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First Solar Panels to Power 30,000 Homes
First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) recently announced it will design, construct and maintain two utility-scale PV power projects for AGL Energy Limited. The projects, with a combined capacity of 159 MW, are being built as part of Australia’s Solar Flagships Program. This program is part of the Australian government’s commitment to deliver more subsidies and funding to [...]
In Focus: Solar Powered Prisons
Did you ever imagine prisons becoming solar-powered? Personally, I know I had never really thought of such an idea before. It’s easier to think of solar power being implemented in places such as schools, homes, commercial buildings, parks, government buildings and military quarters. But prisons? Can someone say, “Awesome”?! In late October 2011, the California [...]
Macy’s Distribution Center goes Solar
A 1.1-megawatt solar installation on roof of the Macy’s distribution center in New Jersey is an example of what Enfinity America Corporationsees for the future of solar. Enfinity operates as a solar independent power provider – financing and installing solar arrays and then selling the power back to the client through a power purchase agreement. [...]
Microgrid Planned at Mesa del Sol’s Aperture Center
What’s in a microgrid? The ability to mix in multiple-power sources and run independently of the larger grid in case it fails. They’re also promising because they can manage energy use more efficiently and smartly at the local level. That’s the premise behind the new 400 kilowatt (kW) Mesa del Sol Aperture Center Smart Grid [...]
$571M Solar Power Plant Coming to Spain
This project will prove to be a solar boom for Extremadura as apart from the large size, what is most extraordinary about this project is that it will not accept any subsidies from the government for implementing this particular project. It is being planned by SAG Solarstrom, a German company that makes solar plants for [...]
Solar Financing For Project SolarStrong
Project SolarStrong by SolarCity is not only expected to be the largest residential solar photovoltaic (PV) project in American history if completed, but will also be a groundbreaking milestone for solar financing in the United States. In November 2011, SolarCity – along with Bank of America and Merrill Lynch – announced Project Solar Strong, an [...]
Serbia to Have World’s Largest Solar Park
It’s a fact that Europe is among the leading continents to involve itself so deeply in renewable energy. With Germany and the United Kingdom making strides in wind and solar power, it’s now the turn of Serbia to do the same. The landlocked country has just signed a memorandum to construct what is billed to [...]
The Largest CSP Parabolic Trough
The largest parabolic troughs in the concentrating solar power (CSP) game were recently installed as a 275 kilowatt demonstration system at the Sunray Energy facility in Daggett, California. The LAT 73 reflective troughs have a 7.3 meter aperture and were developed through a partnership between Gossamer Space Frames and 3M. The new technologies could help [...]
$1B Carbon Capture Plant Comes to Norway
Norway opened a $1 billion carbon capture and storage plant, Technology Centre Mongstad, the largest in the world. The project, a joint venture between the Norwegian government and oil companies Statoil, Shell and Sasol, has had cost over-runs and delays since it was announced in 2006 for a 2010 launch. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg calls [...]