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Solar Prize Marks Milestone with Round 3 Winner and also Round 4 Semifinalist Announcements
The Sun Has Set on Another Round of the American-Made Solar Prize, Awarding Two New Solar Startups for Their Innovations
Jan 26, 2021 // Market Research, USA, North America, Becca Jones-Albertus, Daniel R. Simmons, Maxout Renewables, Wattch Inc, Alex Nussey, Round 3 winners, David McFeeters-Krone
Can solar power shake up the energy market?
The classical Greek philosopher Socrates believed the ideal house should be warm in winter and cool in summer. With clarity of thought like that, it's easy to see how the great man got his reputation.
Sep 11, 2019 // Solar, USA, BATTERIES, China, Asia, North America, Socrates, Golden Thread, Edmond Becquerel, Charles Fritts, Albert Einstein, Vanguard 1, silicon PV cells
5 Best-Performing Stocks of the Top ETF of 2019 So Far
Invesco Solar ETF TAN topped the list of the best-performing ETFs so far this year with impressive returns of about 54%.
Dec 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, solaredge technologies, Invesco Solar
United States DOC launches examination into alleged solar AD/CVD circumvention adhering to Auxin Solar petition
The US Division of Commerce (DOC) is to examine alleged circumvention of antidumping and also countervailing duties (AD/CVD) by solar suppliers in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand as well as Vietnam.
Mar 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, North America, tariffs, Auxin Solar, antidumping, imports, AD/CVD, doc
ABB to Exit Solar Inverter Business, at a Cost of $470M
It’s the third big solar inverter player so far this year to move out of an increasingly challenging market.
Jul 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, ABB, Lindsay Cherry, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, Tarak Mehta, EcoStruxure, IOT platforms, Kaco’s
US Crackdown on Solar-Tariff Dodgers Endangers Biden's Green Ambitions
Commerce Department's trade probe findings threaten to chill planned US solar panel projects.
Dec 5, 2022 // Tariffs, USA, China, Asia, North America, Joe Biden, Mike Carr
Cost-efficient solar cells for space application
Scientists from American National Renewable Energy Lab have discovered a new technology to cut the costs of manufacturing of a very efficient (but at the same time extremely costly) GaAs solar cell.
Jan 9, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, China, solar cells, Asia, North America
Unstable perovskites to turn into LEDs emitting blue light
A scientific group from UC Berkeley (USA) has developed a blue-emitting LED from halide perovskites, the cheapness and ease of making of which make them very attractive for electronic applications.
Jan 28, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America, perovskites
DEF to develop two new solar parks in Florida
Florida’s electric power company has disclosed where its new PV stations will be located. The systems are meant to supply green power to Floridian consumers.
Jan 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, PV plants, Duke Energy, Florida, North America
Canadian Solar's shingled modules declared to infringe Solaria license
US-based high-efficiency module vendor Solaria Corp has actually sued versus 'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant, Canadian Solar, declaring license violation of its 'shingled' solar battery modern technology.
Apr 1, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, Canadian Solar, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, monocrystalline wafer, North America, solaria corporation, andre susanto
Pivot Energy finishes 12 area solar projects in Illinois amounting to 34 MW
National solar developer Pivot Energy finished 12 brand-new community solar gardens located throughout Illinois, totaling 34 MW of emission-free, tidy and also local electrical energy.
Jan 27, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, pivot energy, Garrett Peterson
Unspent funds in ₤ 2 billion Green Homes Grant to be scrapped in 'horrendous' relocation
Any of the initial ₤ 2 billion promised for the Green Homes Grant that goes unspent this year will not be rolled over.
Feb 12, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, rooftop solar, solar thermal, Green Homes Grant, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Ed Miliband
Bidders line up for Ecuador renewables auction
The final results of the exercise, which attracted 22 participants, will be known on April 15. A 200 MW solar project will be assigned in the auction, with the winning bidder for that facility securing a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Nov 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Ecuador, South america, auction, Carlos St. James
The US Air Force Plans to Transmit Solar Power Collected in Space down to the Ground
The Space Solar project will supply electricity to distant military posts, with no necessity to endanger convoys.
Nov 6, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, US Air Force, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Grenergy seals 200MW solar supply agreement in Spain
Grenergy Renovables has penned a solar supply agreement with Spanish utility Galp, its first such agreement in the country.
Nov 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Galp, pv power plants, solar pv, Europe, Grenergy Renovables
