Kyocera Corporation announced today that Kyocera is the only solar module manufacturer to rank as a Performance Leader in all six categories in independent testing by PV Evolution Labs, as reported in GTM Research’s July 2014 PV Module Reliability Scorecard. The report ranks performance of the 15 participating manufacturers in…

New Solar Facility to Provide Renewable Energy for Devens Utilities Department as Well as Economic Benefits for the Municipality, the Shirley Water District, and the People of Shirley FREDERICK, MD–(Marketwired – August 15, 2014) – Empower Energies, Inc., a leading Clean Energy Portfolio Solutions company, announced the completion and commissioning of…

IEA forecast sees renewable power as a cost-competitive option in an increasing number of cases, but facing growing risks to deployment over the medium term. The expansion of renewable energy will slow over the next five years unless policy uncertainty is diminished, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today in…

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced today an order by Optimal Group for fifty Capstone C65s to be deployed in Australia. Optimal Group, Capstone’s Australian distributor, placed the order for fifty C65…

Achieved 1GW of wind energy in Brazil with 381 new wind turbines connected to the grid in the first half of 2014 —-Produced 1,000th wind turbine hub locally in Brazil by skilled workers —-Expanded Campinas, Sao Paulo facility to produce first machine heads later this year Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL—August…

Hongjie Dai and colleagues have developed a cheap, emissions-free device that uses a 1.5-volt battery to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen gas could be used to power fuel cells in zero-emissions vehicles. In 2015, American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota…

SAN FRANCISCO — August 26, 2014 — REC Group, a leading global provider of solar energy solutions, announced today that it has signed solar panel supply agreements totaling 85MW with a major U.S. engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company for utility-scale projects in the United States. The multimillion-dollar deal underscores REC’s…

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) invites R&D project proposals from Research entities, in Government and public sectors, Government academic/ research Institutions in identified areas in the field of Small Wind Energy Hybrid Systems (SWES). MNRE support for such projects may be as per the MNRE RDD&D (Research,…

SAN FRANCISCO — August 26, 2014 — REC Group, a leading global provider of solar energy solutions, announced today that it has signed solar panel supply agreements totaling 85MW with a major U.S. engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company for utility-scale projects in the United States. The multimillion-dollar deal underscores REC’s…

Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of State (I/C) of Power, Coal & New & Renewable Energy has assured the stakeholders of solar energy sector that the policies of the Government are going to stay so that investors can plan accordingly. Speaking at the interactive session with solar power developers & manufacturers…