Review “Martin A. Green of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, is arguably the most renowned scientist in the field of photovoltaics … The book is well written, covers all the important concepts, and gives the right references. Green manages to keep the reader’s attention in spite of some arduous derivations … Third Generation [...]

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Review ‘Few missions are more important than solarizing the developing world – Few people have more experience of this task than Damian Miller. This unmissable book is the story of making it happen.’ Jeremy Leggett, Founder and Executive Chairman of Solar Century, and author of Half Gone and The Carbon War ‘Selling Solar sheds light [...]

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Stephanie on November 24th, 2009

The second annual Thin Film Solar Summit will be held December 1-2, 2009 in San Francisco, California.  Over 300 experts will be in attendance at the Hotel Nikko, downtown near Market Street. Check out this list of speakers, from the official website: US Department of Energy , John Bartlett, Financial Analyst, Solar Energy Technologies Program [...]

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Stephanie on November 22nd, 2009

You know what they say about green M&Ms, right?  Well, now all of the rainbow of colors produced by the candy giant will have a bit of “green” in them! Earlier this month, the New Jersey M&Ms candy factory started generating clean solar energy with a new solar array.  About 28,000 solar panels at the [...]

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Stephanie on November 20th, 2009

Suntech Power Holdings, a Chinese company, has announced the location of a new solar manufacturing plant right here in the U.S.A.  Its the first for the company, which many view as the leader of the global solar market. The Suntech solar manufacturing plant will be located in Phoenix, Arizona.  When production begins next October, Suntech [...]

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Stephanie on November 18th, 2009

As more and more people turn to solar energy for reliable, clean renewable power, there is still one major stumbling block.  You can only tap into solar power when the sun is shining.  But what if you could use solar power overnight?  How could that work? Scientists at SolarReserve have come up with the antidote [...]

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Stephanie on November 16th, 2009

Have you heard about peel and stick solar panels?  Actually, photovoltaic laminates and shingles are not your typical solar rooftop installations.  Many would say that they are significantly superior for the following reasons: lower cost greater efficiency easy, convenient installation no rooftop penetrations easy to remove no use of polysilicon extremely durable shadow and high-heat [...]

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Stephanie on November 16th, 2009

Westinghouse solar holiday snowflake LED lights are powered by an innovative double junction amorphous panel, which charges in both direct and indirect sunlight. Available in white with changing multi colors, solid red or solid green, these solar lights r (more…)

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From the Manufacturer CCI Moonrays 91225 Solar Powered plastic path light verona style, 10-Pack, black. This set of 10-path light fixtures helps to illuminate any area that needs added safety. They nicely mark the edge of a driveway or sidewalk, garden steps or swimming pool perimeter. The black plastic fixtures have one white LED and [...]

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Stephanie on November 12th, 2009

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development in the United States.  Based in Golden, Colorado and with offices in Washington D.C., NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.  It is operated by [...]

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