“The Indian solar energy sector has been growing rapidly, in the past few years, majorly due to Government’s initiatives such as tax exemptions and subsidies and depleting energy sources”. Due to technical potential of 5,000 trillion kWh per year and minimum operating cost, Solar Power is considered the best suited energy source for India. Today [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it is seeking project proposals from companies to invest up to $11 million in solar energy technology development and commercialization. The Photovoltaic (PV) Technology Incubator program aims to shorten the time line for companies to transition prototype and pre-commercial PV technologies into pilot and full-scale manufacture. This [...]
SolarReserve, a California-based developer of utility-scale solar power projects, begins next steps on its Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in conjunction with NV Energy’s receipt of approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) today. This approval follows on last December’s announcement that SolarReserve’s wholly owned subsidiary, Tonopah Solar Energy LLC, and NV Energy [...]
The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research held its 2010 workshop, “Reliability and Economics of 100% Renewable Electricity Systems,” June 22-27, 2010. GW Solar Institute director, Ken Zweibel, provided an introduction to solar energy emphasizing the properties of sunlight, conversion to electricity, basic economics, issues, challenges, and a plan for dialing down CO2 and dependence [...]
A new program to advance the development of practical solar energy technology worldwide has begun at the University of Rochester this month thanks to a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Program director Philippe Fauchet, chairman of Computer and Electrical Engineering in the Hajim School, says the program is also developing innovative and [...]
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