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Fukushima prefecture aims for green power

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

As Japan marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the country's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the governor of Fukushima prefect...

Germany to cut solar power subsidies

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

Germany says it is cutting subsidies for solar power panels because consumer demand is so high government support for the technology has become too costly. Germ...

China solar giant faces glare of US trade row

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

In the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi, home to the world's biggest maker of solar panels, labour is so cheap that workers carry out jobs by hand while machines de...

NIST measurements may help optimize organic solar cells

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Organic solar cells may be a step closer to market because of measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Naval...

Renusol America To Highlight 'American Centric' Solar Technology At PV America West

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Renusol America introduces PV America West attendees to solar mounting solutions that are bringing attention to job creation in the United States at a time when...

Concentrating Solar Power Alliance Launched

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Leading concentrating solar power companies, Abengoa, BrightSource Energy, and Torresol Energy have announced the formation of the Concentrating Solar Power All...

SunMaxx Solar Launches New Solar Grade Glycol XT

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

SunMaxx Solar is pleased to announce that the solar industry leader has launched a custom Glycol XT. SunMaxx Solar's custom solar-formula Glycol XT is a 50/50 m...

Community Solar Garden Planned For Poudre Valley REA

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), Ft. Collins, CO and the Clean Energy Collective (CEC), Carbondale, CO have entered into an agreement to launch...

Solar Experts Gather for San Diego Solar Energy Symposium

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

In an effort to continue the San Diego region's rapid deployment of residential and commercial solar power installations, CleanTECH San Diego and the Solar Elec...

Natcore Technology Opens Solar Research Center

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

In a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Kodak's Eastman Business Park, Natcore Technology Inc. has formally opened its Research and Development Center in Rochester, NY....

CertainTeed PowerMax Solar Roofing Installation in Portland Marks Significant Milestone

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

With multiple innovative photovoltaic roofing products on the market, CertainTeed Corporation continues to take an ambitious foray into the solar roofing indust...

1000th AllSun Tracker Installed

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Just down the hill from the science center at Middlebury College, known nationally for its environmental mission and academic programs, AllEarth Renewables' 1,0...

GE Bullish on Solar

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

Snowbirds aren't the only folk flocking to the Sonoran Desert this winter. Hundreds of construction workers have moved to this sun-drenched stretch of rock and ...

GE Energy Financial Services More Than Doubles Global Solar Power Investments

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has announced it has more than doubled its global solar power investment commitments in the past year to $1.4 billion, for ...

German Solar Market Remains Attractive for Residential Investments

Mar 06, 2012 (SPX)

Despite the German government's plan to reduce incentives for new solar installations, some market segments in the country will remain attractive for photovolta...

Calyxo CdTe thin-film producer reaches efficiency of 13.4 percent

Mar 05, 2012 (SPX)

Calyxo of Bitterfeld / Wolfen-Thalheim confirms, with its innovative thin-film module, the tremendous performance potential of photovoltaic modules based on cad...

Advanced Energy Partners with Moose Power to Supply Commercial-Scale Solar

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

Advanced Energy Industries has announced that its inverters have been selected to power six projects in Ontario, Canada. The projects were awarded to Advanced E...

DST Output Shines With New Solar Installation

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

DST Output, in a joint venture with its parent company DST Systems and affiliate DST Realty, recently installed one of the Sacramento region's newest solar arra...

Solar Energy Applications Now Open for Consumers Energy Business Customers

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

Business electric customers served by Consumers Energy can now submit applications to participate in the utility's next phase of its solar energy program. The E...

HyperSolar Signs Agreement with Top University for Research and Development

Mar 01, 2012 (SPX)

HyperSolar has announced that it has entered into a year-long sponsored research agreement with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to help achie...