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Silevo Solar: One to Watch
Silevo Solar, a module manufacturer, was named as one of the top 10 most innovative technology companies to watch in 2013 by technology research and analysis firm Lux Research. “This company certainly stands out,” said Fatima Toor, a Lux analyst who primarily focuses on the solar industry. The Chinese company has an office in California, [...]
Japan Eyes Geothermal Energy
Now that Japan has committed to shutting down nuclear power plants that supplied 30 percent of the country’s power prior to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, the government has supported more clean energy development through generous subsidy programs. This has attracted an unprecedented level of renewable energy investment in the last two months alone: over [...]
Cogenra’s Hybrid PV and Hot Water Plus Financing
Cogenra Solar is a solar cogeneration startup combining photovoltaic and heat generationto deliver electricity and hot water for commercial and industrialsites. We profiled them here in September. Hybrid PV and hot water is not entirely new — the real innovativepiece at the Khosla Ventures-funded Cogenra might be the introduction of the Heat and Power Purchase [...]
3 Hot Solar Stocks You Need To Pay Attention To $ASTI $STP $ESLR
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI) is a Littleton, Colorado-based development stage company looking tocommercialize flexible photovoltaic modules using its technology. Ascent Solar and Johns Manvilletoday reported that following an extensive internal product developmentand testing, thin-film copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS)marinated modules from Ascent Solar are set for beta test deployment atthe JM Technical Center [...]
Why JA Solar is a Smokin’ Hot Buy Option $JASO
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) today announced it has entered into strategic supply agreements with BP Solar in which JA Solar will provide more than 185 MWs ofmono-crystalline and multi-crystalline solar cells this year andthroughout 2011. Per the agreement, BP Solar will be supplied with more than 100 MWnext year, starting in the [...]
The Hot-Liner Solar Cooker Concept from Yonggu Do
The Hot-Liner is a concept solar cooker designed by Korean designers Yonggu Do, Sukhoon HONG and Eunha SEO with an aim to reduce the numberof trees that are cut down each year for firewood. Designed to be usedin rural African countries, the Hot-Liner concept features a flexiblebattery, a solar panel and a flexible solar cell [...]
A Look at Solar Hot Water in Tucson, Arizona
With an ideal climate and helpful incentives, Tucson, Arizona ispoised to become a hot spot for solar water heating. The city boastsnear constant sunshine and Tucson Electric Power provides generous incentives: a $750 up front rebate and performancebased incentive covering $0.25/kWh of avoided electricity use. Solar water heaters rarely get the attention they deserve fromhomeowners [...]
Hot Summer, Maybe the Hottest
The July 2010 global map of surfacetemperature anomalies was more than 10°F warmer than climatology in theeastern European region including Moscow. There was an area in easternAsia that was similarly unusually hot. The eastern part of the UnitedStates was unusually warm, although not to the degree of the hot spotsin Eurasia. There were also substantial [...]
How Big a Roof is Needed for Solar PV, Hot Water or Both?
How do you allocate roof space for both a solar PV system and a solar hot water system? True solar enthusiasts occasionally runinto this type of dilemma. It’s most common to see one or the other on an individual roof, but the space requirements for thesecomplementary technologies add another dimension to choosing between photovoltaics (PV) [...]