Here's the truth behind five solar panel myths
If you're considering installing a solar panel system on your home, here are five common myths - and why you shouldn't believe them.
Leveraging Bitcoin & Blockchain For 'Solar Power' Sun Exchange Scores $1.6M From U.S. Investors
Roger Aitken for Forbes: Members of the market place can have their solar cells installed and rented to hospitals, factories, schools and rural communities in Africa and the Middle East, earning them income from solar powering the developing world.
5 Signs that Solar Energy is Changing Society's Consumption Behavior
Despite the resistance of giant fossil fuel enterprises, and despite the misguided efforts of some local, state and federal governments to forestall solar energy (as well as other alternative sources), the march has begun. While the U.S. may be behind Europe right now, the inevitability is a foregone conclusion.
Serious business: Corporate procurement rivals policy in driving growth of renewable energy
Activity in support of corporate procurement of renewable energy has been particularly strong in the United States over the last few years.
Solar Panels Might Get More Efficient Thanks to a Butterfly
Avery Thompson for Popular Mechanics: By imitating the microscopic structure of a butterfly wing, a group of researchers designed a more efficient solar cell.
Industrializing Offshore Wind Energy Development
University of Delaware: UD-led research team determines that constructing offshore wind turbines in port is the most cost effective method
Is It Possible for the World to Run on 100% Renewable Energy?
Not only is transitioning to 100% renewable energy possible, but the benefits far outweigh the costs and obstacles.
Solar farm in a box - 500 homes worth of solar power in a standardized kit
John Fitzgerald Weaver for Electrek: Their goal in designing the Solar Block is to lower the cost and speed the deployment of utility-scale solar power. The units can be daisy chained into larger plants.
What did You Miss When You Bought Your Solar System? How to Assure You Save For Your Systems Life Time
Though there is a perception that maintenance costs money and a solar system should run on its own, preventative maintenance can increase your ROI by 25% and reduce your cost significantly.
Yingli Solar's PANDA Bifacial Solar Module
The Panda bifacial modules are 1500Vdc capable and when compared to the traditional 1000Vdc systems the balance of systems (BOS) cost can be reduced from system design adjustments by 3%, which translates to almost 2 mil savings for a 10MW system
The U.S. solar industry's new growth region: Trump country
Nichola Groom for Reuters: The 10 fastest-growing U.S. solar markets between the second quarters of 2016 and 2017 were Western, Midwestern or Southern states that voted for Trump.
Offshore wind farms have powerful advantage over land-based turbines, study finds
Eli Kintisch for Science: Floating wind turbines at sea could create up to three times as much electricity as turbines on land, increasing the energy potential for a technology that has yet to be proven at scale.
Interview with Richard Reno of GE Power Conversion's Renewables Segment
Our strategy is to look at complete system and plant design - so everything to do with electrification, grid integration and connection, exceptionally also extends to the panels themselves - to provide one integrated package to customers to optimize overall plant design for cost-efficiency, and financial services as the project enabler.
Interview with Doug Campbell, CEO of Solid Power
Solid Power is developing the next-generation of all solid-state rechargeable batteries. Our materials platform is centered around our solid electrolyte, which takes the place of both the separator and traditional liquid electrolyte in our cells.
Solar-Powered Cars Compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
Justin Hughes for The Drive: The 30th anniversary of the solar car race shows how far technology has progressed since its inception.
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