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University of Delaware Invites Nominations for 2016 Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit

The University of Delaware invites nominations for the 2016 Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit, awarded to recognize pioneering work in renewable energy.

12 Nov 2015

Cyanobacteria Uses Sunlight and Water to Directly Make Hydrogen

In the quest for renewable fuels, scientists are taking lessons from a humble bacterium that fills our oceans and covers moist surfaces the world over. While the organism captures light to make food in a process called photosynthesis, scientists have found that it simultaneously uses the energy from that captured light to produce hydrogen.

12 Nov 2015

Solar-Panel Perovskite Material Efficiently Harvests Electricity from X-Rays and Particles in Space

EPFL scientists are developing a material that can turn X-rays, as well as light, into electricity. The material can be used on photovoltaics used in space exploration.

12 Nov 2015

TXU Energy Debuts High Efficiency TXU Solar Panels from SunPower

TXU Energy, the company that brought the first affordable rooftop solar offer to North Texas in 2010, today introduced TXU Solar from SunPower, providing the highest efficiency solar panels available in the market.

11 Nov 2015

MPSC Approves Largest Solar Installations in Mississippi

The Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the largest solar installations in Mississippi today, making Mississippi Power the largest partner in renewable energy in the state.

11 Nov 2015

Strata Solar to Install Utility-Scale Solar Projects for Alabama Power

Strata Solar will soon begin installation of the first utility-scale solar projects for Alabama Power at the Anniston Army Depot and Fort Rucker Army Base.

11 Nov 2015

JA Solar Ships 92.5MW of Modules for Large Solar PV Power Project in the Philippines

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ("JA Solar"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it completed a 92.5 MW shipment of modules in mid-October to be used in the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power project ever built in the Philippines.

11 Nov 2015

Kyocera TCL Solar Constructs Largest Solar Power Plant in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Kyocera Corporation (President: Goro Yamaguchi; herein “Kyocera,”) and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation (President: Shunichi Asada; herein “Century Tokyo Leasing”) announced today that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC (herein “Kyocera TCL Solar”), a joint venture established by the two companies, has completed construction of the largest mega-solar power plant in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. A ceremony was held on October 31 to commemorate completion of the 8.5-megawatt (MW) plant, which will generate an estimated 9,300 megawatt hours (MWh) per year — enough electricity to power approximately 2,900 typical households.

6 Nov 2015

New SolarWindow Process Revolutionizes Transmission of Electricity on Glass

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc., a leading developer of first-of-their-kind transparent electricity-generating coatings for commercial windows on skyscrapers and tall towers, today announced that a process breakthrough has enabled the advanced development of invisible wires as thin as human hair for improved transmission of electricity from the surface of its power-generating glass. According to the company, its early, first generation, invisible wire microgrid was already the thinnest system ever developed for its SolarWindow™ technology.

6 Nov 2015

Thunder Mountain Energy Finalizes Sale of Portable Solar Powered Energy Units to Blackcomb Group of Nevada

Thunder Mountain Energy has finalized a $5.2 million sale of its portable solar powered energy units to Blackcomb Group of Nevada. Blackcomb Group has purchased several Thunder Mountain Energy T3000 power units for their ongoing mining operations in Nevada, Utah and Idaho.

5 Nov 2015