SKYLINE SOLAR GETS MILITARY CONTRACT FOR SOLAR INSTALLATION

Skyline Solar Awarded a $1.85  Million Solar Plant Contract with the U.S.A. Military PowerPulse.net | Monday, January 23, 2012 Skyline Solar, a manufacturer of High Gain Solar CPV arrays for the commercial, industrial, government and utility markets, announced that the company has won a $1.85 million contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) and has [...]

LATEST GREENHOUSE HEATING COOLING DESIGN FROM SPAIN

Solar panels keep greenhouses cooler in summer, let the sun through in winter Spain’s ULMA Agrícola consortium and Tecnalia research center have developed a new type of photovoltaic solar panel for greenhouses that can generate electricity without an adverse effect on the crops grown within, while additionally providing cooling in summer. The system is designed [...]

CITIBANK IN USA TO PROVIDE $50M IN SOLAR POWER LEASES

Sungevity Inks $50 Million Home Solar Power Deal Solar power investment in America continues to defy stock market trends, with US solar power company Sungevity announcing a funding deal with Citigroup Inc. to provide for $50 million in residential solar leases that will allow the company to expand into new territory on the East Coast. [...]

CONTRACT AWARDED FOR SOLAR PANELS ON ALL USA COASTGUARD FACILITIES

U.S. Coast Guard’s Solar  Project for rooftops Schneider Electric recently announced it had secured a contract with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) in Puerto Rico to install 2.89 megawatts of solar panels on renovated Coast Guard rooftops over a 13-month period. The company says the rooftop solar rollout, part of its comprehensive $50 million [...]

FLOATING SOLAR POWER GENERATING PANELS ON FARM DAMS

Floatovoltaics – Floatation Solar Farms FARM DAMS USED TO FLOAT SOLAR PANELS Farm dams can be put to work to host floating solar farms that not only create clean, renewable electricity, but also reduce water evaporation. One of the criticisms of ground-mount solar farms is the amount of space they occupy. In rural areas, this [...]

STANFORD ZENITH SOLAR CAR TO DO SPEED TRIALS IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK

STANFORD SOLAR CAR CLAIMS TO BE FASTEST SOLAR CAR EVER BUILT The Stanford Solar Car Project has been working for two years on its latest all-solar vehicle, called Xenith, which later this year will travel across the Australian Outback powered by nothing but sunlight. The team says the stanford Xenith is the fastest solar car [...]

BIKINI TO COLLECT ENERGY AND DRIVE APPLIANCES

BIKINI ATTOL OR BIKINI POWER TO DRIVE GADGETS Those lucky enough to be currently enjoying the Northern Hemisphere summer will no doubt be heading for the beach for a good bronzing as often as possible. These days, of course, the digital device is an important part of the sun worshiper’s kit, and making sure they [...]

INTERNATIONAL PLANE FLIGT USING SOLAR POWER

SOLAR PLANE READY FOR FIRST INTERNATIONAL AIRFLIGHT Solar Impulse is on standby for its first international flight this week. Brussels has been chosen as the destination for the first venture outside Swiss borders, which follows the solar powered aircraft’s maiden flight and first overnight flight last year and will mark another important step towards the [...]

FAULTY SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED CREATES A RISKY ENVIRONMENT

MOJOR DEFECTS IN SOLAR PANELS WARRANT ALL TO BE CHECKED NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has told the state’s 120,000 solar households to have their panels checked, after an audit in northwestern Sydney found 18.5 per cent had major defects. Mr O’Farrell today released the preliminary results of an audit of 658 panel systems in Sydney’s [...]

RENAULT TO INSTALL SOLAR POWER PLANT TO OUT-DO THEIR COMPETITORS

Renault to install 450,000m2 of solar panels By Darren Quick 20:54 May 31, 2011   Outdoing the likes of Ferrari and Audi, which have already installed solar panels onto the roofs of their manufacturing plants, Renault has partnered with Gestamp Solar to launch what it says is the largest solar energy project in the automotive [...]