Latest Solar Power product news
Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) have fuelled the rise in demand for solar microgeneration on domestic properties. By March 2011, Ofgem had registered over 25,000 domestic systems in the UK, making a total installed capacity of 65.8MWp since the introduction of the FiTs. That represents 94% of the total installed capacity.
With the financial motivation in place, a few companies were quick to offer free solar panels to domestic home owners, providing cheaper electricity and securing FiT payments for the... [more]
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) already provides safe, reliable power to more than 400,000 customers in southern Arizona. TEP is now preparing to build new grid-tied solar arrays on the roofs of large public buildings to help serve a growing demand for renewable power.
Through its new TEP Bright Roofs program, the company plans to lease space atop schools and other public facilities for the development of 11 megawatts (MW) of new TEP-owned solar generating capacity over the next three years. TEP ... [more]
DEGERenergie has received an order from Construção e Manutenção Electromecânica (CME) to equip a 3.5 Megawatt solar farm in southern Spain with its open terrain TOPtraker 8.5 single-axis photovoltaic (PV) tracking systems.
The order for the installation in southern Spain is the latest in a series DEGERenergie has received for its TOPtraker 8.5 solar tracking systems since late 2009. DEGERenergie has already equipped four large-scale solar farms in Italy with over 9,000 solar tracking systems,... [more]
Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) has teamed up with architects PRP and contractor City Building to build four energy-efficient prototype homes, which aim to dramatically reduce bills for heating and hot water. The prototypes, known as 'The Glasgow House', feature high standards of insulation, coupled with low energy running costs and simple technology.
Following completion, a series of tests will now be carried out to establish the extent the energy–efficient features can help reduce fuel b... [more]
According to a new analysis by New Energy Finance, the 50 percent drop in cost per kilowatt hour for solar panels through 2009 is the “largest cost reduction in its history”.
Dr. David Lee, CEO of BioSolar commented “Solar is widely hailed as the economic and environmental panacea for a greener future, but if the industry continues growing exponentially without planning ahead, it risks repeating the mistakes made by the microelectronics industry - now dealing with an ongoing legacy of toxic e... [more]
The new report "Tracking the Sun II: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998–2008", released by researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, has found that the average cost of going solar in the U.S. declined by more than 30 percent from 1998 to 2008, a trend that can be largely attributed to the success of market-building policies at the state and local level. Findings also show that, after a three-year plateau, costs decreased by 3.6 percent from 2007 to 2008, marking a... [more]
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