For a variety of reasons, solar companies have had a hard time profit-wise in recent years. However, that doesn’t mean their sales haven’t been growing. The solar market has grown in size year after year, and for the companies that squeezed through the toughest of financial times, the future looks … [continued]
Yes, the newly completed Hanwha Q CELLS utility-scale solar farm at a Superfund Site in Indianapolis is the first of its kind and it illustrates a point we’ve been hammering on for a while now: solar power lets you extract energy and value from already-built-upon sites, even blighted Superfund sites. … [continued]
IRENA and the Abu Dhabi Fund For Development (ADFD) are doing some great work to bring renewable energy to more communities in the developing world. I already covered this initiative back in January, including most of what is discussed in the video below. However, if you want to hear the head of … [continued]
China is Volkswagen’s #1 market. Volkswagen intends to further expand this market by producing and selling plug-in hybrids there. Volkswagen will announce more details of its plans to shift or increase its sales in China to plug-ins and hybrids at the Beijing Auto Show on April 19-20. Plans are in … [continued]
Originally published on Kompulsa. In March alone, Lightsource Renewable Energy connected 26 photovoltaic solar farms amounting to 227 MW in the United Kingdom. This wasn’t a normal month, though — the UK’s renewable subsidies program for large-scale solar systems was going to be cut on April 1. So, the projects were … [continued]
It’s now possible to use solar energy directly to produce some of the most important materials used in solar energy technologies, thanks to a new “breakthrough” from researchers at Oregon State University. The advance means that the costs of some types of solar energy technology could be notably reduced within … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Today in Payerne, Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg launched Solar Impulse 2, their new single-seat solar aircraft designed to take up the challenge of the first round-the-world solar flight (without any fuel whatsoever) in 2015. If you missed the presentation, check out CleanTechnica’s exclusive coverage and three Solar Impulse videos shared … [continued]
As we’ve shared a few times now, the Solar Impulse 2 was unveiled earlier today in Payerne, Switzerland. I was lucky enough to be present (courtesy of ABB, one of Solar Impulse 2’s four main partners) and I even got to interview the Solar Impulse co-founders, Bertrand Piccard and André … [continued]
Some former IKEA executives have gone on to work in the LED industry. Forming EcoLights, also in Sweden, they are aiming to advance “a revolutionary new range of LED lamps that look surprisingly identical to traditional bulbs.” And not just similar — these light bulbs look nearly identical to incandescents. “So … [continued]
Manufacturing giant BYD recently announced that it has come to an agreement with the Norwegian company Scatec Solar to provide the modules for a large-scale solar PV power plant being developed in Rwanda. The project will be the first large-scale solar PV project in the African nation. The 8.5 MW … [continued]
