The loan guarantee will support the Alamosa Solar Generating Project
Researchers at the University of Surrey have reported a novel route to increase the efficiency of solar cells by using tiny structures that are typically ten thousandth the width of a human hair called nanotubes.
Siemens Energy has received another order for the supply of a solar field for a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Spain.
Since May 2008, the company has been developing high-efficiency solar cells based on heterojunction technology.
DOE to provide $5.8 million to support early-stage solar technologies through Incubator program at NREL
By the end of 2010, European photovoltaic installations provided more than 70% of the total world-wide solar photovoltaic electricity generation capacity.
The Belgian research centre imec, together with Plextronics and Solvay, present this week at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) in Hamburg an organic polymer-based single junction solar cell with 6.9% performance in an innovative inverted device stack. Combining imec’s scalable inverted device architecture and Plextronics’ polymers,…
According to a new market research report, “Solar Power Market by PV, CSP Technologies by Installations, Price, Cost, Trade Trends & Global Forecasts (2011 – 2016)”, published by MarketsandMarkets (http://www.marketsandmarkets.com), global solar energy market will grow from around $39.6 billion in 2011 to $75.2 billion in 2016 with a compound…
Suzlon Energy Australia is planning to develop one of the world's biggest wind farms on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.
2010 was a record-setting year for the US solar PV manufacturing industry, with US solar PV exports exceeding imports by $1.9 billion globally.

