Suniva, GS Battery to collaborate on solar
Suniva and GS Battery will collaborate to develop solar-powered, grid-tied energy storage systems using private-label modules featuring high-efficiency monocrystalline-silicon cells from the photovoltaics manufacturer.
The initial demonstration system will incorporate 30KW of PV panels and will be designed, engineered, and constructed by integrator First Century Energy at the battery company’s headquarters in Roswell, GA.
Solar Sector Heading for a Shakeout : Greentech Media
It’s been a rough-and-tumble ride for many public solar companies lately. And the solar industry had best prepare itself for further hardships, according to a panel of Wall Street experts at Greentech Media’s Solar Market Outlook conference in New York on Tuesday.
“There is going to be shakeout in the market,” said Jesse Pichel, a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, who predicts that a module oversupply will drive prices down.
According to Pichel, the winners will be the companies with the lowest cost per watt. Right now, the low-cost leaders are First Solar and “a couple of folks in China,” he said.
Greentech Media’s 2011 Solar Summit : Greentech Media
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Dr. Richard Swanson, President Emeritus, SunPower Corporation
Fong Wan, Senior Vice President, Energy Procurement, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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In case you haven’t heard it, T. Boone Pickens is a worried man when comes it comes to the energy situation these days. America, according the legendary oilman, is in a heap of trouble—-and it’s only going to get worse.
And with the election season looming, he is quickly becoming the energy equivalent of Ross Perot, complete with charts, graphs and white board presentations delivered with a familiar Texas drawl.
But unlike that other famous Texas billionaire whose was long on talk and short on action, Pickens has put his money where his mouth is and has a plan to fix it all.
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A 205kW solar energy system was recently installed at the Kent Denver School in Colorado.
The private college preparatory school is located outside Denver in Englewood. The Kent Denver School Renewable Energy Project consists of 1,170 solar panels. The system is believed to be one of the largest solar arrays at a prep school in the United States.
Approximately 700 students attend the private college prep middle/upper school which employs 85 full and part-time faculty members. The campus, set on 220 acres of land, includes two lakes. There are over 40 classrooms, three computer labs, two gyms, a fitness and sports medicine center, seven tennis courts and 20 acres of fields for sporting activities.
Green DIY Energy
Green DIY Energy – An Introduction
The Green DIY Energy program is a step by step guide that shows anyone how they can make and install their own solar power electricity system at a fraction of the traditional costs.
The entire Green DIY Energy Guide comes as three separate but fully integrated modules.
Solar Energy Science Project Topics: History of Solar Energy
History of Solar Energy.
Solar energy has been used by humans for thousands of years. For example, ancient cultures used energy from the sun to keep warm by starting fires with it. They also kept their homes warm through passive solar energy designs. Buildings were designed so that walls and floors collected solar heat during the day that was released at night to keep them warm. If you have ever stood in the sun to get warm then you too have utilized solar thermal energy.
The discovery of photovoltaics happened in 1839 when the French physicist Edmond Becquerel first showed photovoltaic activity. Edmond had found that electrical current in certain materials could be increased when exposed to light. 66 years later, in 1905, we gained an understanding of Edmonds’ work when the famous physicist Albert Einstein clearly described the photoelectric effect, the principle on which photovoltaics are based. In 1921 Einstein received the Nobel Prize for his theories on the photoelectric effect.
Considering Texas’ largest solar farm
PFLUGERVILLE (KXAN) – Hundreds of acres of farmland in northeast Travis County could become Texas’ largest solar farm.
An India-based company, RRE Austin Solar, bought 600 acres of farmland about 15 miles east of Pflugerville. The site sits on the southwest corner of the Manda-Carlson Road and Felder Lane intersection. The idea is to install enough solar panels to produce at least 60 megawatts of electricity an hour. Nearby LCRA transmission lines would take the energy to the electrical grid for utility companies to purchase it.
“A normal house uses between 1,000 to 1,500 kilowatts of electricity,” said Pflugerville Mayor Jeff Coleman. “This is 60 megawatts. So what that means is this plant will produce enough energy to give electricity to the entire City of Pflugerville for one year.”
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The Grand Ballroom began to fill well before the Solar Power 2007 opening plenary began. (EP photo)
If I were to sum up the message of the opening remarks from the Solar Power 2007 conference, it would be simply: “We have arrived.”
“As of last night we had over 8,100 people paid and registered to attend this event,” SEPA Executive Director Julia Hamm said. “So by the time we see the end of the week come, I expect we will have over 10,000 registered attendees. So really, huge success for our event. We started just a couple of years ago in 2004 with 1,100 people and we could easily see 11,000 this year. So, amazing growth.”