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SunPower Provides Solar Power Systems to 16 Oakland Schools

published: 2015-03-02 17:25

Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) reported that SunPower solar power systems at 16 schools are expected to significantly reduce the district's annual electricity costs over the next 25 years or more. The district is celebrati... more

SolarCity Creates Fund to Finance $750 Million in Residential Solar Projects with Investment from Google

published: 2015-03-02 17:20

SolarCity has created a fund expected to finance $750 million in residential solar projects [1] with an investment from Google. The new fund will cover the upfront cost of solar panel installations for thousands of homeowners in 1... more

CGE Energy Receives Notice of Allowance for Additional WIND-e20® Wind Turbine Patent

published: 2015-02-26 16:23

CGE Energy is pleased to announce that it has received a Notice of Allowance for its patent application titled, “Fluid driven vertical axis turbine.” This patent includes multiple independent claims that cover many aspects of CGE ... more

New Energy’s Electricity-Generating SolarWindow Trumps Competition with Industry’s Fastest-Ever Payback

published: 2015-02-26 16:18

New Energy Technologies, Inc. announced on February 25th a financial payback period of under one year for its see-through SolarWindow™ technology, capable of generating electricity on glass windows. Quick payback is one of the mos... more

Jurawatt Takes Bavarian Solar Energy Technology to Sri Lanka

published: 2015-02-26 16:01

Bavarian solar specialist, Jurawatt, now also has operations in the Sri Lankan market, where it has found two very enthusiastic desert technology partners. Jurawatt’s Desert Modules are ideal for Sri Lanka’s tropical climate wher... more

Mainstream Renewable Power Introduces $1.9bn Pan-African Renewable Energy Platform with Actis

published: 2015-02-26 15:35

Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power announced the launch of a pan-African renewable energy generation platform, Lekela Power, which it has formed along with Actis, the global pan-emerging market private equity... more

WINAICO Launches Patented SiC HeatCap Technology and 300 W Series at PV Expo 2015

published: 2015-02-26 15:14

WINAICO, Taiwan’s major PV module brand, launches patented HeatCap technology with SiC (silicon carbide) at PV Expo 2015. HeatCap with SiC improves the reliability of silicon based solar cells, and protect them from micro-cracks i... more

Hanwha Q CELLS Solar Modules Power Bakery With Solar Electricity

published: 2015-02-26 14:42

The Germany-based bakery and confectionery company Seßelberg-Betriebs-KG relies on self-consumption of solar power. The company from the North German town of Neustadt/Holstein-Ostsee, started operating two PV plants with a total o... more

Panasonic Helps to Make Fujisawa a Sustainable Smart Town

published: 2015-02-25 18:19

Panasonic Corporation, its partner companies and the city of Fujisawa have worked together to make Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town a reality. The city of Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture is located approximately 50km west of Tokyo.... more

Saft to Supply Lithium-Ion Battery Systems to Remote Japanese Island

published: 2015-02-25 18:02

Saft, a global enterprise in the design, development and manufacture of high-tech batteries for industry, has been awarded its first energy storage system (ESS) contract in Japan to supply a containerised lithium-ion (Li-ion) batt... more

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