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X-rays reveal how a solar cell gets its silver stripes

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

The silver electrical contacts that carry electricity out of about 90 percent of the solar modules on the market are also one of their most expensive parts. Now...

NREL, SLAC scientists pinpoint solar cell manufacturing process

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have been able to pinpoint for the fi...

Sunlight can be used to produce chemicals and energy

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered a natural process they describe as reverse photosynthesis. In the process, the energy in solar rays ...

Renewables posted record growth rate in 2015: IRENA

Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)

Renewable energy capacity grew worldwide by a record 8.3 percent in 2015, according to a report published Thursday by a global green energy organisation. "As of...

State laws require a 50 percent increase in US renewable electricity

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

State renewables portfolio standards, known as RPS policies, have contributed to more than half of all renewable electricity growth in the United States since 2...

ORNL tracks how halogen atoms compete to grow 'winning' perovskites

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a potential path to further improve solar cell efficiency by understanding th...

Trina Solar supplies 40 MW of Solar Modules to Tegnatia in Turkey

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Trina Solar Limited has signed an agreement to supply 40 MW of solar modules to Tegnatia, one of Turkey's leading Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC...

287MW Soda Mountain solar project approved in SoCal

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward clean energy, Assistant Secretary for Land ...

NREL raises rooftop photovoltaic technical potential estimate

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

Analysts at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have used detailed light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for 128 cities natio...

Spanish court gives Abengoa seven months to restructure debt

Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)

A Spanish court said Wednesday it had agreed to give Spanish renewable energy firm Abengoa an additional seven months to strike a debt restructuring deal with c...

Graphene layer lets solar panels to generate energy in rain

Apr 06, 2016 (UPI)

Engineers and materials scientists have made solar panels increasingly efficient, but the technology still requires the cooperation of the weather. Currently, s...

Community solar systems add savings to local energy coop projects

Apr 05, 2016 (SPX)

Part of the future of solar energy, especially for residential use, may be small "community-based" systems in which neighbors join together in the construction ...

Renewables use could save $750 bn in Mideast, Africa: official

Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)

Middle Eastern and North African nations can make a "net benefit" of $750 billion if they achieve their set targets on the use of renewable energy, a senior off...

New catalyst offers efficient storage of energy

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

We can't control when the wind blows and when the sun shines, so finding efficient ways to store energy from alternative sources remains an urgent research prob...

Renewable energy investments sees new world record set

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

Coal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity - one of several...

China-US trade dispute drives Solar-PV polysilicon prices up

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

The ongoing trade dispute between China and the United States continues to affect the manufacture of polysilicon used for solar-photovoltaic (PV) modules in bot...

Anesco constructs solar farm to support Chesterfield community

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

National energy efficiency solutions company Anesco has played a key role in a ground-breaking new community solar farm in Chesterfield, which will provide a lo...

42 MW Futtsu Solar Power Project in Japan Completed

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

Pattern Energy Group LP ("Pattern Development"), and Green Power Investment Corporation ("GPI") have announced the completion of the 42 megawatt (MW) Futtsu Sol...

Solar cell material can recycle light to boost efficiency

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered that a highly promising group of materials known as hybrid lead halide perovskites can recycle light - a finding that they believe co...

Creditors give Spanish energy giant Abengoa seven months' grace

Mar 28, 2016 (AFP)

One of the world's biggest renewable energy firms, Spain's Abengoa, said Monday it had been given a seven-month breathing space by its creditors for restructuri...