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Calyxo To Launch New Thin Film Modules With Efficiencies Of Over 14%

Anand Upadhyay — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:00:57 +0000

Calyxo is one of the leading German manufacturers of CdTe based thin-film solar modules. The company also undertakes turnkey photovoltaic systems

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Largest Rooftop Solar Development Initiative In Latin America Will Use Unsubsidized Solar

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:10:53 +0000

First of all, let me put out a side note that I think is very important: every major energy source in the world has been tremendously subsidized by governments. In fact, oil, gas, coal, and nuclear continue to receive insane subsidies. Many of those subsidies are typical government subsidies. However, we also subsidies these energy

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Which Solar Panels Are Most Efficient?

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 14:00:53 +0000

Originally published on Cost Of Solar. One of the most common things people ask when they start to consider going solar or start to plan their life-changing solar expedition is which are the most efficient solar panels. However, first of all, that’s not even the right question for most people, and second of all, the

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Top Utility-Scale Solar Builder Is First Solar, But Big Boys Climbing The Ranks

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:52:13 +0000

Originally published on Solar Love. US-based First Solar has led the utility-scale solar league for awhile now, but the latest statistics for utility-scale solar construction (EPC contracts) put it way out in the lead. As you can see in the Wiki-Solar table below, First Solar now has built 1,147 MW of solar power capacity at solar farms

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2012 Record Year For Utility-Solar Installations

Adam Johnston — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:40:35 +0000

2012 has been a record-breaking year for utility-sized solar power installations. Utility-scaled solar installations this year reached 8.5 gigawatts (GW), according to a recent PV-Tech article. The preliminary data from Wiki-Solar noted that newly installed power plants exceeding 10 megawatts (MW) in size have so far reached a total installed capacity of 3 GW in

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Solar News Link Bonanza (New Solar Panels, Warranty Increases, Bill Clinton to Solar Industry…)

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:43:41 +0000

From Bill Clinton at Solar Power International 2012, to future solar growth projections, to a ton of new solar panels from pretty much all of the solar panel leaders, there's been a bunch of solar news this month.

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Solar Power Funding Healthy in Q2 Despite Industry Turmoil

Andrew — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:44:05 +0000

News of bankruptcies and downsizing aside, investors continue to put money to work in the solar power market. Venture capital funding, debt financing, and solar project M&A all increased in Q2, while 13 new solar-focused, clean tech investment funds were announced, according to Mercom Capital's Q2 report.

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Q.CELLS Solar Projects Totaling 30 MW Completed

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:31:17 +0000

Q.CELLS North America has completed two solar PV projects totaling 30 MW for PG&E. The projects, the 20-MW Cantua project and the 10-MW Giffen project, are located in Cantua Creek in California’s Central Valley. Q.CELLS is one of PG&E’s preferred partners in the 250 MW utility-owned generation (UOG) program. “The UOG program enables 250 MW of utility-owned solar PV to

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Cleantech News: Empire State Building Saves Millions in 1 Year; Arab Spring Good for Renewables; Geothermal Could Provide UK with 1/5 of Energy Needs

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 31 May 2012 20:51:46 +0000

Some cleantech news from around for you cleantech news addicts: Solar India’s Renewable Energy Certificate Program Crosses 3 GW: “The accredited generation capacity under the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) scheme has now crossed 3,000 MW.” SunEdison Launches “Eradication of Darkness” Program in India: SunEdison has launched “a rural electrification program called Eradication of Darkness” that

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Clean Links: Solar, Wind, Energy Efficiency, Clean Transport, Energy Storage, Geothermal, & Waste-2-Energy News Roundup

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:28:08 +0000

Some other top cleantech posts from the past couple weeks or so: Wind Power 1. Vestas published an interesting video on the chemistry of wind turbine blades (above) — interesting. 2. “A consortium led by GICON Grossmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH has developed a floating platform designed to be used for offshore wind farms,” North American Wind

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New Thin-Film Solar Module Efficiency Record Set

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:30:52 +0000

Yes, it’s that time again — another solar power efficiency record has been set! The category: thin-film solar module efficiency. The company: Solibro, a subsidiary of the large German solar company Q-Cells SE. The efficiency: 17.4% (of aperture area). The confirming party: the independent Fraunhofer ISE Institute. Where will the technology be used? In “next generation

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New Solar Cells Can Be Rolled Up Like a Carpet

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:24:44 +0000

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have developed a new type of silicon solar cell that is flexible enough to be used on a curved surface or fabric. Currently, most solar cells are rigid due to the use of plastic in their production. The flexible solar cells are produced by

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