News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Financial Crisis; Pressuring Being Imposed on Subsidies for Renewable Energy in Spain

Until a few days before Christmas, Spain’s solar industry had a dream. That dream was to be part of a generously funded plan – considered as the world’s best – to hugely increase the amount of solar energy generated in Spain. But then the government drastically cut back the funding and subsidies that the new [...]

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Changes In Solar Technology 2009 and Thereafter

These days after every week we hear News about the development in solar energy. Development is emphasizing mainly on ways to make solar energy cheaper while equally very effective. Here is the analysis done by a reporter who won an award for making solar energy reports. This analysis reveals the important steps taken by the [...]

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A 24/7 Solar Power Plant Constructed In The U.S

Renewable sources of energy like solar energy are so much in demand these days since other non-renewable sources are depleting up. However, opponents of solar energy had always maintained that it is not a perfect resource since this energy cannot be harnessed at night or during cloudy or stormy days. But now, a new first [...]

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Price of Solar Homes

The research and analysis shows that Solar homes in California are sold at big rates as ranging from $3.90 per watt and $6.40 per watt. This analysis was done in Berkeley lab. This has heightened the premium amount to $ 17000 for the recently released solar home of 3.1 KW systems. This is an average [...]

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TATA Supporting Floating Solar Technology

TATA Power an Indian power company and Sunengy Pty Ltd. an Australian company has made a partnership contract which will allow the Australian company to build a pilot plant in India. India is interested in building this plant because the technology is Solar based & the cost is lower. The floating (on water) plant will [...]

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SunShot – America’s $170 million Investment

Funding for over three years amounting to $170 million has been made available to solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. This was announced Energy Secretary Steven Chu. The aim of the SunShot initiative is to reduce the cost of solar energy systems down to $1 per watt, approximately 75 percent of the current cost before the decade [...]

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Solar industry: A Financial Motivating Force

In the last decade, a research and advisory firm Clean Edge submitted their initial report on green technology. Now, they have already published their 10th annual Clean Energy Trends report, featuring the steady progress of a number of clean technologies, including solar resources. In addition, it discusses the company’s projection of trends for the next [...]

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Solar Energy To Be Introduced On 1,200 Japanese Schools

These days not only U.S. schools, but everyone is going big for solar power. As per the reports by Kyocera, 1,200 systems for generating solar power have been installed at Japan’s public schools as a part of the school new deal initiative. It is a goal established by the country in order to enrich the [...]

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A Concentrating Solar Power Facility is Being Constructed in India. – BHEL –abengoa

A Spanish firm, Abengoa, in collaboration with the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is an Indian public sector firm, have signed a partnership deed. The agreement consists of building a concentrated solar power facility in India. Abengoa is a large company which as solar power generation, bio-energy, operations and environmental service segments in Asia, [...]

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BHEL signs agreement with Abengoa for Solar Energy Projects

BHEL, the power equipment that is run by the state, has recently announced that it has signed a contract with Abengoa of Spain for the setting up of solar power projects in the country. The company stated that BHEL and Spain’s Abengoa have entered into a partnership in order to build up solar power projects [...]

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