"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Several proposed big solar projects, including one in California, have switched from concentrated solar power (CSP) to the more familiar photovoltaic (PV). The trend now seems irreversible. Photovoltaic will now be the dominant technology usedfor big solar plants. CSP, with…
The federal government has approved a 300 MW photovoltaic solar plant to be built in Maricopa County on public land in the Rainbow Valley south of Buckeye. The Sonoran Solar Energy Project will be the first solar project on federal…
Solar Millennium, a German solar power company that specializes in concentrated solar power, has filed for bankruptcy. The primary reason was rapidly dropping solar photovoltaic prices and the subsequent shift from CSP to PV. The proposed 1 GW Blythe Solar…
That’s the name researchers at the University of Notre Dame have given to their solar paint that uses nanoparticles to generate electricity. “We want to do something transformative, to move beyond current silicon-based solar technology,” says Prashant Kamat, John A.…
BP Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, will shut its solar power unit and quit the business entirely after 40 years because it’s become unprofitable. They are staying in wind and biofuels though. Solar has become cut-throat competitive as prices keep…