Southam, the market town in Warwickshire is set to become one of the greenest places in the country. In a deal involving 21,000 homes and businesses, residentals will have solar installed for free enabling the residents to save millions collectively on their utility bills. EOS Energy behind the scheme is making the gesture after a [...]
New Solar PV centre opens in Nottingham
IPSol Energy is establishing the UK’s first commercial PV centre of excellence, an 8000ft2 facility based at Nottingham’s Easter Park, which will provide global manufacturers and installers of solar PV modules with independent strategy advice and validation of their products. IPSol Energy provides business and technical solutions to the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) market and has [...]
Flexible organic solar panels by Konarka team.
Managing to acheive 8.3% efficiency, the Konarka’s plastic solar cells have achieved record efficiency – the highest reordered for organic photovoltaic solar cells. This could herald a new era in flexible solar cells. The efficiency levels are still way below that of traditional poly silicon cells, but this technology looks promising for more mobile applications. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20023950-54.html#ixzz19yjytbEY
Web-friendly solar installer Sungevity gets $15m funding
The Californian start-up specializes in offering a quote to homeowners for solar photovoltaic systems within one day. Rather than send out a surveyor, Sungevity employees use google maps and satellite imagery to determine whether the property is suitable for installing solar and can gauge how much sun the property is likely to catch. This is [...]
Spanish conglomerate achieves $1.45 billion loan
A unit of Spanish conglomerate Abengoa has gotten the final sign-off on the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest energy loan ever. The 250-megawatt solar thermal power plant in Gila Bend, Ariz, will convert the suns energy to thermal energy – so not strictly photovoltaic based. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20026491-54.html#ixzz19yIi3Qh8
Feed In Tariffs – what you need to know
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Some home owners are getting projected earnings of up to ten percent on their solar investment. You can sell your surplus power back to the grid, making you money on your original outlay. Owning a solar power generating unit can with the aid of Feed in Tariff’s generate you significant returns. Some* analysts have suggested [...]
Common Misconceptions About Home Solar Power
If you think solar power and solar batteries aren’t the wave of the future, you may be missing out on some exciting possibilities. America is just now starting to take action in the way of policy changes and R&D funding to move away from energy produced from fossil fuels. On August 21st 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger [...]
How to buy your own solar systems
Before investing in a solar power system for your home, you should spend some time considering who is going to set it all up for you. You don’t want to buy a state of the art system just to find out that it was not installed properly and does not work. The first place to [...]
Google invest $39m in wind power
Google has invest 39 million US dollars in two north Dakota Wind farms. The wind farms were developed by NextEra Energy resources. The farms can generate enough electricity to power 55,000 homes. Of course google has enourmous power requirements with its server requirements. The move is hoped to provide good returns and provide capital for [...]
Kentucky Blue Solar House open for tours.
After planning, construction, competition and success, the UK solar house is opening to let students come in and have a look around. The UK solar house, currently located on the lawn by the Main Building, was built by a team of students from the colleges of Agriculture, Design, Engineering and Communications. The house placed 9th [...]
