Tuesday, 22 May 2012
More than half a million expected for European Solar Days
Tuesday, 13 March 2012 REM With 48 days to go, organisers of the grassroots campaign, European Solar Days forecast over half a million participants will get involved this year, reflecting broad consumer support for clean, cheap...
Clinton tours fruits of $1 million commitment to solar in Haiti
Thursday, 08 March 2012 REM Former US President Bill Clinton visited Haiti this morning with David Crane, President and CEO of NRG Energy, to see two just-completed solar projects considered key to Haiti's ongoing recovery from ...
Germany
Solar industry takes to streets over tariff cuts
Thursday, 08 March 2012 Toby Price According to the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar), around 11,000 people converged on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Monday to protest against the phase-out of feed-in tariffs for solar...
Italian designer spreads climate change message through clothing
Wednesday, 07 March 2012 Dan McCue Pasquale Bilancio is a clothing stylist with a cause. A native of Naples, Italy, he's recently undertaken a series of designs based on social themes, "creating clothes that try to launch messages to t...
UAE's Microsol acquires key assets of Solon and forms Solon Energy GmbH
Monday, 05 March 2012 REM Less than a week after announcing its intentions, Microsol, an United Arab Emirates (UAE) based cell manufacturer, has acquired essential components of Solon’s insolvent companies together with two ...
Forget Avatar, firm touting benefits of cost-effective solar 3-D
Monday, 05 March 2012 REM You might still have to wear shades when you're around this technology, but they won't be a pair of those funny glasses you had to get the full effect of Avatar or any of the slew of 3-D motion pictur...
Europe
Discussions on where large-scale PV goes next, later this month
Friday, 02 March 2012 REM The international solar conference PV Power Plants – EU 2012 is being held at the end of the month, and will offer perspectives on the future of large solar plants in Europe during a period of weak ...
Landmark Frank Lloyd Wright home to get 250 kW solar array
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 REM Taliesin West, the historic winter home of fabled architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale, Arizona in the US, is undergoing a solar upgrade with the installation of 250 KW photovoltaic array by Fir...
United Kingdom
Harsh words for Government’s stance on solar PV
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 Toby Price HomeSun, one of the companies most affected by and most outspoken about the UK government’s decision to slash feed-in tariffs last year, has once again issued comments on the Government’s position...
Africa
Pay-as-you-go solar arrives in world’s newest nation
Tuesday, 28 February 2012 Toby Price UK-based, Eight19, which launched its IndiGo pay-as-you-go personal solar electricity system for off-grid communities in Kenya in September 2011, is moving forward with its plans for expansion and has...
Low-cost solar thermal solutions launched for Indian industries
Combatting energy illiteracy with The WATT? An Energy 101 Primer
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