Solar Power Solar photovoltaic (PV), concentrated photovoltaic and concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies are a global trend in building a cleaner and brighter future. It is estimated that the entire human population of the earth uses almost 117.3 terawatt hours of energy in average per year. The sun is capable of producing more energy than what is being consumed by humans by a …
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Portable Wind Turbine
Can it be true? A Truly Portable Wind Turbine Born and raised in Iceland, brothers Einar and Agust Agustsson were both inspired and determined to share the benefits of clean energy with the rest of the world. In their country, they have an endless supply of fresh air and clean, wind-generated energy. After taking a trip to the United States, …
Read More »EnergySage Releases Inaugural U.S. Solar Marketplace Intel Report™
New analysis provides unprecedented view of consumer behavior, solar system and financing trends, and other dynamics of the residential and small-scale commercial solar market from July 2014 to June 2015 EnergySage published today its first Solar Marketplace Intel Report™, providing one-of-a-kind visibility into the residential and small-scale commercial solar market in the United States. Based on statistically valid transaction-level …
Read More »Ice Energy Launches Solar + Ice
The greenest most cost-effective solar-plus-storage solution for utilities Solution available now through long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) that guarantees performance Energy Storage North America (ESNA) – San Diego, Calif. – October 14, 2015 – Ice Energy, the leading provider of distributed thermal energy storage solutions, announced the launch of Solar + Ice which bundles Ice Bear thermal energy storage with rooftop …
Read More »Bacardi Group Headquarters in Puerto Rico Goes 100% Solar
Dynamic Solar Solutions Installs 24.75kW System Expected to Offset 100 percent of Energy Costs at Bacardi Group Offices Kyocera Solar Inc. and installer Dynamic Solar Solutions today announced the installation of 24.75 kilowatts (kW) of Kyocera solar modules atop Emilio Bacardi Group headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, harnessing renewable energy as a solution to rising energy prices. The …
Read More »Alternatives San Diego Announces Multi-Home Veteran’s Day Installation for “Operation: Solar for San Diego Troops”
Four Wounded Lakeside Veterans to Receive Solar Power in Refurbished Habitat for Humanity Homes SAN DIEGO (October 8, 2015) – GRID Alternatives San Diego, a nonprofit organization making renewable energy technology and job training accessible to underserved communities, has announced a four-home installation on Veteran’s Day in conjunction with its “Operation: Solar for San Diego Troops” campaign. The initiative …
Read More »State Celebrates National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
California Leads the Way for Advanced Transportation Vehicles California celebrates National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day today on the cusp of a transportation revolution that will lead to cleaner air and fewer greenhouse gas emissions as more drivers turn to zero-emission vehicles. The U.S. Senate has declared Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, referencing hydrogen’s …
Read More »SUNRUN SCORES WITH THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS TO EXPAND HOME SOLAR TO MORE AMERICANS
Leading Residential Solar Company Announces Professional Baseball Partnership to BringAffordable Solar Energy to Homeowners Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN), the largest dedicated residential solar company in the United States, today announced a multi-year agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sunrun designs, installs, finances, insures, monitors and maintains solar systems on a homeowner’s roof, while families pay just for the electricity at …
Read More »North American wood companies have the world largest ORC-based biomass power plants
West Fraser’s 2×13 MW biomass power plants operating commercially since beginning of 2015. Maine Wood Pellet’s 8 MW power unit to start up early in 2016 in the United States. Brescia, October 7th, 2015 – Turboden, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), leader in Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power systems for distributed generation from renewable sources and …
Read More »Renewables Will Drive Denmark’s Cumulative Installed Capacity Beyond 16 GW by 2025
Denmark’s cumulative installed capacity is expected to expand from 13.5 Gigawatts (GW) in 2014 to reach 16.1 GW by 2025, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 1.7%, says research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report* states that more than half of the total power generation will come from renewables (excluding hydropower) by 2020, as Denmark …
Read More »What Homeowners Need to Know About the Sudden Subsidy Cuts to Solar Panels in the UK
exclusively for: www.alternativeenergy.com The latest round of government attacks on the renewable energy sector has effectively reduced the earning potential of solar panels by approximately £8,000. What does this mean for homeowners and the industry? What was the FIT? The Feed-in Tariff (FIT) is a government subsidy paid to homeowners and some businesses that generated their own …
Read More »Solar Inverters with HD-Wave Technology
SolarEdge Announces Leap in Solar Inverters with HD-Wave Technology Novel approach to inverter design will significantly decrease inverter size and weight and achieve record efficiency SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, introduces its new HD-Wave inverter technology. Based on its track record of optimized PV solutions, SolarEdge …
Read More »Zero Emission Range-Extended Light Commercial Vehicle
Intelligent Energy to Showcase Zero Emission Range-Extended Light Commercial Vehicle at UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Event Leading independent fuel cell technology provider will display and demonstrate hybridised battery electric/fuel cell-powered development vehicle at LCV2015 Prototype is the first stage in an on-going UK consortium project that is supported by funding from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to develop a …
Read More »Making Energy Efficiency Rebates Simple to Boost Participation Tenfold
Yoav Lurie, CEO and founder of Simple Energy, got his idea for making energy efficiency rebates simpler from his mother. And her inspiration helped him found a way to boost consumer participation in rebates tenfold, he says. His mother’s hot water tank was broken, and he told her about a rebate available through the local utility in California. He set …
Read More »Global Market for MLPEs to Exceed $1 Billion in 2019
The global market for module-level power electronics (MLPEs), which includes photovoltaic (PV) microinverters and power optimizers, is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 percent per year to reach more than $1 billion in 2019. According IHS (IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, Enphase led the microinverter market in 2014, due …
Read More »Solar Electricity and Heat to Remote Locations
Airlight Energy, a Swiss-based supplier of solar electricity technology has partnered with IBM Research to bring affordable solar technology to the market by 2017. The system can concentrate the sun’s radiation 2,000 times and convert 80 percent of it into useful energy to generate 12 kilowatts of electrical power and 20 kilowatts of heat on a sunny day—enough to power several average …
Read More »Solar Decathlon 2015 Competition
Renusol America Teams Up With Students for Department Of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015 Competition ~Company Provides PV Mounting System and Expertise to College Team from Stevens Institute of Technology for Solar Powered House Designed To Handle Unique New Jersey Shore Conditions~ Renusol America, a leading provider of solar PV mounting solutions with systems installed across the US, has announced its …
Read More »Energy Positive Home
Britain’s First Low-Cost Energy Positive Home is an “I was there moment” The question of how we will power our homes in a carbon-free future is, in many ways, the defining challenge of the 21st century. While climate scientists are in unanimous agreement that fossil fuels must be left in the ground if we are to avert dangerous levels of …
Read More »Electric Commercial Fishing Vessel
Corvus Energy powers the world’s first electric commercial fishing vessel A Corvus lithium polymer Energy Storage System (ESS) has been integrated with a Siemens propulsion system aboard the world’s first electric commercial fishing vessel designed and built by Selfa Arctic AS. August 20, 2015 – Richmond, BC – Corvus Energy is pleased to announce a Corvus ESS with a Siemens …
Read More »Energy Storage Innovations
Energy storage is poised for massive growth – as technologies advance and costs decline it will have a disruptive effect in the energy value chain. The arrival of energy storage as a mature technology at both grid-scale and residential and business levels is opening the way for the large scale integration of wind and solar energies and a more …
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