In 2009, China awarded First Solar a 2 GW solar power project in Ordos, Mongolia.
As the production cost decreases, the average selling price will continue to decline, making solar a more attractive alternative energy solution.
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The deal with Zhenfa will give First Solar a landing opportunity in China, which the company tried to tackle when it signed agreements in 2009 for a 2-gigawtt plan in Inner Mongolia.
Sun Haiyan of Trina Solar, a solar-equipment firm, says that, as a global company, it has to manufacture locally.
Ivanpah is a solar concentrator project, using fields of mirrors, known as heliostats, to concentrate sunlight onto a solar receiver on top of a tower. (This project when finished will include 173, 000 heliostats.) The concentrated sunlight is used to heat water, generating steam which is used to turn a traditional turbine and generator to produce electricity.
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Effectively they will be guaranteeing loans for a solar power plant in Arizona to be developed by Abengoa Solar, and for a solar production plant in Colorado to be built by Abound Solar.
First Solar, a solar-panel company in Arizona that went public last year, counts a handful of German firms as its main customers.
Solar Junction recently proved out a solar cell with a 44% conversion efficiency.
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In Greece, a nationwide incentive pays the buyer of a solar system a rebate of 40% off the top.
And in the evening: A local eco-community provides the entertainment with a Bollywood movie in a solar powered cinema accompanied by popcorn made in a solar cooker.
"We have made the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by a solar boat and the longest distance ever covered by a solar electric vehicle, " said Domjan.
Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive of the French nuclear giant Areva, hinted last week during a meeting in Forbes offices that Areva is developing a hybrid solar power plant concept that combines a solar thermal system with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.
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Scientists are gathered this week to discuss a relatively underappreciated threat to our well-being, the impact a huge solar flare (also known as a solar mass ejection (SME) or solar electromagnetic pulse (EMP)) directed at Earth could wreak upon our modern technology.
Consumers have installed more than 140, 000 solar energy systems, with a generating capacity of 1.5 gigawatts, in the state to date, according to Vote Solar, a San Francisco-based non-profit.
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As growth in the solar market slows in Europe and remains uncertain elsewhere, First Solar announced Wednesday that it has acquired a Chilean solar company with a 1, 500-megawatt pipeline of projects.
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Of course, plummeting solar prices open up a much easier way to profitably invest in solar: install a system on your roof.
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The car was built by the SUNY New Paltz Solarcar Racing Team in partnership with The Solar Energy Consortium as a way to promote environmentally conscious design and solar power as a viable energy source for personal transportation.
Jeremy Leggett, founder of Solar Century, a leading UK solar-energy company, also gave a cautious welcome to the new research.
To prove a point that solar can work for every day practical uses, Kotak Solar recently electrified a village in India with solar power.
That mix includes both a solar array and a 5-megawatt biogas fuel cell installation.
Environmental campaigners have said they are unhappy about plans for a solar farm on a former colliery site.
Choosing a solar carport over a kitchen remodel, luxury car, or boat frees me from ever having to buy fuel again.
Top of the list is a solar shade, a gigantic umbrella in space that would shield the Earth from the sun's rays.
One option is to combine a Stirling engine with a solar concentrator resembling a satellite dish that can harness the power of 1, 000 suns.
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In Mudumalai officer A. Pushpakaran shows off a four-wheel-drive rapid-response vehicle donated by the trust with everything from a tent to a solar lantern to a rucksack.
Bad timing, then, for Hi-Min Solar Power, a solar water-heater company that grew on the back of close political ties in its home province of Shandong.
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"Having this stuff go to ... hazardous waste sites, that's what you want to have happen, " said Adam Browning, executive director of the Vote Solar Initiative, a solar advocacy group.
At 89, Murdock says he will retain a solar farm and a home on the island, as he retires as Lana'i's benefactor of sorts - passing the baton to the Oracle billionaire.
Whether the market views SolarCity as a solar company or a financial one, opportunities and risks abound, as I wrote last month when the company made public its S-1 registration statement.
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