Solar Nation(R) Installs Solar-Electric System for Harris Thermal Transfer Products in Newberg, Oregon

Harris Thermal Transfer Products in Newberg, Oregon

NEWBERG, Oregon. Solar Nation has announced the installation and commissioning of an 81kW solar-electric system on Harris Thermal Transfer Products in Newberg, Oregon. Harris Thermal installed the solar-electric system to reduce and stabilize energy costs and to follow through on its long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship. The 6,000 square-foot solar-electric system was designed, engineered, and [...]

World’s Largest Solar Thermal Energy Plant Unveils at United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA)

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SOLID ASIA/ SOLID Austria, one of the world’s leading solar engineering companies, key equipment manufacturer and operator of large solar thermal plants from Austria, will be presenting their latest global impacting technology at the international school – United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) which today celebrated the official opening of the first solar [...]

SunMaxx Solar Completes Solar Thermal Installation at Northern Arizona University (NAU)

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SunMaxx Solar, a leading, vertically integrated manufacturer of solar thermal systems and components, is pleased to announce a solar thermal installation at Northern Arizona University earlier this year. The project encompasses over 5,300 square feet of SunMaxx ThermoPower VHP-30 evacuated tube collectors. 102 individual collectors provide a domestic hot water system for the University’s new [...]

Home Owners Saving Thousands of Dollars On Power Bills with Solar Panel Systems

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Newark, NJ — The Sun is the world’s most powerful natural resource. It feeds all living things and creates energy that can be harnessed and converted into solar cells to be used for electricity and heat. These days, many individuals and businesses are taking advantage of this amazing natural resource through the use of solar [...]

Trillionth Dollar of Investment in Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Smart Energy Technologies

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance has recorded the trillionth dollar of investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart energy technologies since its records started in 2004. The milestone was passed as negotiators and world leaders gathered in Durban for the latest round in the stalled international climate negotiations. 2004 was an important year in the [...]

ABB Invests in Utility-Scale Concentrating Photovoltaic Solar Power Company

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Strategic stake in US-based GreenVolts strengthens ABB’s focus on renewables Zurich, Switzerland. ABB, the global power and automation technology group, have announced that it has agreed to invest approximately $20 million as part of a $35 million financial round, for a substantial minority stake in California-based GreenVolts, a leading provider of turnkey concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) [...]

Solar Cogeneration Technology Recognized by Leading UK Advisor for Efficiency Excellence

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Cogenra Solar Receives Top Honor in Greenbang 2011 Efficiency Awards MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Cogenra Solar®, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systemsand renewable energy service solutions today announced it has been honored as “Highly Commended” by the Greenbang 2011 Efficiency Awards. Selected by Greenbang research analysts and editors, Cogenra was recognized for its commercially proven [...]

Another Asian Fukushima Imminent?

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Taiwan imports 99 percent of its energy, which is vital to its rapidly industrializing economy. The island nation’s electricity demand was recently growing at almost 5 percent per year, but this is slowing to about 3.3 percent per annum to 2013. Nuclear power has been a significant part of the electricity supply for two decades [...]

Black Silicon. Raising the Efficiency of Solar PV Cells

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced this week that Natcore Technology Inc. has been granted a patent license agreement to develop a line of black silicon products. Natcore and NREL also will enter a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to develop commercial prototypes based on NREL’s black silicon inventions [...]

Discovery News Features HyperSolar’s Renewable Hydrogen from Solar Technology

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HyperSolar, Inc, the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen and natural gas using solar power today announced that it’s new technology has been featured on DiscoveryNews.com, the news outlet of Discovery Communications, LLC, owner of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel and other leading media properties. The article, titled “Company touts alternative [...]

JA Solar Announces 19 MW PV Module Supply Agreement With Solarhybrid for Utility Scale Solar Power Project in Germany

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JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar cells and solar power products, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Solarhybrid AG (Frankfurt:SHL) (“Solarhybrid”), a Germany-based project developer and general contractor for turn-key utility-scale solar power projects, to supply 19 MW of solar modules to Solarhybrid’s [...]

New Line of Scalable Energy Storage Systems Announced

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Powin Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Powin Corporation PWON 0.00% , has launched its new line of scalable and affordable energy storage solution products for the residential, commercial, industrial and utility markets. The company showcased its new proprietary energy storage system at EMEX, the nation’s largest trade show for emergency management personnel. This year’s [...]

New Voice Activated Hot Line for Solar Hot Water Heaters in India

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As part of the initiatives of the UNDP/Global Environment Facility Global Solar Water Heating Project (GSWHP), the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has started a voice-activated National Helpline on Solar Water Heaters to raise awareness of the technology, financial assistance and incentives offered by central as well as state governments and answer [...]

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