The solar industry is entering a dynamic period as costs decline, demand for electricity continues to grow, and competition heats up. The result has been a rise in M&A and vertical integration as solar energy providers seek to carve out a leading role in the market and ensure that they have access to customers.
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Jefferson Airport Becomes State's First Fully Solar-powered Airstrip
A solar energy array now working at Jefferson County International Airport makes the small airfield the only airport in the state with operational reliance on solar power.
Contractors Seeing Work from Focus on Energy Savings
As the federal government promotes energy efficiency but faces declining budgets, contractors are expecting a greater focus on contracts that reward them based on the energy savings they provide.
Solar Bill May Get New Life in Alternate Committee
A frustrated state senator is taking his proposal to allow third parties to provide solar power to Georgia homes, businesses and other buildings to another committee on Thursday after he says the bill spent two weeks languishing on purpose.
DuPont Sees The Light In Solar Energy, Rakes In Billions
DuPont, the global chemicals giant, has decided to focus on solar energy as one of the major areas of growth.
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Americans Warm to Solar Water Heating
These technologies save homes and businesses money by offsetting the use of electricity, natural gas and home heating fuels.
The Rise of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power
Concentrating photovoltaic technology is attracting buyers, and that’s going to spark competition between CPV and CSP for optimal project sites.
Capturing More Light with a Single Solar Cell
MIT Technology Review
The most efficient solar cells typically have several layers of semiconductor materials, each tuned to convert different colors of light into electricity. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have now made a single semiconductor that performs almost the same job. More importantly, they made the material using a common manufacturing technique, suggesting it could be made relatively inexpensively.
California Licenses World’s Biggest Solar Thermal Plant
After years of environmental reviews, the California Energy Commission has in the past three weeks licensed solar thermal farms that would generate 1,500 megawatts of electricity when completed
