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 level during the week of the Winter Solstice, which is the least-sunny time of the year, setting a … [continued]
Utility companies can benefit considerably from the utilization of concentrating solar power (CSP) and available energy storage methods, a new study from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found. A CSP that possesses a 6-hour storage capacity works well to lower peak net loads … [continued]
For some reason, there hasn’t been a lot of news in the past few days…? But there’s been a bit. Here’s a quick cleantech and climate change news roundup (head on over to our homepage for more news): Solar Power AE-AMD Renewable Energy And Tenesol/SunPower Begin Work On Two … [continued]
Solar permitting is a b**** in the US. We’ve known that for awhile, but a new report on the matter from Clean Power Finance confirms that. The report (PDF), supported by the Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, comes to the following key findings: Permitting processes vary widely among locales and … [continued]
Ready for one more Gangnam Style parody to wrap up the year? Of course you are. In all seriousness, I think this is my favorite of the many Gangnam Style parodies. Great stuff. Great messaging. Great video. Have a quick view:
One of our readers, a top clean energy analyst/expert, dropped an excellent little document about feed-in tariffs into the comments of one of our posts the other day — Feed-in Tariffs: The Proven Road Not Taken… Why Not?. For anyone not that familiar with feed-in tariffs, this is the … [continued]
What sets the Empowerhouse apart from the pack is that it is the first project in the Solar Decathlon’s history to have a life as real housing beyond the competition. The project was developed by the New School and Stevens Institute of Technology in partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C. (DC Habitat) and … [continued]
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) along with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have officially launched the Solar Energy Research Institute for India and United States (SERIIUS) with $50 million collaboration to promote solar energy research. The research institute forms … [continued]
A solar panel so small, light, thin, and flexible that you can stick it onto just about anything has been developed by engineers at Stanford University. The new peel and stick solar panels actually work more like those temporary tattoos that you apply with water, and there’s a bit of heating … [continued]
A major thin-film solar panel manufacturer, Stion Corp., recently announced that it had raised around $25 million to be used to increase the startup’s production level. The financing was led by Khosla Ventures and included nearly all of the company’s existing investors. “We may end up at the end … [continued]
