U.S solar company 1366 Technologies will receive $150 million in government support after its highly successful technique for manufacturing silicon solar wafers, which can reduce production costs of the wafers by 50 percent, was recognised by the Department of Energy (DOE) as a project capable of “dramatically cutting the cost of solar power” in America.
The solar industry is in shock after receiving news late last week of an Australian home solar power pioneer going into receivership – another casualty in what is becoming an increasingly bloody battle for Australia’s clean energy future.
Here in Australia, we take electricity and street lighting for granted; but for many communities in Africa, it’s a very big deal. Solar power isn’t just a clean electricity source, but one that is creating positive change in many other ways in developing nations.
Arizona’s Southwest Solar Technologies Inc. has completed full-scale testing of a new prototype solar-turbine power system which combines gas turbine technology with an enormous parabolic mirror.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced conditional partial backing of a $344 million loan for a project that will see the installation of up to 160,000 home solar power systems.
A new study conducted by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) has found that solar power will become cost competitive with fossil fuels in some markets by 2013, and reach total grid parity across Europe the end of this decade.
Virginia covers changes to Victoria’s solar feed in tariff, home solar power alive and well in Queensland, wind energy powers on in 2011 and a 10 megawatt solar farm for Western Australia.
Arizona State University (ASU) is one of America’s leading institutes delving into solar energy research and innovation and the University has now also exceeded 10 megawatts (MW) of on-campus solar power generation.
After a somewhat listless year in 2010, the global wind power industry has gained momentum during the first half of 2011.
The U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE) SunShot initiative, a policy aimed at making solar energy cost competitive with fossil fuels, continues to provide vital support for the solar power industry in America with a new round of funding announced to bring in the next generation of solar technology.
