RAU Architects developed their Green Office 2015 concept for a multi-functional office building that combines a spacious interior for comfortable working and ample green space for recreation. Designed for a site with existing infrastructure, this green office integrates sustainable transportation and is outfitted with photovoltaic cells and wind turbines to…

The report says PV power generation will be price competition in areas of Southern Europe as early as next year. PV is already demonstrating rapid uptake ability in Euorope, with 4.5 GW installed in 2008, making it the fastest growing renewable energy technology. In 2008, PV accounted for approximately 19%…

Renault Samsung Motors has announced it is working on a 1.4MW rooftop solar station at its new logistics centre in South Korea. The automaker – a subsidiary of France’s Renault – said the installation would generate 1,387MW of electricity a year upon its completion in September, supplying electricity to the…

This should mean a whole lot of new energy jobs. So where are they — and how do you get one? The clean energy sector has certainly been on a tear in recent years, and there will be a lot more money flowing in to meet government-backed demand. Here’s the…

EPIA President Winfried Hoffmann said that in sun-bathed southern Italy investments in photovoltaics would next year start to compete with electricity from the national power grid. But problems with the administrative burden and difficulties connecting to the grid are holding the industry back. If given sufficient initial support, photovoltaic would…

EPIA President Winfried Hoffmann said that in sun-bathed southern Italy investments in photovoltaics would next year start to compete with electricity from the national power grid. But problems with the administrative burden and difficulties connecting to the grid are holding the industry back. If given sufficient initial support, photovoltaic would…

The new, green home, off-grid and powered by sustainable energy, can be as beautiful, comfortable and convenient as its owner’s desire. Anyone who doubts that, or who would like to see what a green home can be, is invited to participate in the Summer Solstice Green Home Tour sponsored by…

Against the backdrop of current developments within the photovoltaic markets, including the introduction of a cap in Spain, reduction of the feed-in tariff in Germany, the largest PV market, as well as the increasing module surplus, market participants are searching for alternatives for the future. A great deal of focus…

The Department of Energy has estimated that BIPV technology could potentially generate 50% of the electrical needs of the U.S. and other developed countries, and the DOE’s Solar America Initiative has set the goal of making solar cost-competitive with grid electricity by 2015. In this continuing effort the Department of…

If you wanted to train to be a solar photovoltaic panel installer at the absolute finest institution nationwide—the Ivy League school of solar installation training—where would you go to learn? That question, posed to industry experts at the recent PV America trade show, generated a unanimous response: The North American…