Solar Industry Prices May Be Coming Down Sharply

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Excerpt: According to a chief solar analyst as iSuppli Corp., the solar industry is facing a permanent ratcheting down of price structures that will change the face of the industry. While predicting a strong rebound in demand for solar panels this year, with a 64% increase in installed watts, PV faces suc …

Pollution-Free Yacht Powered By Solar Power Unveiled

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Excerpt: The world's largest pollution-free yacht, the PlanetSolar, was unveiled Thursday at the HDW Shipyard in Germany.Designed by a team of international engineers, PlanetSolar is a multihull white catamaran topped by about 5,300 square feet of black photovoltaic solar panels consisting of some 3 …

Mitsubishi Electric Opens Its 2nd PV Cell Production Facility

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Excerpt:Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed construction of PV Cell Plant #2, a new photovoltaic (PV) cell production facility at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory in Nagano Prefecture. By March 2011, the company will raise its annual PV cell/module production capacity by 50 megawatts (MW) to …

Analyst says PV Materials Seeing 27% Growth In 2010

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Excerpt: Advanced chemicals and materials used to make PV solar cells and modules continue to establish a foothold, poised to grow to about $14B by 2015, according to an industry analyst.The market for PV chemicals and materials declined slightly to around $2.44B in 2009, and should grow 27% to $3.1B …

DOE Announces $100M To Be Made Available In Recovery Act

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Excerpt: At the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available to accelerate innovation in green technology, increase America’s competitiveness and create new jobs. Today’s announcement comes as s …

International Airport Launches 1.6MW Solar Power System

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Excerpt: A second large-scale solar power system at Denver International Airport (DIA) recently became operational; this new 1.6 MW Sharp solar power array powers the airport’s fuel-storage and distribution facility.The photovoltaic system was financed and developed by MP2 Partners and Oak Leaf …

$90M Clean Energy Program Announced For California

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Excerpt: California Energy Commission announced the $90 million Clean Energy Manufacturing Program that will strengthen California's leadership in clean energy by providing financing to manufacturers.The Clean Energy Manufacturing Program will combine two programs that offer California-based clean ener …

Taiwan, China Lead Global Shipments In 2009

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Excerpt: 2009 was a better year for sales than the PV industry expected, with shipment growth of 13% to the first point of sale in the market -- this despite a dismal first quarter and ~2GW of inventory waiting to be worked off at the beginning of the year. Of course, with significantly lower prices for c …

Solar Power For U.S. Soldiers

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Excerpt: The scene is a familiar one from the nightly news: a U.S. soldier on patrol in a remote locale, outfitted in the latest high-tech gadgetry – radios, night vision goggles, navigation gear – devices that enhance mission capabilities and help keep the infantry safe.While such electronic wiz …

Solar Analysis Tool Available As iPhone Application

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Excerpt: Solar installers and consumers looking for a simple-to-use, yet powerful, portable solar site analysis tool can now download the SMA Solarchecker iPhone application from the Apple App Store.  The free iPhone application provides users with a quick way of finding out how much energy - and revenue - …