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How can you encourage the growth of solar energy in communities where, say, many of the residents are renters who can’t put up their own solar panels? Across the US, more and more utility companies are finding the answer lies with community solar programs. These programs let customers buy
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Boeing and South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) have entered into a partnership that will enable Boeing South Carolina to operate as a 100-per cent renewable energy site. Renewable energy will be generated at the North Charleston site in part with thin-film solar laminate panels owned, installed and
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Solar Power Partners (SPP) and JCM Capital have signed an agreement with Solar Power Network (SPN) to provide full project financing for up to 20 megawatts of commercial-scale rooftop installations to be located throughout southwestern Ontario. The agreement follows the recent SPP- JCM Capital launch of their fund to develop,
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Capital Renewables S.A. has awarded a contract for the supply of equipment, project design, construction and set in operation of a 4.13-MWp photovoltaic park in Greece to the EPC contractor Positive Energy. This project constitutes a substantial investment in the photovoltaic sector for the Balkan region. The Spanish
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As part of its efforts to advance the commercial development of its energy-generating glass, Maryland-based New Energy Technologies Inc. has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The company’s SolarWindow is see-through glass that can generate
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With Pennsylvania’s largest power utility poised to increase rates for the first time in over a decade, clean energy group-buying leader One Block Off the Grid has launched a 90-day group deal on home solar systems in the Philadelphia area. Using group purchasing power, One Block Off the Grid
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Pythagoras Solar, a provider of energy-efficient windows that also generate solar power, will collaborate with Chicago’s Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) on a pilot project to help meet the building’s renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement goals. The pilot project, deployed last November on the south-facing windows of
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The US subsidiary of solar energy firm Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited has formed a strategic partnership with GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit solar installer whose mission is to empower communities in need by providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services, equipment and training. Under the terms of the agreement,
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Soitec (Euronext Paris), a supplier of advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, has announced that its Concentrix concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology has been selected by Tenaska Solar Ventures to produce 150 megawatts (MW) of clean energy for San Diego Gas & Electric. The new CPV solar power plant,
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How could energy from solar panels affect a utility’s distribution systems? Georgia Power and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have launched an 18-month study aimed at answering that question. As part of the study, 50 photovoltaic systems will be installed in seven cities across Georgia, with sites chosen
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Sanyo this week unveiled a new solar cell that boasts a world-leading efficiency of 21.1 per cent. The release of the improved HIT (hetero-junction with intrinsic thin-layer) solar cell comes at a time when the UK is seeing a rapid increase in demand for solar power in the UK,
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Nature’s been doing it for millions of years, but humans are still trying to unlock the secret: how to effectively and continuously harness the power of the sun’s energy. While photovoltaic devices have dramatically improved — and dropped in price — over recent years, no man-made solar cell yet comes