2013 saw less venture capital (VC) funding raised for solar startups than 2012. The 2013 total was $600 million across 97 deals, whereas the 2012 total was $992 million across 106 deals. While solar power is skyrocketing, VC funding has ironically fallen. However, a handful of top solar startups have … [continued]
The world’s largest producer of solar panels, Suntech Power Holdings, has signed a contract with EDP Renovaveis to supply 39 megawatts of polycrystalline solar panels for new projects under construction in Romania. The Romanian solar projects will be connected late this year and early into 2013. “We are pleased to cooperate … [continued]
The world’s largest producer of solar panels, Suntech Power Holdings Co., has announced the grid connection of South Asia’s largest photovoltaic power plant, which has an installed capacity of 44 MW and is located in Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, Thailand. The project is called ‘Sunny Bagchak’ and achieved grid connection … [continued]
Researchers from Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology and Suntech Power Holdings have developed the world’s most efficient broadband nanoplasmonic solar cells for use in thin-film technology. Project scientists report improving the efficiency of existing thin-film cells by up to 8.1 percent through incorporating nucleated gold and silver nanoparticles.
Arizona’s solar future has been under attack from the state’s Republican majority in the sunniest state in the union with several attempts to repeal the state requirement that utilities generate more of their power from renewable sources. Yet yesterday, Rep. Debbie Lesko (R) quietly dropped a bill to slow the … [continued]
Governor Schwarzenegger just gave solar power a boost in California, especially for relatively small-scale solar generators. Taking notes from Europe, perhaps, Schwarzenegger signed legislation for a “feed-in tariff” earlier this week that requires Calfornia utilities buy solar power from relatively small generators and at higher than market-value prices.
