United States: Philippines: Paving the way towards solar rooftops

Published at Oct 18, 2013
source: GIZ
The Philippines achieved a milestone in the development of solar photovoltaics when the Energy Regulatory Commission released net metering rules and interconnection standards in July...

United States: Report on opportunities for solar water pumping for irrigation in Bihar, India

Published at Oct 16, 2013
source: GIZ
Solar pumps constitute a promising opportunity to free farmers from costly diesel fuels, and to ensure irrigation security.

United States: Morokko: Thumbs up for RE Summer School

Published at Oct 14, 2013
source: GIZ
The first International Summer School on Renewable Energy was held at the Hassan 1st University in Settat from 1 to 5 July 2013. It was...

United States: Supermarket harnesses solar power

Published at Oct 14, 2013
source: GIZ
A solar power plant – one of the first in El Salvador – that will soon be constructed on the roof of a supermarket in...

United States: Solar Power Heads in a New Direction: Thinner

Published at Jun 26, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
Most efforts at improving solar cells have focused on increasing the efficiency of their energy conversion, or on lowering the cost of manufacturing. But now...

United States: Ikea super-sizes solar power system on Centennial store

Published at Jun 17, 2013
source: Denver Business Journal
Ikea today said it will add more solar power panels to the roof of its two-year-old Centennial store, nearly doubling the store’s ability to generate...

United States: Cheap Batteries for Backup Renewable Energy

Published at Jun 3, 2013
source: MIT Technology Review
Investors recently chipped in $15 million to fund battery startup EOS Energy Storage, a company that says its batteries could eventually compete with...

United States: GOP revolutionaries push Georgia Power to embrace solar energy

Published at Jun 2, 2013
source: The Atlantic Journal-Constitution
Republicans in the Georgia State Congress are leading the charge to bring more solar energy production to the state. McDonald would like Georgia Power’s future portfolio...

United States: State Approves PSE&G’s $500 Million Solar-Energy Initiative

Published at May 30, 2013
source: NJ Spotlight
A nearly half-billion dollar program to promote new solar projects proposed by Public Service Electric & Gas won approval yesterday from state regulators, with officials...

United States: Finding the "Green Lining" when Disaster Strikes

Published at May 30, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
America finds itself again rebuilding from disaster, this time from tornados in the middle states, last fall from Superstorm Sandy in the Northeast. If this...