Double-sided (otherwise known as bifacial) solar cells are capable of generating electricity from sunlight received on their front size, but also from leftover sunlight that diffused and/or reflected by using the back side (second side) of the cell. Solar panels of this type have been under development for decades, … [continued]
At the Brackfriars train station platform, London’s largest photovoltaic solar panel array is being constructed. This is also to be the world’s largest solar bridge. This project will consist of 4,400 solar panels from Solar Century that are expected to generate 900 MWh per year (total capacity of the … [continued]
Renewable electricity generation will surge 40% by 2017 as technological innovation, rapid deployment and supportive policies underpin growth worldwide, creating a “virtuous cycle” of development and deployment, according to the IEA’s first medium-term study of the global renewable power market.
Such power-generating windows might offer remarkable potential as an inexpensive source of solar energy that can attract many new renewable energy champions whose budgets have previously been restrictive in converting to solar energy. […]
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently took an important look at what the end of the 1603 grant program for renewable energy means for developers in the industry. Here’s a summary of that: Certain Types of Projects May Find It Harder to Attract Tax Equity Investors The expiration … [continued]
Finland-based ZenRobotics Ltd. has been marketing a robotic recycling system that works like the human brain, and now another layer of sustainability is being slathered on top. In what is apparently a worldwide first, the Belgium recycling company Containers Maes will install the company’s ZenRobotics Recycler™ system and run it … [continued]
I didn’t even get into the whole Abound Solar story when the company filed for bankruptcy — didn’t really see the point of it. But Media Matters has published a great piece on it, “What AP Isn’t Telling You About Abound Solar,” that I think is worth a share. … [continued]
Bluescope Steel is hoping to capture a good share of the building integrated photovoltaic market (BIPV), which is expected to increase 10-fold across the globe in coming years and become a key part of new construction, and even building retrofits. Bluescope yesterday was awarded a $2.3 million grant from … [continued]
Nice story form the folks over at Clean Energy Resource Teams (seems like a good way to promote solar and eco-friendly businesses): On June 2, Minneapolis’ Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA) held it’s Let the Sun Shine Solar Tour, featuring Kingfield businesses that have recently installed or are in the … [continued]
Sky Solar, China Development Bank, and Sigdo Koppers recently “signed a cooperation framework agreement for the investment in and construction of 300MW of solar photovoltaic power plant projects in Chile with a total investment of US$900 million,” Sky Solar notes. “This collaboration formally begins the start of the grid-parity solar PV market … [continued]
