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A Low-Cost Method for Solar-Thermal Conversion That’s Simpler and Greener

The team’s method is outlined in a new paper, “Scalable, ‘Dip-and-dry’ Fabrication of a Wide-Angle Plasmonic Selective Absorber for High-efficiency Solar-thermal Energy Conversion. Researchers led by Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering, along with colleagues at the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, and Stanford University have developed a […]

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Solar power improving primary healthcare in rural Chhattisgarh – CEEW

The study finds that solar powered PHCs could significantly improve in-patient services, out-patient services, emergency care, delivery services, and laboratory services in rural India Solar powered primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in Chhattisgarh admitted over 50% more patients and conducted almost twice the number of child deliveries in a month compared to power-deficit PHCs without a […]

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Startup Opportunities in Solar pv

Two key words that I would like to start: “startups” and “Rs.2.44/unit”. These have caught the attention of every educated citizen in the country. The first, for the opportunity of utilizing ones ideas and potential of doing something great; the other being the lowest tariff quoted in this month in solar PV under reverse bidding. […]

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Global Solar Investment to be Higher than Coal, Gas and Nuclear Combined in 2017: Frost & Sullivan

Frost & Sullivan forecasts the global solar investment to be higher than coal, gas and nuclear combined in 2017. With prices for both solar and wind continuing to decline, renewable investment keeps booming at the expense of traditional power generation. Lower project costs and continued regulatory support for renewable energy in key markets will see […]

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Locus Energy introduces “Bring Your Own Logger” Service to offer Solar Monitoring Hardware Flexibility

With the ability to ingest data from many different endpoints, project stakeholders can now take advantage of Locus’ multitude of tools and applications. This includes SolarNOC, Locus’ cloud-based fleet management platform, which provides an unprecedented level of control over how system data is aggregated, displayed, and analyzed. Locus Energy has announced new, advanced hardware flexibility, […]

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Cyborg Bacteria Can Harvest Solar Energy to Produce Fuel

To enable humans to capture more of the Sun’s energy than natural photosynthesis can, scientists have taught bacteria to cover themselves in tiny, highly efficient solar panels to produce useful compounds. Scientists have created cyborg bacteria – microbes covered with tiny, highly efficient solar panels – that are better than plants at harvesting the Sun’s […]

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Solar Spectrum and Horizon Solar Power merges under Sungevity family

Frank Kneller, CEO of Horizon Solar Power, will serve as the CEO of the combined business along with a new leadership team. The combined business will be part of the Sungevity family.   Solar Spectrum has announced that it has merged with Temecula, California-based Horizon Solar Power (“Horizon”) to create the nation’s fourth largest residential […]

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AGL Launches Free Rooftop Solar Energy Monitoring Service

AGL Solar Command Check alerts registered customers if it detects a potential problem with their PV systems. AGL Executive General Manager New Energy Elisabeth Brinton said Solar Command Check was a free service which gives customers with digital meters a daily update about the performance of their solar systems. “We believe most of the 1.7 […]

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