Thames Water, has commissioned 450 KW arrays of solar panels at its water desalination plant (Beckton), as a part of Britain’s biggest on-site solar power producer and industrial user situated on 150,000 m³/d area. According to the 25-year contract and worth £7 million, Ennoviga Solar Ltd, has created an investment company that will own and maintain the solar park, and will recover its investments by selling the green power produced to the water company.
read more... 09/08/2011
The California’s Governor, Jerry Brown met solar developers, economists, policymakers and politicians as to discuss over the future strategy of the renewable industry by investing more in rooftop solar panels.
read more... 27/07/2011
An engineer at the University of Missouri (USA), developed a new type of solar modules designed by the engineer’s team can capture more than 90 percent of available sunlight compared to the current solar panels on the market that can only collect only 20 percent of available light.
read more... 18/05/2011
A British energy company, BSOLAR, is one of the first companies that will install super efficient Sanyo HIT solar panels in the United Kingdom. Due to their high performance features, the new solar modules can generate up to 50% more energy than a normal panel.
read more... 27/04/2011
General Electric (G.E.) plans to develop the largest solar panel plant in United States aiming to become thus leader in the renewable energy sector. The solar panel plant would start manufacturing solar panels that will produce 400 MW of energy, and will produce also solar panels made of cadmium telluride material.
read more... 08/04/2011