Articles in Solar Energy
Image above is of the largest photovoltaic solar power plant in the United States at Nellis Air Force Base producing 15 megawatts of power.
On Friday, two Chinese companies announced plans to build a solar power …
From January Japan plans to bring back subsidies for solar panel equipment the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said on Wednesday, as the world’s fifth-biggest emitter moves to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
METI …
Chicago Center for Green Technology – Andrew Ciscel
The sun shines on everyone — but not in equal measure. That reality has long slowed the spread of solar power. Depending on where you live in the …
Professor Sampath and his team at Colorado State
Colorado State University’s new method for low-cost, high-efficiency solar panels looks set to begin mass production at the end of 2009. AVA Solar Inc. will start production on …
Until recently most solar installers just sold their panels and put them onto the roofs in fairly standard configurations. The market has since blossomed to include a number of different, highly successful business models. A …
The engineers at eSolar decided to create an unusual birthday present for the firm’s founder, Bill Gross. They put together this video, after programming their solar mirrors to spell out happy birthday for Gross.
The eSolar …
Florida Power & Light began work on what may be the first hybrid solar facility in the world to combine a solar-thermal field with a combined-cycle natural gas power plant.
The plan consists of 180,000 mirrors …
St. Peter’s Basilica at Early Morning. Image credit: Andreas Tille
As part of its efforts to become the world’s first carbon neutral state, the Vatican has completed installation of a 5,000 square meter rooftop solar array.
Located …
The mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, has unveiled a solar power plan for the city that the LA Times calls ‘ambitious’. The plan calls for the city to get 1,280 MW of power from …
The San Francisco startup Virgance has acquired a solar-power cooperative effort called 1 Block Off the Grid (or 1BOG) that will give homeowners in 20 cities the financial leverage to go green.
1BOG is about bringing …
