Tag Archives: scale
In Focus: Scaling Rooftop Solar
First the good news; in 2011 and 2010, total installed capacity of solar energy doubled, in 2012 there was more installed capacity through three quarters than all of 2011 combined. The average price of a solar panel has declined 58% since the beginning of 2011 and there are over 119,000 solar workers in the U.S., [...]
In Focus: Dupont’s Solar Quality Standards
Solar installations were removed from twenty-four San Diego Unified School District campuses after corrosion was discovered that threatened the possibility of electrical issues that could lead to fires. The 4.3-megawatt installation was built in 2005-06 by Solar Integrated Technologies (SIT). SIT was acquired by Energy Conversion Devices (ECD) (PINK:ENERQ) in 2009. ECD’s Uni-Solar manufactured the [...]
India’s Solar Industry: Scale is Key
India’s solar industry is finally taking off, but before it can make a meaningful contribution to the country’s growing power demands, many hurdles must still be overcome say experts and business leaders in the field. In order to remain competitive in the global solar market and compete with countries like China and others, Indian manufactures [...]
Large Scale Solar Now Possible in North Africa
European developers hope that desert-based solar power could prove to be a critical asset in the fight against global climate change, according to The Guardian. Most experts agree that global climate change represents a very real and growing threat, regardless of the ultimate cause. But a report released by the International Energy Agency in November [...]
BP Solar energised by utility scale Verve project
BP Solar is partnering with Verve Energy as the lead contractor tobuild Australia’s largest ever grid-connected solar power plant: a 10megawatt (MW) utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Geraldton,Western Australia. Solar PV panels create emission free electricitydirect from the sun. “BP Solar is delighted to be partnering with Verve Energy in developing and delivering [...]
Utility Scale Solar Show in San Diego
I’ll be at the Utility Scale Solar show in San Diego on Wednesday. I know this is a debatable topic, but I tend to get more excited aboututility scale anything, not because I think we can count on utilities to be progressive in the migration to renewables. (Do I look like I justfell off a [...]
Miasolé exceeds 14 percent efficiency with commercial-scale CIGS thin film solar modules
MiaSolé, the leading manufacturer of copper indium gallium selenide(CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic solar panels, announced that the USDepartment of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)independently confirmed the 14.3 percent efficiency of its large areaproduction modules (1 square meter in size). The 14.3 percentmodule efficiency is the highest independently confirmed efficiency forany commercial scale CIGS module technology. [...]
Solar Reaching Gigawatt Scale
One of my favorite aspects of solar technology is that the more we make/use/buy the cheaper it gets. There are several reasons for this from the trivial–buying any product inbulk is cheaper than buying one, two or three at a time–to the moreprofound like the experience curve: you get better at making any widgetthe more [...]
Can Sopogy’s Small-Scale CSP Lead to Lower Prices?
Concentrated solar power (CSP) might conjure upimages of massive solar collector installations in the California Mojave or North African desert with tens of thousands of mirrors or miles ofparabolic troughs — along with a lot of annoyed tortoises, politiciansand environmentalists. Sopogy’s take on CSP is a bit different than that. Smaller in size and operating at [...]