Everyone is used to clunky and heavy panels that are affixed to the tops of buildings and carports, but now GE has announced that it has taken the skinnier solar panels farther than they’ve ever been before, achieving record efficiency for a single cadmium telluride thin film solar cell–a 12.8% conversion rate of sunlight into [...]
As I have mentioned previously, I am a big believer in the notion, “Follow the money.” Hat tip to Green Tech Media and Venture Beat’s Green Beat that do great jobs on the money that flows into the space. Cleantech saw $7.8 Billion in 2010 (the most post-credit bubble), but that was somewhat tempered with [...]
NRG Energy, the parent company of Houston’s Reliant Energy, announced its largest solar ambitions to date, with a plan to spend up to $450 million over four years on a 250-megawatt project being developed by SunPower. According to this Reuters article, NRG Solar as they are known, has also invested in the following solar projects [...]
Large home retailer, Ikea, is installing 3,790 solar panels on the rooftops of three stores in Canada. Aggregately, the panels will cover nearly 4,800 square metres, or nearly 60% of a Canadian football field. The panels will generate about 960,000 kilowatt hours of power annually, Ikea figures – or enough to supply 100 homes. According [...]
A recent DOE technical release by the NREL and the DOE shows that 50% net site energy savings can be achieved in both low-rise and high-rise large office buildings in a range of climates representative of the spectrum of U.S. weather conditions. (They modeled in various parts of the country.) Per the report, the following [...]
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