Sustainable Energy Inverters Power 6 MW Solar Tracker Project (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 18 Dec) CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd. , www.sustainableenergy.com marked a significant milestone with the official inauguration and commissioning of a 6 megawatt solar tracker project by Solaer S.L., near La Motilla del Palancar in the Spanish Province of Castille la Mancha.
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Solar plant making energy in southern Colo. (Vail Daily: Tue, 18 Dec) ALAMOSA, Colorado — SunEdison activated its 8.22-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant Monday, with the plant generating power for Xcel Energy two weeks ahead of schedule.
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New solar energy coordinator hired by city (FOX 11 Tucson: Tue, 18 Dec) A new coordinator has been hired by the city to implement a solar initiative over the next two years. Bruce Plenk will serve as solar energy coordinator for a grant-funded Tucson Solar Initiative expected to expand the city’s solar market.
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Nanosolar starts sales of cheaper solar panels (Reuters via Yahoo! News: Tue, 18 Dec) Nanosolar, a privately held solar energy company whose backers include Google Inc's co-founders, on Tuesday said it has started to sell what it calls "the world's lowest cost solar panel."
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Nano Flakes May Revolutionize Solar Cells (Science Daily: Tue, 18 Dec) A new material, nano flakes, may revolutionize the transformation of solar energy to electricity. If one researcher's future solar cells meet the expectations, both the economy and the environment will benefit from the research. Less than 1 per cent of the world’s electricity comes from the sun because it is difficult to transform solar energy to electricity. But the discovery may be a huge step ...
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Burning Man backs solar-power project for Nevada towns (ZDNet: Tue, 18 Dec) Nonprofit partners with renewable-energy venture and a Nevada power company to install solar arrays in public buildings. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday in Gerlach, Nev., members of the Burning Man community are expected to demonstrate that they mean what they say when they say they try to...
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