SMA America and Terraform Power signed agreement for O&M services in North America
Germany — SMA America, the U.S. subsidiary of SMA Solar Technology AG, has signed a 10-year framework agreement with TerraForm Power for SMA to provide...
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Global new power capacity for utility-scale energy storage expected to grow 35 percent, says Navigant Research
Colorado — A new report from Navigant Research examines the market drivers, challenges, key trends, and growth projections...
Why a measured transition to electric vehicles would benefit the US
Climate plans are the order of the day in the presidential primary campaign because carbon pollution is a...
Clear, conductive coating from MIT could protect advanced solar cells, touch screens
MIT researchers have improved on a transparent, conductive coating material, producing a tenfold gain in its electrical conductivity. When incorporated into a type of high-efficiency...
Researchers’ findings may inform future engineering approaches to optimize perovskite solar cells
Professor Yabing Qi and his team in the Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit at OIST, in collaboration...
Researchers report a device that efficiently captures solar energy and stores it until it is needed
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new device that can both efficiently capture solar energy...
HPQ Silicon and Pyrogenesis actively evaluating joint venture to manufacture nanoscale structure silicon powders
Montreal — HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. announces that HPQ and PyroGenesis Canada Inc. are actively evaluating a joint venture to manufacture Nanoscale Structure Silicon (Si)...
Facebook will purchase renewable power from Apex Clean Energy’s Altavista Solar project
Virginia — Apex Clean Energy announced today that Altavista Solar has executed a power purchase agreement with Facebook...
Tesla unveils its first electric pickup—the Cybertruck
Tesla unveiled the first version of its all-electric pickup truck. The company says it will be capable of...
Navigant says $700m in cumulative funding has been invested into energy blockchain development
Colorado — A new report from Navigant Research tracks blockchain vendor market entries and exits, funding, investments, and...
Quantifying the actual effects of decarbonizing the energy sector with renewable energy
Electricity supply is one of the biggest CO2 emitters globally. To keep global warming well below 2°C, several paths lead to zero emissions in the...
70 percent of people in the U.S state of Maryland want a transition from dirty coal to clean energy
Maryland — The Sierra Club, joined by the Maryland League of Conservation Voters, Interfaith Power & Light and...
New method analyzes which materials in next-gen solar cells harvest the most energy
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG) in...
Researchers have developed a tool that accesses our energy needs on the basis of available resources
Researchers have been grappling with the question of how much energy societies actually need to satisfy everyone's most basic needs for many years, but as...
Microinverter manufacturer, Enphase, signed a strategic supply agreement with Sunrun
California — Enphase Energy has signed a strategic supply agreement with Sunrun. As part of the agreement, Enphase...
What the battle over control of PG&E means for US utility customers
Growing liabilities over PG&E Corp.'s role in several deadly wildfires in California forced the company to file for...