The Fourth of July: fireworks, steak tips, beer and American flags. I’m writing from Boston, where the historical connection is particularly strong, and the fireworks celebration especially excellent. We love our Independence Day. But how many of us try to relate the meaning of the Fourth to the state of the world today? We’ve been an autonomous country, for good or for ill, since 1776. T...
Union labor has been suffering over the last few decades, strained in the face of free trade agreements and outsourcing. Now a new green-collar economy is on the rise, rife with potential for jobs that cannot be outsourced and a voracious demand for skilled tradesmen. Unions are pressing for a large stake in that economy. Photo credit: CURE
Nationally, that push has led to a so-called blue-gree...
Tate posted last month about speculation that Suntech was working on a 500MW deal in China . Today, Suntech’s press office confirmed the deal for PV-tech.org . The article quotes an unnamed source from Suntech as saying that the deal is “a non-binding strategic agreement similar to our agreement with the Qinghai government.” Suntech reportedly signed the agreement on June 26th.
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Yingli Green Energy just announced that it will supply its PV solar modules to SDIC Huajing. Yingli was selected by SDIC Huajing to supply the company with solar m...
One part of California’s $3.3 billion ratepayer-funded January 2007 undertaking to install 3,000 megawatts of new solar energy capacity over 10 years is the Cal...
UK-based Quantasol has achieved a world record for the most efficient gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells that until now were only used in space-based applications. ...
First Solar (FSLR) hosted an all-day analyst meeting last week in Las Vegas, NV . I could not find a complete summary of the event, so I decided to listen to it myse...
An Illinois company that develops infrared imaging material aims to create solar cells that are unlike many serving the concentrating photovoltaic market today.
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An increasing number of solar deals are coming out of Italy. LDK Solar (LDK) is getting a bit of a pop premarket on news that it will work with Italy’s SAE...
Photons are used in solar cells to generate electric current and almost the same technology is used inside in digital camera where photos define the quality of th...
