Solar Glass Generates Power Through Your Windows
An exciting technology is being developed by New Energy Technologies (NENE.OB) and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) – a window that can produce solar energy in both natural and artificial light.
An electricity-generating coating is sprayed onto a SolarWindowTM enabling them to retain their transparency while generating energy. … Continue Reading
What better place than the Sun to obtain our energy from
WILMINGTON, Del., - DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (“Yingli China”) have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world’s biggest challenges – reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Yingli China is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (“Yingli”), a leading solar energy company and one of the world’s largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers. … Continue Reading
China's Sunergy supplied roof-top solar panels to German company
NANJING, China, – China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN) (“China Sunergy” or the “Company”), a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, today announced the execution of a 50 MW sales contract with Bull PowerTech GmbH (“Bull PowerTech”). The contract is for projects in Europe, and the shipment is expected to be fully completed by the end of 2012. … Continue Reading
A Solar panel install on a Colorado roof-top
By Ari Levy – There’s at least one bright spot in the troubled U.S. solar industry. After a plunge in prices sent panel manufacturers reeling, consumer demand for the alternative energy is soaring. That’s a boon for California companies such as SunRun, SolarCity, and Sungevity. These startups are buying panels at depressed prices and leasing them to homeowners at little or no up-front cost. … Continue Reading
Solar power has been studied and tested for nearly 40 years, but only within the last few years have we seen innovations truly make leaps and bounds.
While solar cells are often used in space applications to power instruments, they haven’t yet been used to propel a spacecraft – something that may change soon.
NASA recently awarded a contract to study high-power solar electric propulsion flight system technology for its deep space and human exploration missions. … Continue Reading
By Ken Macdonald, BBC - Researchers in Glasgow are working on a way to remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and put oil back under the North Sea. The sun gives its energy away for free. We can harvest it with solar cells and wind turbines to make electricity. That’s the good news. The bad? It’s electricity. It’s difficult stuff to store and sometimes, just when you need some, it’s dark or the wind’s stopped blowing.
That’s why Glasgow University’s Solar Fuels Group want us to make the leap from solar power to solar fuel. It’s a multidisciplinary, multi-million pound effort which aims to convert renewable energy into fuel that’s simple to store. … Continue Reading
Rooftop Photovoltaic panels
WASHINGTON–The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), supported by more than 150 U.S. employers of more than 11,000 workers, today applauded an analysis by Hari Chandra Polavarapu, managing director of solar and clean-technology research for brokerage firm Auriga USA, that underscores the importance of holding China accountable to international trade law. … Continue Reading
Can the Obama administration spur $4 billion in building energy efficiency retrofits without being able to get the money out of a deadlocked Congress? Looks like we’ll have the next two years or so to find out.
President Obama today announced
nearly $4 billion in combined federal and private sector energy upgrades to buildings over the next 2 years. These investments will save billions in energy costs, promote energy independence, and, according to independent estimates, create tens of thousands of jobs in the hard-hit construction sector.
The $4 billion investment announced today includes a $2 billion commitment, made through the issuance of a Presidential Memorandum, to energy upgrades of federal buildings using long term energy savings to pay for up-front costs, at no cost to taxpayers. In addition, 60 CEOs, mayors, university presidents, and labor leaders today committed to invest nearly $2 billion of private capital into energy efficiency projects; and to upgrade energy performance by a minimum of 20% by 2020 in 1.6 billion square feet of office, industrial, municipal, hospital, university, community college and school buildings. This announcement builds on a commitment made by 14 partners at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in June to make energy upgrades across 300 million square feet, and to invest $500 million in private sector financing in energy efficiency projects. … Continue Reading
An energy policy for the United States has become like the weather: everyone talks about it, but no one ever does anything about it. This lack of consistent direction has created volatile, and recently, sharply negative returns to investors in the Alternative Energy space. With a lot of hot air being generated in the months …
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Despite the availability of clean and sustainable energy sources like solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and biomass, many states depend on outdated and dirty energy sources. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Missouri and Tennessee are among the most in need of an energy portfolio diversification. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has identified solutions for these and other …
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Demand for solar PV energy in the U.S. continues to gain considerable traction. During 2011, installed PV capacity reached the 2 GW level, with 880 MW allocated to the commercial sector and 760 MW to the utility segment. However, this growth has not been realized without certain challenges. Indeed, often years of negotiation take place …
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When somebody mentions renewable energy, most of us think primarily of methods we can use for home production, namely wind turbines and solar panels. However, there are a number of alternative energy sources still waiting to break through into the public conscience. Airborne forms of wind power are arguably some of the most exciting amongst …
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Sustainable Energy and Renewable Energy are terms that are thrown around a lot these days, but what exactly do they mean, and how many countries are taking them seriously? The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in 2008, 10% of the world’s energy consumption was from renewable energy sources. EIA forecasts that by 2035, consumption …
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On August 31, SACE and the Sierra Club hosted the “Wind Works: For Jobs, for Georgians” rally on Tybee Island. The Tybee Pier and Pavilion, where the rally was held, proved to be a great spot for the event. We were able to reach out to about 300 people – substantially from the coastal community – …
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Since 2006 Bonded Logic, an Arizona-based cotton fiber insulation manufacturer, and Cotton Incorporated, an association of cotton manufacturers, growers and retailers, have teamed up to change the final resting place for approximately 200 tons of unwanted denim from the landfill to new homes in the United States, in the form of denim insulation. The “Cotton. …
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A new study of renewable energy’s technical potential finds that every state in the nation has the space and resource to generate clean energy. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory produced the study, U.S. RE Technical Potential, which looks at available renewable resources in each state. It establishes an upper-boundary estimate of …
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