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ReneSola Announces Sale of its 34.6MW Utility Scale Project to Foresight Group

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of energy-efficient products, today announced that it has sold its 34.6 MW Port Farms utility scale project in the United Kingdom to Foresight Solar Fund Limited.

31 Aug 2015

Greenlots Partners with CapitaLand and BMW Group Asia to Provide Additional Charging Stations in Singapore

Greenlots, a global provider of open standards-based technology solutions for electric vehicle (EV) networks, partners with CapitaLand, one of Asia's largest real estate developers, and BMW Group Asia to provide Singapore's growing population of electric vehicle (EV) and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) owners with additional charging stations in the Central Business District (CBD) and beyond.

31 Aug 2015

Ross Solar Group Installs Two High Efficiency Solar Panels for Gengras Motor Cars

The Ross Solar Group has completed two record setting solar installations for Gengras Motor Cars at the dealership group's Volvo and Chevrolet facilities on Connecticut Blvd., in East Hartford Conn. Comprised of 1,280 high efficiency SunPower E-Series solar panels, the two systems, are the largest single SunPower rooftop solar installations to date in East Hartford.

27 Aug 2015

NREL Assists Federal Agencies on Energy Efficiency Efforts and Renewable Energy Technology

When it comes to energy use, what the federal government wants is more of less. That means fewer greenhouse gases, fewer buildings powered solely by electricity generated from fossil fuels, and fewer gas-guzzling fleets on the road.

27 Aug 2015

Collaboration to Advance Distributed Power System for Cleaner, More Efficient Electricity

Sandia National Laboratories and eight other companies and research organizations will collaborate to advance a distributed power system that can produce cleaner, more efficient electricity.

24 Aug 2015

Simplifying Organic Solar Cell Configuration for Better Efficiency

A team of researchers from Purdue University has proposed a theory that opposes a basic assumption about the operation of organic solar cells created from cheap plastics and suggests an innovative technique to produce solar technology in an economical manner.

20 Aug 2015

Borrego Solar and LG Extend Agreement to Bring High-Efficiency Solar Modules to U.S. Commercial Market

LG Electronics USA and Borrego Solar Systems Inc. are expanding their collaboration for installation of LG's high-efficiency solar modules to the U.S. commercial market, the companies announced today.

13 Aug 2015

Stanford’s GCEP Funds Six New Research Projects on Energy

The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $9.3 million for six new research projects on energy. The funding will be shared by scientists at Stanford and four other universities to develop a suite of promising energy technologies, from a device that extracts power from the night sky to a charcoal-like soil amendment that removes carbon dioxide from the air.

13 Aug 2015

University of Texas Collaborates with NEDO to Use Alternative Energy Sources to Power Computer Equipment

Partnering with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which acts as a Japanese government agency, The University of Texas at Austin will begin using alternative energy sources to power some of its high-performance computers.

13 Aug 2015

Republic of Armenia and ContourGlobal Acquire Vorotan Hydroelectric Facility

ContourGlobal and the Republic of Armenia announced the completion of the acquisition of the assets of the Vorotan hydroelectric facility, a series of three individual power plants with a total electrical capacity of 405 MW on the Vorotan River in southern Armenia.

12 Aug 2015