A Solar Challenge Plans to Bring a Solar Car Rally to Nigeria!
The Nigeria solar challenge has concluded plans to bring a solar car rally to Nigeria in conjunction with Kings Polytechnic. The Nigeria solar car initiative is a challenge designed to champion integration, support and encourage technical and scientific success in the field of engineering. It is also aimed at promoting solar car racing. The Solar Car [...]
Sunshine to be the Middle East’s New Energy Export?
With the shale gas boom dominating energy exploration in the US, the sun-soaked petro kingdoms of the Middle East are looking to solar to ease their own oil addiction and develop a new export business. Masdar subsidiary Masdar PV, for instance, made the thin-film solar panels installed in the Mauritania project at the company’s German [...]
The International Battery and Energy Storage Alliance has Recently been Established!
The International Battery and Energy Storage Alliance (IBESA) has recently been formed to help facilitate collaboration between solar, electrical energy storage, and smart grid technologies companies. IBESA was created by the International PV Equipment Association (IPVEA) and solar research group EuPD to represent the emerging solar storage sector. This alliance will help give access to market [...]
Solar Impulse Aircraft Touches Down in Phoenix, Arizona!
The plane which is constructed to be powered only by the sun has completed the first leg of a journey that aims to cross the US, as of May 4th! This aircraft is known as the Solar Impulse. It took off from San Francisco on Friday at dawn, and landed in Phoenix, Arizona approximately 18 [...]
SolarReserve’s Flagship Project, The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, is on Track for Completion!
The 110 MW Crescent Dunes solar energy project, located in Tonopah, Nevada is currently under budget and on track for completion. This is a SolarReserve flagship project, and the company has released a video update, which can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ttNkzhbbXE. This video includes a technology overview, a project update from Brian Painter, SolarReserve Project Site Manager, and [...]
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