Alongside our EV news roundup, here’s one for solar energy. But make sure you read all of our solar energy stories first. 😉 US Stuff One-Hour Solar Panel Installation (Seriously, One Hour!) The Fastest Growing Solar State In US Is Georgia $250 Million Dollar Funding Round For Solar Power Company Sunnova … [continued]
Ah, how I hope one of our wonderful CleanTechnica readers wins this one! SunPower*, one of the world’s top solar companies (and one of my absolute favorites), is running a sweepstakes in which a lucky homeowner in California, New York, Hawaii, Arizona, or Colorado can win a home solar panel installation … [continued]
The soon-to-be-constructed largest solar power plant in Europe — the 300 MW project in Cestas, France — will be built partially from Yingli Solar’s YGE 72 Cell solar panels, according to recent reports. Yingli Solar recently announced that it will be supplying 120 MW of YGE 72 Cell solar panels … [continued]
Trina Solar continues to put emphasis on environmental aspects of its solar photovoltaic modules, as it recently got the carbon footprint of its solar module manufacturing verified for a second time. The British Standards Institution (BSI) verified the carbon dioxide emissions emitted during the manufacturing of solar photovoltaic modules by … [continued]
Just how much does it cost to manufacture a solar module, as of right now? That’s possibly a question that you’ve asked yourself before, and it’s an interesting one. Of course, that cost varies based on where, and by whom, it was manufactured. Thankfully, the work of sorting and analyzing all … [continued]
Leading PV manufacturer Yingli Green Energy reported its third quarter earnings Tuesday, and while it reported solid revenue for the quarter, fourth-quarter and full-year guidance for module shipments show a much poorer picture. Yingli Green reported revenue for the third quarter of $551.5 million, up slightly on the previous quarter’s $549.5 … [continued]
If you were asked whether solar hot water systems or solar PV systems were more economical at heating water, what would you say? Your first guess would probably be that solar hot water systems were more economical, right? Well, it turns out that maybe they aren’t (most of the time, anyways), … [continued]
Trina Solar announced its third quarter earnings on Monday, with increased revenue but also a drop in guidance for fourth quarter shipments due to the cancellation of a 130 MW solar project in Inner Mongolia. The company’s revenue increased 18.8% this quarter, rising from $519,425 to $616,844 over the quarter on shipments … [continued]
Chinese solar manufacturing company Hanwha SolarOne has announced disappointing third quarter earnings, blaming “prevalent industry trends” for the less than stellar report. Total revenue for the third quarter was up on Q2’14 figures, increasing from $178.5 million to $195.2 million on an increase in shipments from 339.5 MW to 373.2 MW. However, … [continued]
Update 2017: It appears the promises made during the crowdfunding for this company were not as realistic as implied. More details and consideration of potential fraud are discusses here. A new startup, the Solar Cloth Company, has developed a lightweight solar cell “cloth” that can be used to “cheaply” and … [continued]
