Solar cooling, at first, sounds like a paradox. How can something so hot be responsible for producing cold? Through careful exploitation of thermodynamic principles, these systems utilize solar heat energy to fuel a cooling process. Energy is always lost to the surroundings whenever it changes form. So instead of transforming solar heat energy into electricity, [...]
Using solar thermal energy to power an air conditioning unit can be difficult and expensive. But a team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, have added a game-changing advance to the process that could make it much simpler, less costly and more effective. UC Merced Professor Roland Winston and his team of student [...]
Ice Energy Partners with Carrier Corp. to Deliver a Hybrid Cooling-Energy Storage Solution for Commercial Customers Ice Energy, a leading provider of smart grid-enabled, distributed energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced a strategic partnership with Carrier Corp., the world’s leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, to develop and [...]
Canadian Solar-Cooling Project awarded by the German „dena Solar Roofs Program for Foreign Market Development The up-to-date largest Canadian solar-cooling project is awarded by the for Foreign Market Development 2009/10. The innovative project is proposed by a consortium of German and Canadian companies NARVA, s-power and Proterra Solar. Günter Schaffron, CEO of s-power explains: “The [...]
Entech Solar, expects to submit its latest concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) product called SolarVolt(TM) for independent certification testing by September 30, 2010. This milestone is a key step in commercializing the Company’s latest CPV product designed to produce electricity for large commercial, industrial, government and utility applications. This key step places the Company on target to [...]
Chromasun and SunWater Solar Partner to Install California’s First MCT Solar Cooling Project at Santa Clara University’s 2007 Solar Decathlon House Collaboration Results in Unique Solar Air Conditioning Demonstration in the United States SAN JOSE, CA– Industrial rooftop solar solutions company Chromasun today announced that it has partnered with SunWater Solar, a solar thermal technology [...]
A major order for two Austrian companies was announced at a press conference in the middle of August: Austrian engineering company Solid – represented by its two CEOs Christian Holter (middle) and Franz Radovic (right) – signed a contract with the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) to deliver, install and operate a [...]
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), an educational and research non-profit focused on helping utilities integrate solar into their energy portfolios, will lead 18 utility executives and managers to Japan on its third annual Solar Fact Finding Mission from July 25 to 30. While abroad, the delegation will meet with Japanese utilities, government officials, and [...]
Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. (SNRY 0.14, +0.02, +21.62%) , with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, received $704,110 in grant funding to be used for a solar rooftop array on its showcase facility in South Carolina. “Our expansion in the state of South Carolina continues with the addition of a $1.5 million [...]
Ontario Solar Academy (OSA) graduated its 100th student since beginning its 5-Day PV Design & Installation classes in February of this year. From electricians to roofers, retirees to recent college grads, the Toronto-based solar training program has attracted a diverse range of professionals eager to master essential technical and safety skills in solar PV installation. [...]
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In the U.S. Colleges around the country are beginning to embrace sustainable practices such as energy conservation and distributed renewable energy. Modern solar hot water heating and cooling technologies offer potential for commercial and residential applications in a variety of climates. One such school that recently decided to take the plunge into solar hot water systems [...]
Solar electricity could represent up to 20% to 25% of global electricity production by 2050. This important finding emerges from two new analyses by the International Energy Agency (IEA): the solar Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) roadmaps, launched today in Valencia/Spain, during the Mediterranean Solar Plan Conference hosted by the Spanish presidency of [...]
Albuquerque, N.M. — The city of Pittsburgh has honored solar researchers from Sandia National Laboratories for training city staff to install and maintain solar thermal and photovoltaic panels on city facilities. The formal proclamation, signed by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, recognizes the Sandia researchers “who braved sleet, snow, ice, and frigid temperatures to assess buildings and [...]
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