SUMMIT, N.J., Dec. 22, 2011 /Solar Energy News/ — Nautilus Solar Energy (“Nautilus”), a leading independent solar power producer, has executed a financing agreement with De Lage Landen to fund a minimum of $25 million of Nautilus Solar Energy installations across key markets Read More
New Discovery Could Ignite Solar Boom by Cheaply Doubling Solar Panel Efficiency
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.–(Solar Energy News)–Onyx Service & Solutions Inc (OTCQB: ONYX) is applauding news released from the University of Texas at Austin stating that one of its chemists has discovered a way that may allow solar panel efficiency to be doubled, possibly Read More
How Utilities Gamble with Your Rates: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself
From about 1980 to 2005, electricity rates remained fairly flat, even though our consumption of it increased. But all of that changed after 2005, however, when rates rose by 20 percent. Americans are consuming more electricity than ever, and by 2035, the Energy Information Administration Read More
Solar Panels and Overcast Days
There is a general misconception that solar panels, used to generate electricity and energy from the sun, do not work on overcast or cloudy days. This continues into the belief that solar panels are only useful during the summer months, rendering this form of renewable energy somewhat useless for Read More
Paint-on solar cells developed
ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2011) — Imagine if the next coat of paint you put on the outside of your home generates electricity from light — electricity that can be used to power the appliances and equipment on the inside. A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame has made a major Read More
How Reliable Is Solar Power?
With solar power being flaunted as one of the realistic alternatives to the burning of fossil fuels, it is only natural that enlightened thoughts are turning to the reliability of the energy it can create. After all, the sun is an intermittent energy source. It does not always shine, with most Read More
U.S. Customers and Market Support Company During Investigations of Harmful Chinese Trade Practices
HILLSBORO, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer, has been supported by a wide spectrum of installers, distributors and project developers during a turbulent year that led to antidumping and anti-subsidy trade cases that SolarWorld filed against Read More
Natcore Receives Exclusive License From NREL to Develop "Black Silicon" Solar Cells
RED BANK, N.J., Dec. 20, 2011 /Solar Energy News/ — Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) has been granted a patent license agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop and commercialize a line of black silicon Read More
Trina Solar Announces Release of New Video: "Plug Me In, Light Me Up"
CHANGZHOU, China, Dec. 20, 2011 /Solar Energy News/ — Trina Solar Limited (TSL) (“Trina Solar” or the “Company”), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules is Read More
Carmanah Solar Lighting Boosts Security at Nuclear Power Facility
VICTORIA, British Columbia–(Solar Energy News)–In an order valued at nearly $400,000 USD, a large US power utility in the Southwestern United States has selected the EverGEN 1530 solar LED outdoor lighting system for the second installment in a perimeter fence security lighting Read More
