United States forces India at WTO to open up $1 billion solar power market Updated On Sat, Jan 7th, 2017 by Saurenergy The US successfully challenged India’s local content conditions in its solar power policy at the WTO which sent a message to the rest of the world that it would not tolerate “new form of protectionism”, outgoing American Trade Representative Mike Froman has said. Further, this also helped the US to get India to open up […] Read more
US By challenging India’s Local Content Conditions in Its Solar Policy Has Sent a Message to The World: Mike Froman Updated On Fri, Jan 6th, 2017 by Saurenergy “We also brought economically significant cases against India’s illegal, non-science-based ban on US poultry, European subsidies to civil aviation, and Argentina’s import restrictions” By Challenging India’s policy of local content requirements was not just about increasing solar panel exports to India, but was intended to send a message to governments all over the world that […] Read more
Being Right About How Bad Solar Leasing Was, Adds Major Value For Solar Wolf Energy Updated On Wed, Dec 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy Solar Wolf Energy’s (SWE) timing of the market & calling out the bullsh&t about solar leasing was perfect. To be clear, there is a time and place where leasing out your roof still works. These times however are becoming less obvious & less advantageous. About a year and half ago SWE made statements on YouTube, […] Read more
3DIcon signs supply agreement with Gelest, a manufacturer of silane, silicone and metal-organic specialty materials Updated On Wed, Dec 21st, 2016 by Saurenergy 3DIcon Corporation has announced that it has signed a supply agreement with one of the leading manufacturer and supplier of silane, silicone and metal-organic specialty materials, Gelest, Inc. An important first step in the Company’s commercialization of its proprietary high volume liquid silicon precursor, cyclohexasilane, Si6H12 (CHS), is to produce it in volumes sufficient to […] Read more
NextEra Energy Resources and First Solar celebrate commissioning of Silver State South Solar Energy Center Updated On Fri, Dec 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy NextEra Energy Resources, the largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and the sun, and First Solar celebrated the commissioning of Silver State South, a 250 megawatt (MW)ac solar energy center capable of generating enough clean energy to power approximately 80,000 homes. “Nevada has plentiful sunshine, and with the Silver State South Solar Energy […] Read more
Introducing JinkoSolar’s Brand New Eagle PERC Product Series Updated On Fri, Dec 9th, 2016 by Saurenergy Jinko Solar’s 20% efficiency mc-Si solar cell is based on two major technologies, RIE texturing on DW wafer and PERC. RIE texturing leads to very low surface reflectance, resulting in more incident light absorbed by silicon wafers. This will contribute significant gain on current. Moreover, since the size of pyramids formed by RIE texturing is […] Read more
Simple doping technique can reduce cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices Updated On Thu, Dec 8th, 2016 by Saurenergy A simple solution-based electrical doping technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices, potentially expanding the applications for these technologies. By enabling production of efficient single-layer solar cells, the new process could help move organic photovoltaics into a new generation of wearable devices and enable small-scale distributed power generation. […] Read more
USAID to aid African off-grid solar startups with 4 million dollars funding Updated On Wed, Nov 23rd, 2016 by Saurenergy United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the recipients of $4 million in new funding for African off-grid solar energy startups at the UN Climate conference held in Marrakech earlier this month. America’s foreign aid agency sanctioned the seed funding to the eight companies through the Scaling Off-Grid Energy: Grand Challenge for Development […] Read more
West Contra Costa Unified School District Goes Solar with SunPower Updated On Tue, Nov 22nd, 2016 by Saurenergy West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) and SunPower Corp. will begin construction of SunPower Helix solar systems at 34 school sites in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The solar installations will include carports, shade structures and rooftop systems and will be constructed over the next year, with the first phase being […] Read more
