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Harvard Battery Could Help Wind, Solar Flow
Organic material – much like rhubarb – is the key to a battery technology advance that could aid in storing wind and solar energy.
Geothermal Power Flows From Nevada To LA
The equivalent of 19,000 Southern California homes are now powered by a geothermal plant south of Reno, Nevada.
A Fabulous Sign Of Las Vegas Going Solar
The electricity used to light the iconic sign welcoming visitors to Las Vegas is now offset by onsite solar arrays.
Solar Net Metering War: Casualty-Free, For Now
Analyst IHS says the utilities’ pushback against full-retail solar net metering schemes won’t be a huge factor in 2014.
How Wind Is Helping Deliver Record-Cheap Solar
A contract for very cheap solar power in New Mexico shows the synergies to be realized from well-planned solar-wind hybrid project, researchers say.
Cogenra Claims Super-Cheap Solar With LCPV
Cogenra says its T14 low-concentration PV system has a module cost of around fifty cents per watt for utility-scale installations; a Tucson project will soon use it.
First Solar Wants A Piece Of Japanese PV Pie
Japan’s burgeoning solar market beckons, and thin-film, utility-scale specialist First Solar answers the call – with crystalline silicon?
Wind Power On The Wane Worldwide
A U.S. turnaround in new installations in the next year or so should help, but in the first half of 2013, wind power on a global scale was in the doldrums.
Big Solar, From Canada To The California Desert
First Solar will build a 250-megawatt solar power plant in the California desert, while work begins on Canada’s largest PV project ever.
Solar Is Google’s Lucky 13th Clean Energy Buy
Google expands its clean energy portfolio again, buying a piece of the huge Mount Signal solar PV project in Imperial County, California.
Big Solar Is Having A Banner Year In US
As of the end of August, new U.S. utility-scale solar capacity for 2013 stood at 1,774 megawatts – already surpassing the 1,476 megawatts installed in all of 2012.
China Solar Edge: Scale, Supply Chain, Not Cheap Labor
Scale and supply-chain advantages are the keys to cheap solar manufacturing in China, a new NREL/MIT study asserts.
Finance Firm Sees Wind, Solar Cost Plunge
An analysis by financial advisory firm Lazard finds that cost of energy from wind power has dropped faster than expected, by 50 percent in the past four years.