Top industry experts set to gather at Thin Film Summit in Berlin. PV Insider announce that ‘Busting the Myths’ will be the main focal point of the 4th Annual Thin Film Solar Summit Europe (5-6th March 2012, Berlin), helping to steer the thin film industry out of confusion and fear towards reality and promise. 2011 [...]
The Electricity Storage Association (ESA) fully supports advanced energy storage companies. These technologies provide frequency regulation to stabilize our electric grid, increase reliability of our system, and reduce the cost of electricity to consumers. Energy storage provides a resource-neutral ability to use energy when we need it at the price we want it. As we [...]
TD Bank Group today announced the opening of the first net-zero energy bank branch in Canada, which aims to generate as much energy as it uses. Located at 1663 Richmond Street North in London, Ont., the retrofitted TD branch uses solar panels – located on the surrounding property – to generate renewable energy. The site [...]
LADEE is a robotic mission designed to orbit the Moon. Its main objective is to study and characterize the lunar atmosphere, including fine dust particles suspended above the lunar surface. The spacecraft is currently scheduled to be launched in early 2013 aboard a Minotaur V vehicle from the Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia. A [...]
Solar phase finished at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens expansion in Pittsburgh High-performance solar panels from SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, will provide electricity for the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden’s Center for Sustainable Landscapes. The project, rising in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park, will drive ingenuity in sustainable architecture and [...]
First, the good news… U.S. oil company ExxonMobil is reporting a “potentially significant” gas discovery off the coast of Vietnam, stating in a press release, “We can confirm ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Vietnam Limited drilled its second exploration well offshore Danang in August 2011 and encountered hydrocarbons.” ExxonMobil is the world’s largest publicly traded oil [...]
NASA Kennedy Space Center Hosts Launch: Energy Forum Nov. 11 – 13 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA and partners from the LAUNCH: Energy forum will discuss innovative ideas during a three-day forum Nov. 11-13. Reporters are invited to attend the forum at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Reporters must register in advance by contacting [...]
California based solar hot water equipment manufacturer Heliodyne has now received certification by The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) on the Commercial Solar Station, otherwise known as the HCOM. This signifies a major milestone not just for Heliodyne, but for the solar water heating industry in general as the HCOM is the [...]
Solar Thermal Magazine Joins Sierra Club in Praiseing Decision to Protect National Park, Southwest Drinking Water Washington, DC: The Obama Administration today took a critical step in finalizing protections to keep more than a million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park free from mineral exploration and new mining. The decision comes as [...]
The Nanuq, Solar Ship’s largest aircraft class, is a cargo freighter. It features superior takeoff and landing capabilities; industry leading fuel-efficiency; lowest infrastructure requirements; highest endurance flight-time capabilities and can be specified as solar- or hybrid-powered. By combining hybrid aerospace design with advanced propulsion, Solar Ship carries a truck’s payload, with greater flexibility than an [...]
PV technical challenges to be tackled by experts in San Jose The 2nd Utility Scale PV Plant Optimization Summit USA is only three weeks away, taking place on the 17-18th November at the Convention Plaza Hotel in San Jose. The event will bring together leading technical experts throughout the PV industry and will tackle the [...]
In any country, at the end of the proverbial day, both energy utilities and consumers are finally interested in the technologies that generate a kilowatt of electricity most inexpensively, all other considerations aside. Accordingly, all countries involved in solar energy are optimists, but nascent industrial efforts to generate power on a commercial scale from [...]
Los Angeles’s hot summers make the city vulnerable to severe air pollution and the public health consequences that result from it, as well as to energy blackouts, heat waves and other ills. A new report by UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment recommends the widespread use of cool roofing [...]
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit Pushes Start Button at First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit pushes start button at first solar thermal power plant in Thailand built with Solarlite’s unique technology
New Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology Uses Considerably Resources than any Other CSP technology
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