A manufacturing milestone in the solar industry was reached last week! The publicly-held U.S. company, First Solar Inc., announced that it manufactured and shipped more than 1 gigawatts (GW) of its PV solar modules in 2009. Its the first solar manufacturing company to reach this production volume in a single year.
In a short two years, [...]
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Here’s three words you might not expect to see together: Canada Solar Power. After all, the northernmost North American Country is not exactly known for sunny weather!
Yet, surprisingly, there is plenty of good news on the solar front coming from Canada recently. In the northern reaches of this northern country, solar power is heating up! [...]
This week, a solar industry milestone was reached by a company based in Tempe, Arizona. Long criticized for being too expensive as a renewable energy option for many people, solar energy now can be generated below the $1 per watt level, says First Solar.
Take that, “clean coal” and nuclear proponents! We don’t need your dirty, [...]
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