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Innovative Caltech Research for Future Solar Cells
Recent research conducted at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) supported by BP and the Energy Frontier Research Center program of the Department of Energy, which has been funded by the Recovery Act, has led to stellar results for the field of solar energy.
A team of scientists from Caltech has created an innovative flexible photovoltaic (PV) solar cell using arrays of ...
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British Solar Panel Sales to Increase 1000% by 2012
Things are looking up for solar power in England, thanks to a bevy of solar incentives soon to take effect in the notoriously cloudy island nation.
Sharp Corporation , a world leader in solar panel production that controls some 40 percent of the British market, predicts that panel sales will increase “tenfold” in the next two years, according to The Daily Mail . The main impetus for ...
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Solyndra’s Estimated Market Cap Nears $2 Billion
Solyndra’s revenue ramp up last year was pretty mind boggling — the thin film solar maker went from generating $6 million in revenues in 2008 to $100 million in revenues in 2009. What will that mean when it finally plans to IPO later this year? According to a report from Next Up! Research posted on the marketplace run by startup SharesPost , Solyndra’s production and sales growth could...
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Berkeley: America’s FIRST Solar City
There are moments when history is made. When necessity, inspiration, creativity and determination come together to change the world as we know it. When individual and collective willpower embrace. Women suffragettes finally won the right to vote in 1920. Ghandi fought nonviolently for freedom, and won it, in India. Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955...
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Sunpower Gives Outlook Through 2011 $SPWRA
In a market where some crystalline silicon companies
are taking a severe beating (See Shyam's
Q-Cells analysis
)
SunPower
held an
open house for press and an earnings call which revealed strong earnings
and a relatively bright outlook.
First, the numbers from the
earnings call
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2009 Year End and
Fourth Quarter Numbers
- SunPower reported 4Q09 results with revenues of $548M, gross margin of ...
Solar City Tower by RAFAA
RAFAA Architecture & Design has proposed a self-sustaining tower for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro. Dubbed Solar City Tower, the architecture will help Rio start a global green movement for sustainable development of urban structures.
The project features a solar power plant that by day produces energy for the city and the Olympic village. Excessive solar e...
Alcatraz Island is Going Solar
Alcatraz Island is going solar . Known best as the most famous prison in the United States, Alcatraz is also home to the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast, and what was once a beacon for ships entering the Bay Area will now serve as a beacon for solar energy.
The National Park Service announced in the first week of March that Alcatraz will be equipped with 1,000 solar photovoltaic p...
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Solar Mechanical Watch by Cabestan
Cabestan Watches has developed a unique timepiece that will be powered by onboard solar cells that are specially designed for small surfaces and low luminosity. Dubbed Sol Invictus, the timepiece has taken the new iconic chain and fusée, drums and vertical tourbillon from the WTV and combined them with a revolutionary new technique for producing and treating silicium crystals for ef...
Cobra Energy Lookng at $1B Australia Solar Plant
Cobra Energy has unveiled plans to develop a massive $1 billion solar power plant in Australia that will be able to generate up to 250MW of renewable electric power. The power plant will also be one of the biggest solar developments on the planet.
The development will make use of both photovoltaic and solar thermal technology to generate electrical power. What sets the power plant ...
NREL Web Tool For PV Installation Analysis
?The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an interactive online tool to track and share information about photovoltaic solar installations in the United States. The Open PV Mapping Project allows for basic analysis of trends in the US PV market, and as it grows larger in size, will provide opportunities for deeper analysis of the spread of photovoltaics throughout t...
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BrightSource Raising $150M In Mezzanine Round (RUMOR)
BrightSource Energy , the VC-funded solar thermal hopeful, is looking to raise a $150 million mezzanine round, according to sources. The effort has been going on for a few months -- the firm needs equity to match their DOE loan guarantee.
Investors in BrightSource have already put in more than $160 million into the firm. Their investment syndicate includes VantagePoint Vent...
SunPower: Restates Earnings, Profit Drop, Lower Guidance $SPWRA
It’s a cloudy day for the solar photovoltaic maker SunPower. The company announced its fourth quarter and 2009 year results this afternoon and let loose a triple-whammy of bad news: a drop in fourth quarter profits, a lower-than-expected earnings gui...
U.S. Solar and the China Threat
For some time now, we’ve seen American solar panel manufacturers struggle to keep costs low enough to compete with their Chinese and Japanese counterparts.
Last year, Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar (NASDAQ: ESLR) had to move solar panel assembly to...
Intel Gets Serious About Energy $INTC
Intel ( INTC ) will unfurl some more information on March 23 on all of its efforts in the energy world.
We've covered quite a number of the company's efforts in the past. The basic strategy is the same one Intel has used in other markets: it wants to ...
General Electric Ready to Battle First Solar $GE $FSLR
First Solar won't be the only name in cadmium telluride solar panels soon.
General Electric today announced it will research and develop thin film solar panels with PrimeStar Solar, specifically cadmium telluride solar cells, and then market them. Altho...
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GM Splits Bet Between Fuel Cells and Batteries
GM Splits Bet Between Fuel Cells and Batteries
General Motors Co. aims to commercialize autos fueled by hydrogen even as the largest U.S. carmaker prepares to begin selling the battery-powered Chevrolet Volt plug-in vehicle late this year.While U.S. policy has shifted to favor developing cars that use lithium-ion[…]
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Liquid Metal Battery Developed at MIT
Liquid Metal Battery Developed at MIT
The problem with the global adoption of renewable energy is the high cost of the system and the high cost of the batteries that can store surplus power for times when renewable energy generation isn’t possible. Researchers at MIT are[…]
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Ford, Nissan to Invest $3B in UK Green Car Projects
Ford, Nissan to Invest $3B in UK Green Car Projects
A heaping pile of pounds will be injected into Britain’s green car industry over the coming years, with automakers and the government both throwing cash into a major buildout of manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion batteries, fuel efficient engines and other[…]
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Nissan Leaf to Sell for Under $45,000
Nissan Leaf to Sell for Under $45,000
Nissan, one of the automakers betting most heavily on the nascent electric vehicle market, will price its upcoming LEAF plug-in sedan in the range of 3.5 million to 4 million yen (about $38,600-$44,100) in Japan, according to a Mainichi Shimbun[…]
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Is America EV-Ready ?
Is America EV-Ready ?
The success of electric vehicles depends on a number of variables, including a robust charging infrastructure, consumer education and government support. The Rocky Mountain Institute's Project Get Ready is preparing cities throughout North America by convening regional stakeholders to make[…]
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