By By THE EDITORIAL BOARD California’s decision to phase nuclear power out for greenhouse-gas-free electricity is an important milestone for the country. New York must be next. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/opinion/good-news-from-diablo-canyon.html

By david.glickson@nrel.gov (David Glickson) June 27, 2016 Photo of Sheila Hayter on the South Table Mountain Campus of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Sheila Hayter, a group manager in the Integrated Applications Center at the Energy Department’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has been officially installed as treasurer of…

A new architecture takes very few processing steps to produce an affordable solar cell with efficiencies comparable to conventional silicon solar cells. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/jBP6TtqXxSU/160624154958.htm

With a surface resembling that of plants, solar cells improve light-harvesting and thus generate more power. Scientists reproduced the epidermal cells of rose petals that have particularly good antireflection properties and integrated the transparent replicas into an organic solar cell. This resulted in a relative efficiency gain of twelve percent.…

As the solar industry booms, coal workers have the opportunity to pursue new work. A new study looks at what it takes to retrain underground skills for sunnier prospects. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/bcSUQ2YnOtU/160624100825.htm

Chemists have come one step closer to generating energy from sunlight: for the first time, they were able to reproduce one of the crucial phases of natural photosynthesis with artificial molecules. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/rJXKUt4nD4g/160624100258.htm

By Enterprises TV Enterprises TV opens the floodgates on the benefits of hydropower, a form of clean energy. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/676695

By Solar FlexRack Steve Daniel, Solar FlexRack’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing will be presenting at Intersolar North America. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/676711

By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) June 24, 2016 Mark Davis Dr. Mark Davis is the new director of the Biosciences Center at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). “Mark has been serving in this capacity for almost a year, and we are very excited to now have him in…

By By DIANE CARDWELL Whether Elon Musk’s “vertically integrated energy company” is the right model, some experts see virtue in the theory. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/business/energy-environment/testing-the-clean-energy-logic-of-a-tesla-solarcity-merger.html