Market-Ready Thin Film Solar Cell Efficiency Record
Results of tests conducted on a new CdTe photovoltaic (PV) cell from First Solar Inc. show an efficiency rating of 17.3 percent.
Making Renewable Energy Products With Renewables
Critics of renewable energy will sometimes point to the fact that solar panels and similar products are often made with energy derived from fossil fuel based electricity generation. A UK company has shown this doesn’t need to be the case.
Alice Springs’ Uterne Solar Farm Completed
U.S. based solar panel manufacturer Sunpower has announced the completion of Australia’s largest solar farm to use a solar tracking system.
U.S. Uni Students Compete For $2 Million Renewable Energy Prize
The U.S. Government is turning to the nation’s university students with a nationwide competition that it hopes will yield the next generation of American renewable energy entrepreneurs.
Thermax, Amonix Collaborate To Bring CPV To India
A new deal to deliver baseload electricity in India using concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology illustrates once again that setting national renewable energy targets can boost green jobs numbers and deliver profits, both fiscal and environmental.
Renewable Energy Jobs For South Australia
A visit by the federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Greg Combet and South Australian Premier Mike Rann to a wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in suburban Adelaide has highlighted the economic benefits from growth in renewable energy in the state.
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 39 – July 27, 2011
In this episode, Virginia covers Cadbury Chocolate’s solar initiative, Energy Matters wins Australian Business Awards, solar savvy Queenslanders help the state power past targets and coal cries poor
Cadbury Chocolate’s Solar Power Initiative For Ghana
There’s only one thing better than solar power and that’s chocolate. Maybe. Combine the two though and it has to be the best thing in the entire universe. Ever.
Ontario Waves Bye-Bye To Coal Fired Power Generation
Ontario, Canada’s most populated province, has seen a boom in renewable energy jobs, with 20,000 employed in the sector. It’s not such a rosy picture for the coal industry though, with coal fired power generation in Ontario slated to go the way of the dodo by 2014.
California Sets 12 Gigawatt Small Scale Renewables Goal
In the USA, the state of California is currently legislating renewable energy targets that make goals set by some nations look like paltry gestures by comparison. The state is using every means necessary to get there, including the roofs and backyards of its citizens.
