 Blazing new paths for solar energy
(Lancaster Online: Sun, 17 Feb) Troy McBride was soaking up the sun at Elizabethtown College's "solar cabin" last week and talking about the weak li
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 Solar Power: New World Record For Solar-to-grid Conversion Efficiency Set
(Science Daily: Sat, 16 Feb) Scientists have set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate. The old 1984 record of 29.4 percent was toppled Jan. 31 on SES's "Serial #3" solar dish Stirling system at Sandia's National Solar Thermal Test Facility. The solar dish generates electricity by focusing the sun’s rays onto a receiver, which transmits the heat energy to a ...
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 U.S. has more sun but Europe has more solar power...for now
(ZDNet: Sun, 17 Feb) Courtesy EER. A new study of the Concentrated Solar Power industry shows Europe to be far ahead, with major growth in the U.S. a couple years away. Emerging Energy Research found several reasons for the growth on Concenrtated Solar Power...but first a brief explanation....
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 Boffins break solar energy conversion record
(iTNews: Thu, 14 Feb) Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems have set a new record for solar energy conversion with a solar-to-grid system net conversion efficiency of 31.25 percent..
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 ADRs in Focus: Emerging Markets Solar
(AP via Yahoo! Finance: Fri, 15 Feb) Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. helped pull down shares of other Chinese solar companies on an index of emerging markets solar ADRs Friday afternoon after its profit dropped compared with the previous quarter.
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Project Energy: Future Of Solar Power Looks Bright
Local firm joins ranks of solar energy users
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