Greenpeace, Rockaway, New York, clean energy
November 19 -- In the Sandy-ravaged Rockaway Beach neighborhood of New York, a 10-year-old truck outfitted with 256-square feet of solar panels is a working example of how cities can prepare for superstorms ... [ +++ ]
November 19 -- In the Sandy-ravaged Rockaway Beach neighborhood of New York, a 10-year-old truck outfitted with 256-square feet of solar panels is a working example of how cities can prepare for superstorms ... [ +++ ]
