Nightfall Comes to Solar Land

By BILL ALPERT barrons.com A glut of silicon threatens First Solar — and other low-cost panel makers ... expansions around the planet. But the new supply arrived just as end-market demand for solar panels ... photovoltaic industry. Lower prices will also stimulate sales volumes as solar panels become cost [more...]

Date: 2009-03-28 22:00:31

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Arizona Man Discovers Way To Slash Solar Power Costs

by John HorningMichael Davis, an astronomer from Arizona, has found an inexpensive way to produce electricity that can be used to power a home ... block has been the cost of solar panels which contain electricity-producing photovoltaic (PV) cells ... in Building Your Own Solar PanelsOnce you find a source for the PV cells, the rest is relatively [more...]

Date: 2009-03-26 15:26:41

Updated Tiny Solar House Plans

I just finished making some refinements to the Tiny Solar House plans based on the suggestions I got from my last post ... d love to hear it. I’m also looking into other ways of generating electricity for this tiny solar ... (with cost estimate), and a sketch of how the photovoltaic (PV) panel array might work. Actually I’ [more...]

Date: 2009-04-05 09:19:50

BioSolar's renewable backsheet for solar panels

Currently, photovoltaic modules in solar panels employ petroleum-based plastics as a protective backing, ... and superstrate components of solar panels. The materials have a lifespan of 20-25 years, and, most ... solar electricity costs North Carolina campus goes solar Flexible Cells to expand Solar Energy [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 07:00:24

BioSolar’s BioBacksheet Gets Global Audience at International Green Energy EXPO Korea 2009

Company’s BioBacksheet™ Replaces Petroleum with Renewable Materials to Create More Cost-Effective and Earth-Friendly Solar Panel BackingMonday April ... s BioBacksheet™ protective covering for photovoltaic solar cells replaces expensive and potentially ... watt of photovoltaic solar power.“We have successfully demonstrated that functional photovoltaic [more...]

Date: 2009-04-06 10:05:03

15 Photovoltaics Solar Power Innovations

15 Photovoltaics Solar Power Innovations You Must See Researchers at McMaster University (coolest name ever) ... materials on carbon-nanotube fabric. In other words, hairy solar panels. The aim is to produce flexible ... manufacturing costs low enough to market solar panels at less than $1 per Watt, the target considered [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 13:34:21

How Solar Panels Work

by Erick Hanifeld Global warming, caused by the abundance of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, has initiated the search for newer, ... of photovoltaic cells, many of which comprise a solar panel. There are, however, drawbacks to the installation, use and maintenance of pv solar panels. The biggest of these drawbacks are the costs [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 14:38:10

Utility PG&E placing bets in solar tech race

California utility PG&E is betting on both solar photovoltaic panels and concentrating solar power to lower solar electricity costs, as it also explores technologies for grid storage. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-18 17:07:00

What's it like driving an Electric Car? [Citroen Ax]

I felt like a cartoon character who has just stepped off a cliff and has been walking on thin air for a while ... with one recharge that, in Italy, costs less than 2 Euros. Much less for me since I have photovoltaic panels [more...]

Date: 2009-04-07 11:40:00

Innovative ‘Solar Film’ Could Lead to Solar Fabrics and Skyscrapers

Massachusetts based solar upstart Konarka has developed a low cost thin-film solar material that may one day revolutionize solar power ... we will be able to charge our portable devices simply by slipping them into the pocket of our solar powered ... all know that traditional photovoltaic panels are a great way to harness the sun’s energy and provide [more...]

Date: 2009-01-29 18:02:04

Utility PG&E placing bets in solar tech race

California utility betting on both solar photovoltaic panels and concentrating solar power to lower solar electricity costs, as it also explores technologies for grid storage. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-18 16:07:00

Eco Friendly Green Modular Residential Design

In global warming era, residential that designed in low cost, zero CO2 emissions and a low environmental impact is a must ... style. The architectural design integrates photovoltaic panels, solar capture during the winter ... elements, integrated services, and mobile elements such as sliding-removable-supple wall panels [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 02:07:07

Thin-Film Solar Maker Attracts Private-Equity Investment

March 19, 2009 – 10:55Sencera, a manufacturer of thin-film silicon based photovoltaic modules based in North Carolina, has attracted the final $5 ... to a reduction in panel manufacturing costs. Sencera’s solar device efficiency gain was achieved with process ... -junction silicon solar cells, which achieved an initial 8.7 percent sunlight to electricity [more...]

Date: 2009-03-19 14:55:10

Solar Breaks $1/w Barrier; But Are We Ready?

In 2007 there was a breakthrough in the solar industry when the cost of solar energy hit an all-time low of $1 per watt, ... out at $0.98/w. First Solar, the company to produce a thin-film photovoltaic solar panel that will generate power ... credits forward-thinking government programs for their progress and boasts that their modules leave [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 17:49:17

TEP Provides Solar Power, Energy Efficiency to “Extreme Makeover” Home

TUCSON, Ariz. - Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is donating photovoltaic panels and a solar water heating system to a house being built in Tucson by ... Guarantee Home that features a custom airflow design, tight insulation and other features that promote ... rebates of up to $3,000 per kW of installed DC-rated capacity to help reduce the up-front cost [more...]

Date: 2009-01-28 01:32:41

From Solar Panels to Sarah Palins: The Top 10 Green Politics Stories of 2008

Campaign politics dominated the headlines in 2008, making it a banner year for the armchair pundit and the politically uninitiated alike ... have offered rebates for up to half the cost of installing solar photovoltaic systems, and run ... . U.S. Could Get Ten Million Solar Roofs in Ten Years In July, Andrew Williams reported on a piece [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 07:10:05

OPEL Inc. Brightens Connecticut's Clean Energy Future

SHELTON, CONNECTICUT--(Marketwire - March 20, 2009) - OPEL Inc. ("OPEL"), a leading global developer and supplier of high concentration photovoltaic ( ... announced that its rooftop solar power installation - the first combined rooftop solar panel and tracker ... by the Town and an annual savings of at least US$7,000 in electricity costs is projected. The [more...]

Date: 2009-03-20 16:37:00

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