Nigeria: 'Why Solar, Wind Energy Hasn't Been Deployed' (AllAfrica.com: Sat, 02 Dec) Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) has given reason why the abundance of solar and wind energy resources in the country may not translate into greater utilization for electricity generation in the country in the near future.
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Endesa and Isofoton ink solar energy deal (Energy Business Review: Fri, 01 Dec) Endesa has signed an agreement with Spanish solar panel maker Isofoton that will support the utilitys plans to install 100MW of photovoltaic solar energy in Spain over the next five years.
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Energy costs popularize green homes (Poughkeepsie Journal: Sat, 02 Dec) It's back to the sun for a veteran architect to whom solar power and "green" construction techniques are old hat. Harry Wenning of LaGrange was green before green became cool. He says it's coming back now, driven by rising energy prices and buyer interest in using architecture to cut energy cost.
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Solar energy to power trans-Atlantic voyage (International Herald Tribune: Tue, 28 Nov) A Swiss catamaran is to depart from southern Spain on Wednesday in an attempt to make the first trans-Atlantic crossing in a boat powered entirely by solar energy.
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Solar split (E4: Engineering: Fri, 01 Dec) Scientists have combined two molecules that occur naturally in blood to engineer a molecular complex that uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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DOE/NREL Thin Film Photovoltaic (PV: Fri, 01 Dec) PrimeStar Solar, Inc. announced today that Ken Zweibel, a respected thin film PV R&D program manager from the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Program joined the company December 1, 2006 as President and Chairman.
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