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By Solar FlexRack The first installation of Solar FlexRack’s new ballasted solution has been completed by Turning Mill Energy. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/664628

By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) March 30, 2016 Scientists from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with their counterparts from solar energy research institutes in Germany and Japan, gathered recently to discuss the future of photovoltaics (PV) and assess its contributions to increasing global prosperity, energy security and…

By By REUTERS SunEdison, whose acquisition strategy has saddled it with almost $12 billion of debt, is at “substantial risk” of bankruptcy, one of its units warned. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/business/energy-environment/sunedison-at-substantial-risk-of-bankruptcy.html

By GlacialTech Inc Showcase Includes New Fully-Isolated LED Drivers for Safe, Reliable Outdoor Lighting. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/664122

Engineers have developed a way to make a magnetic material that could lead to lighter and smaller, cheaper and better-performing high-frequency transformers, needed for more flexible energy storage systems and widespread adoption of renewable energy. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/GDjsPzK_LzM/160325131447.htm

By marketforce Building on the great success of last year’s event, the Nuclear Decommissioning Forum will offer a unique focus on the strategic challenges and implementation achievements across the nuclear industry. This is an unmissable chance to hear from the key figures in the sector and to gain real business…

Scientists have discovered that a highly promising group of materials known as hybrid lead halide perovskites can recycle light — a finding that they believe could lead to large gains in the efficiency of solar cells. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/TIu7t-GDjdc/160324145428.htm

Coal and gas-fired generation attracted less than half as much capacity investment as renewables last year; Renewables added more to global energy generation capacity than all other technologies combined; For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent in 2015) topped developed nations’ (down 8 percent); and world…

By heather.lammers@nrel.gov (Heather Lammers) New analysis nearly doubles previous estimates and shows U.S. building rooftops could generate close to 40 percent of national electricity sales March 24, 2016 Analysts at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have used detailed light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data for 128 cities…

By sdyhin 24 March 2016 The Australian Government this week announced its intention to retain ARENA, expand its renewables mandate to include energy efficiency and low emissions technology, and make changes to its funding as well as the types of projects in which the agency will invest. ARENA welcomes the…