Solar Power Equipment News
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Success Story Putting Solar Energy Installation on Autopilot
On a bright, sunny morning, a team of machines settles in for a day of work. Their location: the construction site for a large-scale solar power plant. Their task: to install rows upon rows of solar panels, which will soon generate clean energy to power American homes, businesses, and communities. While that may sound like an excerpt of science fiction, Terabase Energy received a $1 million ...
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Energy Leaders Collaborate to Power All Electric, Solar-and Battery-Powered Microgrid Communities
SunPower Corp., University of California, Irvine (UCI), Schneider Electric, and Southern California Edison (SCE) announced their collaboration this week with KB Home, as the strategy, research, technology, and energy providers for the homebuilder’s newly launched Energy-Smart Connected Communities in Menifee, California. More than 200 state-of-the-art, all electric homes will be solar ...
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Solar-powered transit shelter, the SolarStop, has arrived!
The wait is over and the SolarStop from Lumos has arrived. Our newest product is a freestanding, solar-powered transit shelter equipped with integrated LED lighting and wireless mobile device chargers. This cutting-edge modern, aluminum solar-powered structure is topped off with our bifacial GSX Module System, providing shade and protection from the elements while also producing more than enough ...
By Lumos Solar
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Larson Electronics Releases a 1.5KW Solar Powered Light Tower Equipped with Four 120 Watt LED Light Fixtures
Larson Electronics announced the release of a Solar Powered Generator with a Pneumatic Light Tower Mast equipped with four 120 watt LED light heads, 6 solar panels, a solar charging system, a battery bank and a pneumatic mast mounted on a trailer with outriggers and a removable tongue. The SPLT-1.5K-750A-30-4XWP120-LED from Larson Electronics is a 1.5KW solar generator system that replenishes ...
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High School Teams from Anaheim, Calabasas Early Leaders as Three-Day Solar-Powered Boat Competition Begins
Metropolitan Water District’s 11th annual Solar Cup™ hits the water for qualifying today, with student teams from Savanna High School in Anaheim and David Gonzales High School in Calabasas the preliminary leaders heading into the three-day competition. Starting today, solar-powered boats built and equipped by students from 39 high schools in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San ...
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Saint-Gobain Provides its Technological and Industrial Expertise to the Development of Solar Energy in Saudi Arabia
Saint-Gobain, represented by Jean-Pierre Floris, Senior Vice-President and President of the Innovative Materials Sector has signed an M.O.U. with HRH Prince Faisal Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to set up a high-tech company in the solar energy sector in Saudi Arabia. The signing ceremony was held in Torgau, Germany, where Saint-Gobain's Avancis affiliate operates one of the world's most ...
By Saint-Gobain
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Nice Sun PV Co. Sees Yield and Cell Efficiency Improvements With Despatch Industries` New Safire Firing Furnace
Despatch Industries, a leading technology and equipment provider for the solar industry, announces that the company has recently completed high-volume production testing of its new Safire firing furnace at Nice Sun PV Co. In the production testing environment, Nice Sun was able to achieve a 0.1 percent absolute improvement in overall efficiency on a baseline product and up to 0.13 percent on some ...
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Dais Analytic Announces Development Progress in Energy Storage
Dais Analytic Corporation (OTCBB: DLYT) announced today the Company's development progress, since its last report in September 2011, on its program to produce a capacitive energy storage material set for use as an ultracapacitor named "NanoCap?." The Company, working with the University of Florida (UF), tested different capacitive dielectric structures created by Dais from its family of ...
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KYOCERA Brings the Power of the Sun to SDG&E’s Energy Innovation Center by Supplying Locally Produced Solar Modules
Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced today that it has joined local energy leaders as a Technology Sponsor of the San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E®) Energy Innovation Center, which was recently dedicated in a ceremony with San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders. The Center is designed to be a LEED Platinum building that will be open to the public and is the embodiment ...
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KYOCERA’s 315-Watt, 80-Cell Solar Module Launches in the U.S.
Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced the launch of its highest-output solar module, the 80-cell KD 315. The new module is ideal for large-scale installations like solar-covered parking, and is now available for U.S. customers. With a 37-year history of solar innovation and cutting edge technologies, Kyocera continues to display its commitment to quality and reliability with the release of the KD ...
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KYOCERA Supplies Locally Produced Solar Modules to Help Power San Diego’s Largest University Campus
Kyocera Solar, Inc. and the Associated Students of San Diego State University (SDSU) announced today the completion of a 355.9 kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic energy system on the school’s campus, part of a student-approved plan to build a new LEED Platinum student union building. An inaugural ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 11 ...
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KYOCERA Solar Modules Provide `Fuel` for Electric-Powered Cars and Bikes in Germany
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced that it has supplied its high-performance solar modules for a carport roofing installation in southern Germany which provides power for a charging station for electric cars and bikes. The system was designed and installed by BLU"e" Solar Group GmbH. Kyocera solar modules used for an electric car and bike charging station in southern ...
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Trina Solar to Supply 30 MW of PV Modules for Qinghai`s Large Scale Solar Projects
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced today that its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd, has signed supply agreements with Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., Ltd ("Huanghe Hydropower"), a ...
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NEC Launches Household Energy Storage System
- Achieves Automatic Control and Visualization of Electric Power - Tokyo, July 13, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the sales launch of a household energy storage system equipped with lithium-ion batteries that automatically controls electrical power in the home. Initially, 100 units of this industry first* system will be available for home construction ...
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MyGen U.S.-Made Solar Energy Kits by KYOCERA Offer Expanded Domestically Produced Content
Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced that MyGen U.S.-Made Kits — domestically produced, all-inclusive kits for residential and light commercial solar energy installations — are available now. The MyGen solar energy kits are ideal for new entrants into the solar market and professionals in the electrical contractor industry interested in expanding into solar ...
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KYOCERA and APS Energy Services Provide 749kW of Solar Electricity to Nation’s Leading Solar Campus, Arizona State University at Tempe
Kyocera Solar, Inc. and APS Energy Services (APSES) today announced the completion of four solar energy systems at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe campus. Collectively, the systems incorporate 3,572 Kyocera KD-210 solar modules. With combined peak generating capacity of 750 kilowatts (kW), the systems will generate more than 1.2 million kilowatt hours ...
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PennWell Corporation Announces Large-Scale Solar Conference and Exhibition
PennWell Corporation announces a new annual conference & exhibition for the large-scale solar power market. Solar POWER-GEN Conference & Exhibition, which will premiere in Long Beach, CA on Feb. 14-16, 2012, will be co-located with the 9th annual Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo North America. The new event will delve into the specifics of developing, supporting and growing ...
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30 minutes with Shiv Shukla, President & CEO, Abener Engineering Pvt
CSP Today catches up with Shiv Shukla, President & CEO,Abener Engineering Pvt. Ltd CSP Today: What are the main opportunities for the CSP companies in India? Shiv Shukla: With so much of focus on solar power by Indian government there are following opportunities: As a project developer as IPP Technology provider EPC work for solar thermal power plants Equipment and component ...
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30 minutes with Shiv Shukla, President & CEO, Abener Engineering Pvt
CSP Today: What are the main opportunities for the CSP companies in India? Shiv Shukla: With so much of focus on solar power by Indian government there are following opportunities: As a project developer as IPP Technology provider EPC work for solar thermal power plants Equipment and component manufacturing for solar power Financing of projects CSP Today: How do you think the "New Solar ...
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Macy`s Goes Solar in 26 California Stores
SAN FRANCISCO, California (ENS) - Macy's plans to install solar power systems and reduce energy consumption in 26 stores throughout California in partnership with SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley manufacturer of solar power equipment, the retailer announced Tuesday. SunPower's subsidiary PowerLight will install rooftop solar power systems on the selected Macy's stores. 'The move to ...
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