
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 (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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Clean Energy Collective (CEC) cut the ribbon this week on the first community-owned solar array resulting from the Community Solar Garden Act of 2010, which directed the Public Utilities Commission to include solar gardens in the Colorado’s renewable energy plans. On Friday, April 26 the Boulder Cowdery Meadows Solar Array, built on 3.5 acres [...]

Solar Citizen: Building the renewable energy movement from the ground up! NEWS YOU CAN USE: What’s a Solar Water Heater? Although they are not in the news as often as solar electric (PV) systems, solar water heaters are also a great way to save money and go solar. Solar water heaters use the heat of the [...]