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Grid Alternatives Empowers Communities with Solar Skills
When California faced an energy crisis in 2001, Tim Sears and EricaMackie were installing renewable energy systems in the privatesector. But as they watched their state and profession makeup twohalves of a state-wide power breakdown, the two engineers sprung intoaction, determined to spread the knowledge and skills needed to makesolar energy available to underserved communities. The offspring [...]
Grid Parity: Is It the Wrong Goal Post?
Eversince the first conference to discuss what solar could do for meetingelectricity supply held in 1973, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the solarindustry has talked about the holy grail of "grid parity". ("Gridparity" refers to the crossover point where the cost of solar powerpulls roughly even with the cost of power from coal, natural gas [...]
Schneider Electric Launches Its Xantrex GT30 Grid-Tie Solar Inverter
Schneider Electric’sRenewable Energies Business has announced the launch of the SchneiderElectric Xantrex GT30 Grid-Tie Solar Inverter, a three phase powerinverter that delivers 120/208 Vac out of the box and can be used as abuilding block for larger systems. More than 250,000 customers around the world rely on SchneiderElectric inverters and system components to provide their [...]
Clear Skies Solar to enter smart grid verification testing for patented technology
Clear Skies Solar (CSS) will commence smart grid verification testingwith Met Laboratories of Baltimore, Maryland to further independentlytest the accuracy of the XTRAX® smart grid monitoring technology. TheCompany has been awarded patent number 7336201 on its XTRAX datacommunications technology from the United States Patent and TrademarkOffice protecting the intellectual property for a remote energy metersystem [...]
The Future of the Grid Isn’t the Grid of the Future
Formore than half of a century, America’s regional power grids provided aplatform for the nation’s economy to achieve vast productivity gains. The advent of advanced electronics has galvanized a fundamental changein the way America uses power, which the nation’s grid has struggled–mostly unsuccessfully – to provide. The cleavage between the qualityof power needed to operate [...]
Natcore signs deal with Chinese consortium to take its solar technology from lab to power grid
Natcore Technology Inc. has reached an agreement with a consortium inChina to form a joint venture company to develop and manufacturefilm-growth equipment and materials using Natcore’s proprietary LiquidPhase Deposition (LPD) technology. The technology would be used in the production of solar cells.Natcorehas signed a letter of intent with the Zhuzhou Hi-Tech IndustrialDevelopment Zone to form [...]
One Block Off the Grid (1BOG) Lands $5 Million
Thefirst six weeks of 2010 have seen an uptick in the number of greentechventure capital deals compared to the pace of 2009. Although VC dealactivity is not a proxy for the health of the industry, it does show aswing in the mood of investors. As always, we’ll get you greentech VCstats at the close of [...]
Study: China Will Pass U.S. in Smart Grid Investment in 2010
The Chinese government will invest more money in the development of smart grid technology than the United States in 2010,according to a new market study. China will spend more than $7.3billion in the form of stimulus loans, grants and tax incentives thisyear, compared to $7.1 million by the U.S., according to an analysis byZpryme, a [...]