SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) has recently announced a lease financing agreement with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to fund more than $500 million in solar power projects which equals around 110 megawatts in generation capacity for homeowners and businesses. Image Source: SolarCity The financing provides the opportunity for homeowners, businesses, government and other non-profit organizations to install ...
2012 was a record-breaking year for rooftop solar panel installations in the U.S. in 2012. Currently there is a huge amount of information overload on how to proceed with solar panels getting installed on your rooftop. Choosing the right solar panel service company usually requires a considerable amount of effort in order to figure out ...
This is a short infographic created by Solar Sphere. It shows the long way solar panels have come since their inception in the 20th century. Efficiency, size, and cost have made dramatic moves and the technology keeps moving as research and development continues. ...
Sunmodule Protect solar panel guarantees exceptional energy yield over extended service life SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, has recently introduced its Sunmodule Protect glass-glass solar panel. The innovative product has the weight of a standard glass-film panel and is protected by one of the industry’s highest-value performance guarantees. In ...
New Generation PV Solar Tracker to Feature an Integrated Solar Array and Bifacial Solar Panels Advanced Solar Photonics, a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) equipment, components, and provider of turnkey alternative energy generating systems, today announced it has launched its next generation ASP SolarTower – a dual axis PV tracking system with an integrated solar ...
In five to seven years, solar cells will have become much cheaper and only one-twentieth as thick as current solar cells. The trick is to deceive the sunlight with microbeads. MAGIC: Professor Aasmund Sudbø and Head of Research Erik Marstein have used all kinds of wonderful tricks with light to reduce the thickness of solar ...
Solar system enables world’s largest energy research center to achieve LEED platinum certification Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), one of the world’s largest solar companies, has just announced the completion of the largest ground mounted PV system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The 3.5 megawatt (MW) system is owned by Saudi Aramco ...