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China Strikes Back Against U.S Energy Subsidies
The Global Green War had started with the US imposing duties on imports of Chinese made solar panels and cells. Subsequently dumping charges were also imposed on wind energy equipment made in China as well. China has not been able to do much against these duties as it exports almost 80-90% of its solar products. [...]
Solar Traffic Lights Come to Durban, South Africa
The municipality of eThekwini in Durban, South Africa, has greenlighted a new project of solar powered traffic lights. Funded by the state-owned power utility Eskom and implemented by ZRW Mechanika and Saint Gobain Solar, the project uses CIS solar modules to power lights at four intersections. Each system features 16 panels and each panels has [...]
SunPower Announces $325M in Residential Solar Projects from Citi and Credit Suisse
In a remarkably clear trend, SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) just announced $325 million in new commitments for residential solar lease projects from Citi and Credit Suisse. SunPower joins in the recent cash infusions from banks for firms such as SolarCity, SunRun, OneRoof, Clean Power Finance, and Borrego Solar totaling more than $600 million in what is [...]
NREL: Cutting Building Energy Use in Half
The blips of a heart monitor, the hum of an MRI, the intense lights of a surgical room: all can bring both comfort and fear — and all require a lot of power. But new hospitals are being filled with natural, calming light and are leveraging energy from the sun and earth to power the [...]
Stop and Shop Completes Latest Solar Panel Installation in Boston
Grocers make the smallest profit margins of all industries. That’s why Stop& Shop, one of the largest supermarkets in the Northeast, has takensteps to go solar in eight of their stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The latest solar panel installation was recently completed in Boston last week. The combined solar power systems will [...]
Latest Solar Technology Showcased At California Home
A brand-new solar home installation in Escondido, California is showcasing an array of solar energy equipment, including a solar hot water(solar thermal) system, solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and SolarEdgeTechnologies inverters, which have an industry-leading efficiency rateof 97.5 percent. Generally speaking, this means that only 2.5 percent of the energy is lost when converting the direct [...]
sOccket Soccer Ball : The Latest in Energy Technology
It’s that magical time that comes but every four years, when afeeling of national pride and love of the game sweeps across theglobe… The diehard fans are steam-cleaning jerseys, checking out rosters and seeing who is playing with injuries… The less intense but still spirited followers are making plans to bein front of a television [...]
MEMC Invests $20 Million In Latest Tioga Energy Round
Tioga Energy,which sells solar electricity to customers who don’t want to own thegeneration systems, has raised $20 million to expand its solar energyproject development business. The San Mateo, Calif.-based private company said Friday it has lined up silicon wafer maker MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR) as one of the investors in this B round, which Tioga [...]