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Elon Musk and SolarCity unveil the ‘World’s most efficient’ solar panel
On Friday in New York City's Times Square, SolarCity, the nation’s largest installer of residential solar panels, and company chairman Elon Musk introduced what they claim is the world’s most efficient rooftop solar panel, achieving a peak efficiency of 22.04%.
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Invisibility Cloak Might Enhance Efficiency of Solar Cells
Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found an unconventional approach to increase the efficiency of solar cells: Optical invisibility cloaks which guide sunlight around objects that cast a shadow on the solar panel.
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Earthprints: Andasol Solar Power Station
On a barren, sun-baked plateau in southern Spain, row upon row of gleaming mirrors form one of the world's biggest solar power plants and harness the sun's power even after dark.
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Solariza — Game Shows Off Great Solar Energy Potential Of Brazil
Those living in Brazil (or just admiring from afar) who have an interest in solar energy development may be interested to hear about a new online game allowing people to explore the solar potential of the South American powerhouse
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Solar Power Invades Oil-Rich Middle East
Solar energy is becoming a major power player in the Middle East
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Solar Power International 2015 Brings The Sexy Back To PV Solar
For PV Solar geeks like me, new glass laminated modules add a bit of aesthetic appeal to the space while new module-integrated electronics that Trina Solar and Tigo Energy were flaunting, combined with new module-integrated mounts from Pegasus Solar, will help to cut installation times.
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North Carolina Reaches Solar Power Milestone
A North Carolina sustainable energy group announced solar power capacity in the state has passed 1 gigawatt of power and accounts for $1.6 billion in revenue.
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Stanford engineers invent transparent coating that cools solar cells to boost efficiency
The hotter solar cells become, the less efficient they are at converting sunlight to electricity, a problem that has long vexed the solar industry. Now, Stanford engineers have developed a transparent overlay that increases efficiency by cooling the cells even in full sunlight.
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Vermont Solar Plan Brightens Green Energy Hopes
Rutland, Vt., is embracing a new reputation as the "Solar Capital of New England."
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Renewable Energy Progress Eclipsing Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C. is bringing solar to low-income communities.
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Graph of the Day: solar PV vs flat-screen TV
Can the growth trajectory of solar PV be likened to that of LCD TVs? It has been, but this graph shows we're not quite there yet on solar.
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Ranking the Top 40 U.S. Metro Areas By Solar Systems Per Capita
Solar power production already takes place everywhere in the U.S., but its market penetration is higher in some places than in others, primarily reflecting the adoption of residential rooftop systems.
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The Chart That Shows Why the Solar-Powered Future Has Arrived
The U.S. breaks a record for generating electricity from the sun.
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Artificial Leaf Harnesses Sunlight for Efficient Fuel Production
The development of the first complete, efficient, safe, integrated solar-driven system for splitting water to create hydrogen fuels.
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The Solar Sunflower: Harnessing the power of 5,000 suns
High on a hill was a lonely sunflower. Not a normal sunflower, mind you; that would hardly be very notable. This sunflower is a solar sunflower that combines both photovoltaic solar power and concentrated solar thermal power in one neat, aesthetic package that has a massive total efficiency of around 80 percent. The Solar Sunflower, a Swiss invention developed by Airlight Energy, Dsolar (a subsidiary of Airlight), and IBM Research in Zurich, uses something called HCPVT...
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The Solar Sunflower: Harnessing the power of 5,000 suns
The Sunflower has a massive total efficiency of around 80%, thanks to very clever tech.
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South African team may have solved solar puzzle even Google couldn't crack
Pioneering technology to deliver the cheapest, small-scale concentrated solar power plants in the world could revolutionise the renewable energy market
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Obama Just Picked The Customer’s Side Against The Nevada Utility That’s Trying To Kill Rooftop Solar
The president's keynote address at the Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas seemed to be pointed right at Nevada's biggest utility, which is fighting hard to kill residential solar.
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AM Solar - RV Solar Specialists since 1987
These guys do really good work, are very efficient, and are super helpful & friendly.
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Too Wild to Drill: Help protect these six amazing places from oil and gas development
New report spotlights the wildest lands that are most at risk of being exploited for the resources that lie beneath them. These lands are Too Wild to Drill.
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