[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9VD6MdEt0U]In 1979, Jimmy Carter, in a forward-looking move, installed solar panels in the roof of the White House. This symbolic installation was taken down in … What happened to President Jimmy Carter’s solar panelsRead more
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Spain Installed More Than 3GW of Solar in 2008
Spain’s National Energy Commission (CNE) this week estimated that about 3.1 gigawatts of solar power were connected to the grid from January through November 2008, … Spain Installed More Than 3GW of Solar in 2008Read more
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650 kW Lithographix solar array commissioned
21 Jan 2009 US National integrator, ThinkSolar, in cooperation with solar contractor Pacific Solar Energy, has completed one of California’s largest commercial roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) … 650 kW Lithographix solar array commissionedRead more
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Thermal photovoltaics
A new approach to converting heat into electricity using solar cells could make a technology called thermal photovoltaics (TPVs) more practical. MTPV, a startup based … Thermal photovoltaicsRead more
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Solar PV Project Planned in Jordan
The Al-Husseini Group, a real estate, industrial and trading organization based in Amman, Jordan, and Amelio Solar, a developer of solar photovoltaic (PV) module technologies … Solar PV Project Planned in JordanRead more
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PS10 solar plant
In the desert of southern Spain, 20 miles outside Seville, more than 1,000 mirrors are being carefully positioned. Each is about half the size of … PS10 solar plantRead more
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Gräztel cells
Researchers have announced a solar energy breakthrough that could lead to its more widespread use with their achievement of the highest efficiency ever for one … Gräztel cellsRead more
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Los Angeles College Installs 4-MW Solar Project
L.A. Southwest College (LASC), part of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) has installed a 4-megawatt (MW) solar energy project on its campus. The … Los Angeles College Installs 4-MW Solar ProjectRead more
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Duisburg solar power plant
Germany’s largest thin-film pitched roof system has been producing environmentally friendly solar power in Moers near Duisburg since mid October. Over eleven thousand Cadmium Telluride … Duisburg solar power plantRead more
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Kimberlina solar-thermal plant
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Ausra opened its 5-megawatt Kimberlina solar thermal power project near Bakersfield, Calif on October 23, 2008. It’s the first plant in North … Kimberlina solar-thermal plantRead more