584 days and over 32,000 nautical miles later, the PlanetSolar boat Tûranor returns to Monaco after a global voyage powered entirely by solar energy.
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Solar Strand Makes Its Mark In Buffalo
The Solar Strand, an installation evoking the pattern of a DNA fingerprint, is cranking out up to 750 kilowatts of power at the University of Buffalo.
World’s Largest Solar Thermal Heating System Online
Solar thermal collectors covering the equivalent of five football fields are providing hot water for a Saudi Arabian women’s college.
Greener Solar Power With Help From Bacteria
Dye-sensitized solar cells made with protein and low-toxicity dye were successful in tests by K-State graduate student Ayomi Perera, their inventor.
Navy’s Hawaii Ocean Energy Plans Taking Shape
The Navy, working with the U.S. Department of Energy, will pick three ocean energy power developers to occupy Wave Energy Test Site moorings at Kaneohe Bay.
New York City Energy Map Tool Tells Tales
The results of a study that estimates the energy usage of every tax lot across the five boroughs of New York City are now available via an interactive tool.
Solar Forecast: More Power With New Weather Data
Three universities have teamed up to create a network of observation points across the West Coast and Hawaii to help forecast solar energy patterns.
Clean Energy On The Farm Gets Big US Assist
The Obama administration is promoting the successes of the Rural Energy for America Program, which backs renewable energy and efficiency on U.S. farms.
Solar Trust Bankrupt—Huge Blythe Project Dead?
Solar Trust, which had and then gave up a $2.1 billion federal loan guarantee to build the world’s largest solar power plant, declares bankruptcy.
Pay-As-You-Go Solar A Rural Power Solution
Eight19 brings off-grid solar power to rural communities with an easy pay-as-you-go system that makes renewable energy almost as simple as sending a text.
U.S. Solar Military Housing Project Gets New Life
U.S. Bancorp and SolarCity announced that they created a renewable energy tax equity fund that would help make the first stage of SolarStrong a reality.
Green Military: Battlefield Energy Goals Mapped Out
The Pentagon announces an implementation plan for its bold, renewables-heavy energy strategy, with security, innovation and efficiency key planks.
Soldiers Get Solar Training Before Heading To War
For the first time, the U.S. Army is able to integrate training on green energy systems, said to be life savers, before soldiers head to Afghanistan.
And Chinese Solar Tariffs It Looks To Be!
The Commerce Department set preliminary countervailing duties ranging from 2.90 to 4.73 percent on imports of Chinese solar cells and modules/panels.