Google, SunPower announce joint renewable energy financing deal
Pair teams up to finance $250 million in residential solar lease projects According to the agreement, Google will commit up to $100 million, with SunPower committing approximately $150 million. Thousands of homeowners are expected to…
Solar powered window blinds
When you combine the words “blind” and “light,” you get Blight. Well, some people do, and some of those people happen to be inventor luminaries whose primary concern is making the world a greener,…
2013 a record year for PV installations
37 GW of newly added capacity globally, EPIA reports EPIA, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, presented the findings during its 9th Market Workshop in Brussels last week. Other highlights from the report: the global PV cumulative…
New fuel cell uses solar and biomass
Despite the benefits of low-temperature fuel cell technologies, they cannot directly use biomass as a fuel because of the lack of an effective catalyst system. However, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed a low-temperature…
Leila Madrone: Solar Energy Roboticist
Otherlab’s Leila Madrone is trying to make solar power finally work Photo: Gabriela Hasbun Leila Madrone IEEE member Age 37 What she does Investigates ways to produce solar energy cheaply. For whom Otherlab Where she…
Thermophotovoltaic Device Has Potential to Reach Huge Solar Efficiencies
Photo: Andrej Lenert, Evelyn Wang, Marin Soljacic, Ivan Celanovic, David Bierman, Walker Chan, and Youngsuk Nam Traditional photovoltaic solar cells have an inherent limit on the efficiency at which they can convert sunlight into energy….
Are utilities missing the rooftop solar opportunity?
The grim reaper is stalking utilities across America. Instead of a scythe, he’s carrying a solar panel in his hands. As homeowners and businesses increasingly cover their roofs with solar panels, the centralized power grid…
Spain’s Solar Pullback Threatens Pocketbooks
Justo Cruz Rodríguez faces ruin after investing in solar power in the Spanish town of Águilas. ÁGUILAS, Spain — Six years ago, Justo Cruz Rodríguez, who runs a small business here designing signs, was looking…
