News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Solar Industry Experienced Steady Growth in America – 2011

Recent the Solar Energy Industries Associated, Washington released a review on the solar energy market of U.S in 2011. The report says that the solar market has experienced as strong growth in 2011; with falling cost and rising employment creation. Some facts of the Solar Market in 2011 have been recorded in this article: 1. [...]

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Will Mars Be a Hub For Nuclear Energy Or Solar Power?

Opportunity and Spirit were the two last NASA Mars rovers sent to outer-space in 2003. They used solar energy as a source of energy. However, from Cape Canaveral, in November 2011 another rover has started its mission but with nuclear power. Spirit and Opportunity – Solar Powered Rovers Apparently, solar power and nuclear power have [...]

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Renewable Energy Companies Struggling (Solar Companies)

Europe’s three largest renewable companies said that they are being badly hit by the fall in price caused by over-supply and insignificant government incentives. The same has been said by renewable companies in the United States and in China. Renewable energy companies around the globe have been hit by a mix of high inventories and [...]

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Will Solar Power Be The Solution To Future Energy Challenges?

Jeremy Leggett, who launches new ventures promoting green economy, strongly recommends that we follow the footsteps of China and Germany by investing in solar energy while there is a steep decline in the costs of start-up. Wall Street has been avoiding investing money in solar organizations. Even if so, USA has more solar jobs than [...]

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The Solar Industry Might Struggle – Feed-in Tariff Being Cut

Are the subsidies cuts, levied by the government, out reduce the prospects of rapidly expanding solar companies such as Engensa – which is yet in its infant stage? The young owners of the company share with us insights into the model which they are working on, in a bid to keep Engensa up and running. [...]

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The Green Economy Needed For Sustainability – Economic & Environmental

Oliver Letwin, the Minister of State for Policy, views Green Deal as a means to enable a future with low emission of carbon. He asserts that it is not only environmental reasons that make a greener economy a prerequisite in today’s society. Constantly rising utility bills, sparse financial conditions and wariness regarding the huge lack [...]

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One of EU’s leading Photovoltaic power Companies Is Buying Solar Technology from Emerson

Recently, one of EU’s largest solar-energy developers awarded a long-term contract to Emerson to provide power inverter technology. Emerson’s contract with Euro Projects, makes them the supplier of utility-scale inverters for two very large solar power plants situated in Villaperuccio in Sardinia, Italy. The power inverters provided by Emerson, converts DC current generated from solar [...]

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Affordable Thermal Solar Energy For Home Use

Solar thermal is probably the cheapest source of household heated water: besides the initial investment, the convertor will function at no cost, harvesting a free source of energy – sun’s thermal radiation. Such a device could provide from 30% to 80% of the warm water needed for a family of four, depending on the total [...]

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Germany Turns To Africa for Solar Energy: Will DESERTEC Go Live?

Twenty German companies syndicated their financial efforts in the world’s greatest solar-energy project. Their intention is to build a chain of super power energy fields in North African deserts. The project would supply a quarter of Europe’s power needs by the middle of the century. The consortium intends to complete the first part of the [...]

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Solar Power Installation Getting Cheaper

Due to constantly reducing cost of photovoltaic modules the overall prices of solar-energy generating plants are also on a decline in terms of cost. This is a trend that has been ongoing for the past couple of years. Department of Energy just recently released a report and based on the yearly price comparison of Photovoltaic [...]

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