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Finding The Position of the Sun

The term sun path has been assigned to notify the path of the sun which changes based on seasonal-and-hourly alteration as the earth rotates, as well as orbits the sun. The position of the sun is one of the main factors determining the amount of heat that can be derived from the sun. So precise [...]

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Solar Report: Solar Thermal Power Market Forecast to 2020

A recent report entitled Solar Thermal Power Market Forecast 2020 – Utilities to Drive Future Developments in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Market – estimated that the solar energy market will continue to grow through the decade. The report scrutinizes the outlook of the global solar thermal market for 2020. The key trends and growth [...]

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Cogentrix Energy Confirms Concentrating Photovoltaic Solar Power Facility Project in Colorado

A new solar power project is expected to become the world’s largest concentrating photovoltaic solar power facility. Recently, Cogentrix Energy LLC, which is a ruling electric power generation-projects-development company, revealed that they are joining in on a contract with the Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Xcel Energy Company. They are going to establish a [...]

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Spain Cutting Subsidies for Solar PV cells

According to the Spanish industry ministry, the current feed-in tariffs for photovoltaic installation might experience a cut of 45 percent. Plans to reduce solar photovoltaic installation were reported by the Spanish government. The announced plans are expected to slash support current installations. The Industry Ministry proposed a step-by-step slash in feed-in tariffs. A 45 percent [...]

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The Best of Solar Technology: Thermal or PV?

Solar energy shining at the earth surface represents a thousands of times of the current world’s electricity. Solar power has a bright future but the technology that is going to rule is still a question. Is it going to be thermal solar power or photovoltaic solar technology? Although, solar power has an Olympian capacity it [...]

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Ways to Encourage Governmental Support for Solar Power

Those who are interested in solar power will certainly be looking for subsidies, grants, feed-in tariffs and other governmental support that bring the cost of installing solar power down. Homeowners are already benefiting from lucrative subsidies in some countries. This has been triggered through growing global pressures over the concern of limited fossil fuels. Consequently, [...]

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Geothermal and Solar Power Purchase Deals Approved By California

Two electricity purchase deals have been approved on Thursday by California’s public utilities regulator. The purchase deals is question were made between two utilities and geothermal and solar energy providers. The agreement made is for power purchase deals between CA Solar 10, L.L.C., a solar company and the Southern California Edison, as well as between [...]

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Two Solar Power Companies Are Entrusted Nearly $2 Billion

President Barack Obama announced during the first weekend of July that New Financial schemes of almost $2 billion have been made available through the US recovery Act. Two large solar companies have been entrusted to make things happen. In Obama’s weekly address, he announced that US Department of Energy would disburse $1.45 billion of controlled [...]

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The very First Solar Powered Desalination Plant will be Constructed in Cyprus

The very first joint solar power and desalination plant will be build in Cyprus, succeeding the accomplishment of a research project done by the Cyprus Institute. The objective of the research was to offer a practical solution to the problem of water shortage that is faces by Cyprus and various other Mediterranean countries, while taking [...]

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Solar Energy: Less Expensive Solar Concentrator Requiring Fewer Photovoltaic Cells

In accordance with the April 2010 issue of ScienceDaily, a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering of the University of California, San Diego, designed a novel solar concentrator that could lead to solar concentrators that are cheaper and need fewer photovoltaic cells than actual solar concentrators. At the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, Jason [...]

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