Solar Installation News

Canadian Solar Inc. , a manufacturer of solar-power modules, will benefit as rules in the Canadian province of Ontario that require local manufacturing will create demand for its products, industry analyst iSuppli said.

TUCSON - The number of people moving to solar power, has exploded in the last few years, especially in Tucson. But now, the rebate TEP offers for switching to solar power is being cut from $3 to $2 per watt.

Nevada Solar Works LLC., a partnership between Q&D Construction, CleanPath Renewables and Alternative Energy Solutions, has won a contract to build 1.3 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects for the City of Reno, officials said Wednesday.

A technology intended for Mars missions may find use on solar installations in the deserts on Earth. One of the best places to put a solar panel is in the desert , where it's sunny. But deserts are also dusty, which means the panels have to be washed frequently so the dust doesn't stop them from capturing sunlight. New technology could provide a solution--by letting solar panels clean themselves.

Nevada Solar Works LLC., a partnership between Q&D Construction, CleanPath Renewables and Alternative Energy Solutions, has won a contract to build 1.3 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects for the City of Reno, officials said Wednesday.

Elemi Architects completed one of the largest private solar energy systems in the state of Tennessee as part of the design and construction of Riverfront Professionals, a new three-story dental office complex located in downtown Chattanooga.

Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That's the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power installations, and scientists today presented the development of one solution self-dusting solar panels based on technology developed for ...

Lend Lease's venture into the solar energy market could provide better solutions for architects and designers, project leader Chris Carolan argues.

RENO, Nev.----Nevada Solar Works LLC, a partnership between Q&D Construction, CleanPath Renewables and Alternative Energy Solutions, has won a contract to build 1.3 megawatts of solar photovoltaic projects for the City of Reno.

Taking a cue from technology initially created for missions to Mars, researchers have invented a self-cleaning system for solar panels that requires no water or mechanical movement, and uses only a tiny fraction of the electricity generated by the panel.

Designed for grid-independent solar installations, ITS Off-grid solar module comes in IEC-certified, standard version with 80 Wp capacity. Design, which uses short cells strings, enables large number of different solar cell types to be used, including half and third cells. Also, customized modules can be commissioned for capacities from as little as 5 Wp. This story is related to the following ...

Grasshopper Solar Reinforces Its Growth With First Solar Power Ground-Mount System in Northern Ontario

Inc. magazine has ranked Mercury Solar Systems as the 10th fastest growing energy company on its exclusive Inc. 500 ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Mercury is one of the top solar integrators on the East Coast having completed over 1,000 installations totaling 12MW across its six offices.

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Clear Skies Solar, Inc. , today announced the final stages of a 340 kW project in Teterboro, New Jersey and the initiation of a new 270 kW project, the combination of which will propel the Company past the first Megawatt milestone.

France’s cuts to feed-in tariffs earned by ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations may be duplicated elsewhere in Europe as solar- panel prices fall, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

A record 2,200 U.K. households have installed solar panels this month, the Financial Times reported, citing the energy regulator Ofgem.

BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 25 August 2010 at 00:15:00 Energy giant to provide domestic customers with free solar installations British Gas has today become the latest energy giant to try to break into the booming market for domestic renewable energy technologies, unveiling a new service that will allow households to install solar panels at no up-front cost. Following the ...

Swedish superstore Ikea has emerged as an unlikely clean technology champion. The company's $77 million greentech fund , for example, is investing in everything from recycling technologies to solar panels. Now an Ikea store outside Denver, Colorado is set to lead the charge for big box geothermal installations. Ikea has partnered with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to install a ...

An electrically sensitive coating for solar photovoltaic panels, originally developed for NASA missions, could cut 90 percent of accumulated dust in two minutes, a researcher says.

Terrestrial solar panels could be kept dust free thanks to a technology developed for lunar and Mars missions, according to research presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society. Dust buildup can reduce the efficiency of electricity generating solar panels by up to 80 percent. The self-cleaning technology can repel dust when sensors detect any concentrations on the surface of the ...