Posted in Solar Energy, Transportation on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
As a young teen, Louis Palmer dreamed about circling the globe in a solar-powered vehicle.
On Thursday - with his dream all but realized - the 36-year-old Swiss citizen rolled into Vancouver in a three-wheeled, two-seat car that’s powered entirely by electricity from the sun. He’s starting the North American leg of an 18-month tour that’s [...]
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
In the alternative energy movement, the mantra is a simple one: go to where you want to be – not where you are now. Think of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, who once said “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it is has been, or where it is now.”
Solar Energy [...]
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
Taihan Techren, a Taihan Electric Wire Photovoltaic business affiliate announced the company have contracted with Sigma ETN in order to construct 3MW Photovoltaic power plant in YoungJu, KyungBook that only operates with thin film solar cell module type.
Thin Film Photovoltaic Power Plant Constructed in Young-ju
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which makes solar products, said Thursday it received a contract from Belgium-based Enfinity Management BVBA to supply solar modules.
Belgian Company Buying Solar Modules from Yingli
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
As fuel prices for coal, natural gas and nuclear continue to rise, the cost of solar power is due to break even with fossil fuels in the US by 2015, according to a study published in June 2008.
Cost of solar to match fossils by 2015, says US study
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
Now that Americans are paying gas prices approaching those that many Europeans have been paying for years, “green” technology is becoming a focus of some mainstream U.S. companies. Various technologies in development–electric cars, LEDs, solar cells–promise revolutionary savings, at least when they can practically be used instead of their conventional counterparts–gasoline-powered cars, compact fluorescent lamps, [...]
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
With the arrival of summer, children can sometimes be seen playing with magnifying glasses, delighting in their seemingly magical ability to light small piles of leaves on fire. This year, a utility-size version of the same idea—concentrating the sun’s rays to create intense heat—is attracting growing interest and investment from electric utilities seeking to boost [...]
Posted in Economics, Policy, Solar Energy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
A plan to build one of the largest photovoltaic solar power plants in the world near Arcadia moved ahead Wednesday as state regulators recommended approval and a rate increase for utility customers to pay for it.
State Staff Backs FPL Solar Project
Posted in Economics, Europe, Solar Energy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
Lending to Spanish photovoltaic solar energy plants is booming ahead of a September review of subsidy increases introduced last year, bankers working in the sector said.
Rlpc-lending Booms to Spanish Solar Energy Plants
Posted in Policy, Solar Energy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
Nicolas Rochon, manager of Financière de Champlain’s Performance Environnement fund, is backing wind over solar stocks for the short term, pointing to a lack of visibility in the latter.
Green Manager Cools on Solar Energy
