Solar power and photovoltaics news articles 
SOLON solar modules used for Haverhill next-generation solar brightfield
Construction on the Haverhill, Mass. project has begun by solar developer Rivermoor Energy and electrical contractor, Fischbach & Moore. The project, which will be completed in the fall of 2010, is designed to generate 1,016 kilowatts of direct current power or approximately 1,300 megawatt-hours per year. SOLON Corporation has secured a contract from Rivermoor Energy and Fischbach & Moore, on behalf of National Grid to supply its solar module... [more]
Littelfuse provides circuit protection for solar applications
Littelfuse, Inc. announced the release of the SPFR Series 1000 VDC Solar Fuse and the associated SPFRHD Series 1000 VDC Solar Fuseholder. The two new products expand on the recently introduced SPF Solar Series and deliver a broad-range protection to meet the higher amperage and voltage requirements of a number of PV applications. Since solar requirements continue to evolve as the segment grows, the SPFR Series 1000 VDC Solar Fuse is offered in... [more]
Premier Power Renewable Energy to build a 0.5 MW solar power plant for Mirrione Francesco Legnami in Sicily
Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc. has announced today it will build a 0.5 megawatt (MW) solar power plant for Mirrione Francesco Legnami SRL, a leader in the Italian timber industry, wholesaler of wood, raw construction materials, and homebuilder. Located in the industrial zone in the town of Calatafimi in the province of Trapani, Sicily, this plant will have solar electric generating capacity of 0.5 megawatts, and build-out of the project ... [more]
Renewable energy becomes an increasingly attractive option for mobile communications base station power
Developing countries are seeing unprecedented growth in wireless subscribers, however many of the base stations in these areas are in remote locales that have limited or no access to grid power. As an ever increasing number of people around the world become connected by mobile communications networks, the challenges to providing electricity to these expanding networks are becoming greater as well. Renewable energy from solar panels and small ... [more]
Unirac's SolarMount-I click-system mounting solution offers greater installation ease for the residential PV market.
Unirac Inc. hasunveiled its SolarMount-I™ system, an innovative new click-system mounting solution offering better value and installation ease for the residential PV market. The SolarMount-I solution is now available in two beam strengths, making the innovative PV mounting system applicable in most wind zones across the United States. The SolarMount I-Series features an optimized I-beam design, demonstrating excellent strength to weight ratio ... [more]
Other Solar power and photovoltaics news and reviews
Community Solar - A New Model for Local Ownership
A new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance ILSR, Community Solar Power: Obstacles and Opportunities, examines nine community solar projects, the policies that made them possible, and the substantial barriers that remain. Successful community solar power projects in Colorado, Maryland, and North Carolina are knocking down the price of residential-scale solar photovoltaics PV by 25...
Spain slashes solar energy subsidies
As German alternative energy firms lament Berlin's decision to continue using nuclear power, Spain is planning to cut solar subsidies. Critics say Madrid is strangling investment in renewables - and the wider economy.
'Self-repairing' photovoltaics not damaged by the Sun
Plant mimicking device could be 40% efficient at converting incoming sunlight
Three-Quarters Of New Solar Systems Worldwide Were Installed In The EU In 2009
In 2009, newly installed photovoltaic (PV) cells world-wide produced a peak amount of electricity estimated at 7.4 GW, out of which 5.8 GW was located in Europe. Similarly to previous years, this shows the EU's dominance, where more than three quarters of the world's new solar systems were installed. By the end of 2009, Europe's cumulative installed PV electricity generation capacity (existing ...
Green machine: Squeezing solar juice from jellyfish
From jellyfish to algae, the creatures of the sea are being recruited for solar power cells
EMCORE Corporation Receives Platinum Supplier Award From Northrop Grumman Corporation
ALBUQUERQUE, NM--(Marketwire - 09/08/10) - EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR - News ), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, announced today that the Company has received a Platinum Supplier Award from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC - News ). EMCORE is currently under a long-term supply agreement (LTSA ...
Europe ranks highest in PV electricity generation capacity
According to a new report, more than three quarters of the world’s new photovoltaic solar systems were installed in Europe in 2009, producing a peak amount of new electricity of around 5.8GW.
Solar power's time to shine in Florida?
Jacque Wirth was a local pioneer in getting consumers interested in harnessing the sun for electricity. It was more than three decades ago that she opened Solar Energy Systems of Brevard.
Web Site Recognizes the Growing Greentech Importance of Latin America and Spain
Wright Williams & Kelly, Inc. (WWK), a cost & productivity management software and consulting services company, announced today the launch of its new Spanish language web site. The addition of Spanish is in recognition of the growing role that Latin America and Spain are taking in the...
