Point Loma Nazarene University Announces Plan to Build a 450 kW Solar Energy System on Campus
(Centre Daily Times: Wed, 16 Apr) Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) announced today plans to build a 450 kW solar energy system on its campus. What began as a student research project on the viability of solar energy for PLNU soon developed into a collaborative effort between students, staff and faculty that resulted in an official Request for Proposal and bidding process. With construction slated to begin this July, this ...

School District Pulls Plug On Solar Energy
(NBC 7/39 San Diego: Wed, 16 Apr) The San Diego Unified School District has suspended its solar energy efforts because power bills soared after the green initiative.

Solar Energy: Popcorn-ball Design Doubles Efficiency Of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
(Environmental News Network: Tue, 15 Apr) A new approach is able to create a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories. By using a popcorn-ball design -- tiny kernels clumped into much larger porous spheres -- researchers at the University of Washington are able to manipulate light and more than double the efficiency of converting solar energy to electricity. The findings were presented in New Orleans ...