TransCanada, the company behind the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline project that will transport tar sands oil to the USA, has announced the acquisition of $470 million worth of solar farm projects.
A team of researchers at the University of Notre Dame state they have made major inroads in creating a paint that can generate electricity from sunlight.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) has announced it will release an exclusive patent license to its black silicon solar cell technology to Natcore Technology Inc.
Google’s love affair with PV-based solar continues, with an announcement last night that the giant of search is splashing cash on solar farms to be built in California.
The sabre rattling over the abundance of cheap solar panels on the US continues.
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced approval of a wind farm and solar park that combined will generate enough clean electricity to power 150,000 homes.
It’s a good thing the Australian Government’s recent Energy White Paper was a draft, because it appears they will be busy rewriting it.
A one-megawatt solar panel and additional wind energy project will build on an existing 525-kilowatt PV solar power system at a massive U.S. shopping center and stadium complex.
Many solar panels come with a 20 or 25 year warranty these days; but most modules haven’t been installed for anywhere near that long. Will they last the distance? It’s already been proven they can in real-world conditions.
After a 20-month campaign by Greenpeace, online social networking giant Facebook has agreed to begin to “unfriend” coal-fired power and make the switch to renewable energy at all new data centers.
