Solar Electric Light Fund Launches “Energy is a Human Right” Campaign

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The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit working to eliminate energy poverty through the use of solar power, today announced that it is launching “Energy is a Human Right,” a campaign to provide a voice to the nearly 1.5 billion people around the world living without access to electricity and other forms [...]

Technology to Change the Economics of Solar Energy

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Solar3D, Inc. the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into electricity, today explained how its breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology will create new solar market opportunities by changing the economics of solar energy to enable many new cost-effective applications. “Today’s cost per watt metric for measuring solar [...]

Building the Next-Generation Solar Energy Conversion Technology

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SMTC Corporation SMTX, a global electronics manufacturing services provider, and Enecsys Limited( www.enecsys.com ), a premiere supplier of micro inverter products for the global solar market, announced this week a partnership to produceEnecsys micro inverters for the Canadian market at SMTC’s Markham facility located in York Region, Ontario. This enables Enecsys microinverters to meet the Ontario [...]

Trinity Solar Named the 4th Fastest Growing Company in New Jersey

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FREEHOLD, N.J.–On November 14, 2011, NJBIZ named Trinity Solar as New Jersey’s 4th fastest growing company. Every year, NJBIZ holds an awards dinner and ceremony honoring New Jersey’s fifty fastest growing companies that contribute to the state’s economic growth and stability. To qualify for this nomination, companies must have achieved revenues of at least $500,000 [...]

New Solar Charge Controllers Boast 99.5% Efficiency

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Bangalore, India – NavSemi Energy have announced the availability of SunImax series MPPT charge controller with its patented MCPTTM (Maximum Current Point Tracking) technology. SunImax series products comes with up to 99.5% power conversion efficiency. NavSemi’s highly flexible SunImax series controllers are highly scalable, comes with option for remote monitoring using its remote management system [...]

New Plug-N-Play Solar Power System Prototypes Ready for Testing

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Onyx Service & Solutions, Inc.  reports that its development partner has shipped the first several prototypes of ONYX’s revolutionary “Plug-N-Play” solar power system. The company anticipates receiving the prototypes within the next two weeks and will deploy them for testing shortly thereafter. The foundation of the product is the company’s newly sourced 280-watt high efficiency [...]

Responding to Growing Demand from the U.S.A. and Latin America for Solar panels

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In response to the growing demand from the United States and Latin America for Innotech Solar panels, Innotech Solar (ITS) has established Innotech Solar U.S.A., a sales entity in Vista, California. “With the decreasing costs of solar systems, we are increasing our focus on markets with a lot of sunshine, soaring electricity prices and high [...]

Residential Solar Leasing Programs with Options for No Money Down

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In response to the overwhelmingly positive participation in its new money-saving residential solar leasing program, Syndicated Solar has expanded staffing to answer the demand. Ten new Solar Energy Consultants have been added to Syndicated Solar’s Residential Division in Colorado — split between the Denver and Grand Junction offices. According to Justin Pentelute, CEO of Syndicated [...]

Rider University Cuts Ribbon on New Solar Farm

Rider University Solar Farm

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and Rider University today cut the ribbon on a new .74-megawatt (MW) solar farm at the Lawrenceville, NJ school. The project is part of PSE&G’s Solar 4 All™ program, the utility’s flagship solar effort to help New Jersey reach its solar energy goals while creating jobs and fostering [...]

Solar Incentives by State: Arkansas

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It seems that the state who’s motto was once “the land of opportunity” (until 1995 when it changed it to “the natural state)” offers little opportunity to defer the cost of installing solar systems in your home or business.  The state of Arkansas does not offer any tax credits, loans or grants for the installation [...]

Investment in the Largest U.S. Installer of Commercial Solar Hot Water Systems

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New Energy Capital Invests In FLS Energy, Inc., the Nation’s Largest Installer of Commercial Solar Hot Water Systems The New Energy Capital Cleantech Infrastructure Fund today announced an investment of $12.0 million in FLS Energy, Inc., the nation’s largest installer of commercial solar hot water systems and one of the largest integrators of photovoltaic solar [...]

Cheap Solar Panel Rotator Wins Runner-Up in Green Challenge 2011

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Too often, brilliant green ideas stay on paper. This year for the fifth time, the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is helping some of them actually reach the general public. The global competition encourages people to think creatively about fighting climate change.  Previous winners have gone on to achieve success with their innovative products and services, thanks [...]

SolarCity Proving that Residential Solar is Here to Stay

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Goal of 160,000 rooftops on 124 Military Bases Across 33 States US Renewables Group (USRG) announced today its plan to provide $344 million in financing for a project led by SolarCity to install solar panels on military housing across the United States. USRG’s debt financing affiliate, USRG Renewable Finance, will serve as lender for Project [...]

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