US Energy Dept. Has A Solar Power Message For Coal: Get Lost!
The cost of solar power is set for yet another steep slide at the expense of coal, regardless of the love showered on coal miners by the Commander-in-Chief.
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New Design For Next Generation Organic Solar Cells Is A 2-For-1
Researchers at Columbia University are hot on the trail of new low cost, high efficiency organic solar cells with a two-for-one twist.
Solar Modeling & Monitoring Granularity Boost Efficiency
The days of over-designing and over-building solar power plants to make up for unforeseen generation losses are gone. This is largely thanks to the emerging solar strategy of pursuing every tenth of a percent of system performance by better understanding the impact of equipment specifications, plant monitoring, and maintenance on the Performance Ratio, and therefore on the bottom line.
1.6 Gigawatts Of New Solar Energy Potential From The Grassroots
A grassroots solar energy revolution is bubbling up across the country among hundreds of nonprofits, with help from — shocker! — the US Dept. of Energy.
US Devotes More Coal-Killing Dollars To Cut Solar Costs
Regardless of the pro-coal rhetoric emanating from the White House, it sure looks like the US is banking on solar power, not coal power.
Open Letter To The Koch Brothers: How You Can Help The Environment And Make More…
Before I get to the letter, I should let you know, I don’t hate the Koch brothers like many readers do. I have worked with some of the organizations they support, like Americans for Prosperity (I worked with them to oppose government funding of sports stadiums, which benefit well connected rich sport fans but hurt everyone else) and several other projects, including criminal justice reform. Admittedly, I do also hate some of the actions that they have been accused of, like spreading misinformation on electric vehicles (EVs).
New Fraunhofer Solar Cell Stringer Uses Adhesives For 2% Boost
An R&D team at Fraunhofer ISE has unveiled a new solar cell stringing machine that can boost cell performance 2% by using electrically conductive adhesives to fix solar cells to a foil substrate in a shingled pattern. The process reduces the number of manufacturing steps that soldering a connective ribbon would require, and imparts more efficient cell performance in several incremental ways.
Sunfolding’s Pneumatic Solar Tracker Builds 60 Megawatt Pipeline
Maverick pneumatic solar tracker maker Sunfolding has amassed a pipeline of 60 megawatts for the first quarter of 2019, following its 2018 commercial rollout, says Matthew Schneider, the vice president of product at the San Francisco-based company. Sunfolding also is supplying its first delivery contract for a utility-scale photovoltaic array, a 39 MW project in California, using the company’s motor-less T29 single-axis design.
San Diego Has Vast Solar Parking Lot Potential
San Diego has an untapped 500 megawatt solar potential at commercial sites within the city, with parking lots representing three-quarters of the total, according to a new survey by the Clean Coalition.
Sunfolding’s Unique Solar Bellows Selected for CA Project
The ancient air bellows has been repurposed once again, to drive solar tracker arrays created by Sunfolding, of San Francisco, in a 39 megawatt installation at an undisclosed California location. The cost-saving design has attracted the attention of the ARPA-e program, DOE’s SunShot program, and several venture capitalists.
