Landfills present an appealing option for solar — they are quiet and low profile, attract minimal vehicular traffic, and offer areas no more than eight to nine feet above ground, which is ideal for the panels to absorb sunlight.
The names of the InterSolar Award 2019 finalists have been released ahead of the Smarter E Europe show, to be held May 15-17 in Munich, when the winners will be identified. The competitors for the award are honored for pioneering technologies and services for the solar industry. The submissions for the award span a wide range of technologies, from solar modules to inverters to substructures, the organizers say.
Originally published on the ECOreport The Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition (SVTC) has been grading the solar industry since 2009, and aside from SolarWorld, “which always had an interest in corporate social responsibility,” there was very little disclosure when they started. A lot has changed since then and the newly released sixth … [continued]
Wastewater treatment plants are vast expanses of bubbling tanks that sprawl around the outskirts (and sometimes the inskirts) of cities and towns. All that acreage can be put to another use and one solar energy company, SunPower Corp. is pointing the way. The company recently completed work on a one-megawatt … [continued]
Governor Schwarzenegger just gave solar power a boost in California, especially for relatively small-scale solar generators. Taking notes from Europe, perhaps, Schwarzenegger signed legislation for a “feed-in tariff” earlier this week that requires Calfornia utilities buy solar power from relatively small generators and at higher than market-value prices.
