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Can Solar Energy Keep the Lights On in the UK?
In last week’s Guardian Jeremy Leggett had a post that seems to argue that solar energy is the UK’s best option for keeping the lights on. Well, how about solar?[read more]
Solar Apps Improving Process, Customer Engagement
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People have now become tools of their web and mobile applications. The solar industry has jumped right in with an influx of innovative new online technologies, digital apps, and customer engagement strategies.[read more]
Solar Energy Grows Up, So Now What?
Solar is no longer irrelevant to utility planning. It’s grown up and has earned a seat at the big kids table. But that also means the rules are going to change. The solar energy industry needs to plan accordingly.[read more]
The Truth About Solar Energy
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The sun is our most abundant resource, shining enough rays on the United States every day to more than power us for 10 years. Coal, oil, and gas combined can’t come close to matching that.[read more]
Google Embraces Renewables for Energy Efficiency
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Google’s data centers typically use half the power of a conventional one through various energy efficiency means, saving the company over $1 billion in energy costs.[read more]
Gamification the Next Step for Clean Tech Marketing?
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In order to propel green into the mainstream, marketers will need to make their message enjoyable, accessible and rewarding. Companies in the clean tech sector are beginning to jump on gamification.[read more]
Australia: Solar Flagships extends deadline, re-opens bidding
The Solar Dawn consortium proposing to build a 250MW solar thermal plant in south-west Queensland as part of Australia’s Solar Flagships program has won a six month extension to its contract after initially failing to gain finance for the project. However, the future of the $1.2 billion project looks uncertain.[read more]
Utility Scale PV Map Shows Growth In The US & Canada
PV Insider has unveiled the Utility Scale PV Map – USA & Canada 2011, as part of the launch of the 2nd Utility Scale PV Plant Optimization Summit USA (17-18 November, San Jose). As global PV players turn their attention towards the utility scale PV market in the United States, the research team at PV Insider have been working...[read more]
Concentrated Solar Power’s Question Of Scale: Why Bigger Is Not Better
In a bid to identify the tipping point between scale and cost efficiency, the latest report from CSP Today, ‘CSP Parabolic Trough Report: Costs and Performance’, challenges the conventional wisdom on scale and cost.Scaling up plant size is often cited as the concentrated solar power sector’s silver bullet for lowering costs. The theory...[read more]
Solar Millennium Explain The Key To Making CSP Viable
The move towards CSP yield optimisation has a number of causes and a number of solutions – and the opportunity now exists to give the technology long-term viability. In the build-up to the CSP Yield Optimisation Europe Conference & Expo (31 May – 1 June, Seville), Solar Millennium explained to CSP Today exactly how the company...[read more]
U.S. Solar Industry Has Record-Breaking Year in 2010
A new industry report conducted by the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research highlights record-breaking growth for the United States' solar power industry in 2010. According to the U.S. Solar Market InsightTM: Year-In-Review 2010 [pdf], the industry's total value grew 67% from US$3.6 billion to US$6.0 billion last...[read more]
Solar Energy on the Rise
Solar Energy is currently prominent in the global press even if it does not feature heavily in the UK’s renewable energy expectations. In many parts of the world, the solar industry is making giant size steps alongside wind energy. Norwegian silicon ingot and wafer manufacturer Norsun recently secured US $180m for its expansion plans....[read more]
New Record for Solar Cell Efficiency
Energy Collective member Scott Sklar, President of The Stella Group, Ltd., passed on this exciting news:August 14, 2008 NREL Solar Cell Sets Efficiency Record of 40.8% Colorado, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in...[read more]
Recent research round-up
Photo Credit tk-link There have been several big announcements on research into Green and renewable energy technologies recently. MIT announced that they had announced a way to split water into H2 and O2 at room temp and pressure using simple, easy to produce and dispose of catalysts. The thinking on this being that if you have a...[read more]
Some Refreshing Common Sense! BLM Removes Solar Roadblock
Well ask and you shall receive I guess... On monday, my colleague and I called on the federal Bureau of Land Management to stop being an Energy Delayer and lift a moratorium that locked up the vast reserves of solar energy located on federal lands. Today, the BLM announced that they would lift the planned twenty-two month moratorium on...[read more]
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“It is going to take longer than 2 years to phase in any major extra supply to the grid.I'm sure in the longer term that solar, even by itself, could meet 100% of UK power. Several American company have started commercially converting sun light, water and CO2 into methanol with cyanobacterium, the methanol fuel can then be easily stored for use at 6PM on 12 of December.”
“I very much agree with you on the potential that computer driven cars afford, but I suspect they may be a slower sell here in the US. I've mentioned them to a good number of people and many react with something to the effect that they would never trust a computer to navigate their vehicle.I think the basis for this reaction is two-fold. First, they are reacting to their experience of ...”