Solar Junction, the solar energy company based in Silicon Valley that offers high efficiency solar energy cells for the concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) market, has created a new energy efficiency record for its commercially ready solar cells. Vijit Sabnis Co-Founder of …
Category: Photovoltaics
Solar PV Facility at Fort Hunter Liggett Is the Largest Array on a U.S. Military Base
Here’s a video that shows where I spent my afternoon: on a tour of the (currently) 2 megawatt solar photovoltaics facility at Fort Hunter Liggett in Central California, now the largest solar array on a military base in the U.S. …
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From Guest Blogger Carlos: Arizona Aims to Be the Solar Panel Capital
Scientists, investors, students, leaders in the solar industry will have a gathering at the Arizona State University’s SkySong this October 10th for the third annual Arizona Solar Summit. The former Corporation Commissioner of Arizona Kris Mayes agrees with ASU that there …
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Photosynthesis and Photovoltaics
A friend sent me this piece on photosynthesis and photovoltaics, which claims that commercially viable biohybrid solar cells would be a manifold breakthrough for solar power; their key components are abundant and renewable, so producing them would cost less and …
Large Solar Projects and Lawyers
Wow. I thought I was willing to take a stance that I know is bound to irritate certain people. A guy here at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum just put me to shame; he told a room filled with dozens …
Santa Barbara's Community Environmental Council — Encouraging Solar Photovoltaics
Here’s an interview I conducted earlier today with Megan Birney, Energy Manager at Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council. Megan explains her organization’s program to encourage the installation of solar photovoltaics at local non-profits.
From Guest-Blogger Mathias: California's Solar Power Generation Hits 1 Gigawatt
The recent heat wave has brought the total electricity being generated by Californian solar power past 1,000 MW (1 GW) – about the same as two large power plants running on coal or gas. This was reported by California Independent …
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Bringing Solar Photovoltaics to Non-Profits
Tavas Energy is a non-profit organization that helps other non-profits, e.g., volunteer firehouses, to “go green” with solar photovoltaics. I just spoke with one of the organization’s founders, Noel Smyth, and promised to share the opportunity to vote for Tavas …
Robot Adjusts Solar Panels
Here’s a video on the ”Sol-Bot” — a robot that automatically and continuously adjusts the azimuth and the altitude of the individual solar panels in an array. This is certainly thinking outside the box, but if it’s a cost-effective solution, …
From Guest Blogger Mathias: New Report Suggests Solar Will Grow 50% in the Next 3 Years
The new study published by Infiniti Research this month has found that the worldwide solar panel market likely will grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 15.3 percent from 2011 to 2015. In other words, the study suggests …
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