ASTM International says the work item would help create a safer, long-lasting, and environmentally responsible solar panel cleaning industry.

The American Solar Energy Association is forecasting an increase of jobs in the alternative energy and energy efficiency markets in the US.  They expect to see an estimated 500,000 new jobs created in calendar year 2009 by the addition of solar manufacturing capacity in the US, increased activity in contracting and installing solar electric systems […]

There were a number of emails relating to the posting on Big Wind a few weeks ago and I would like to make some clarifications.  My numbers were off, primarily based on the fact that “retail” rates for electricity such as you and I pay, are much higher than the wholesale rate which utilities pay.  […]

At the recent Semicon show the big buzz was about the emerging Solar Energy industry. Lots of “new” products, lots of buzz. The big semiconductor machinery manufacturers who view crystalline solar cells as a stimulus to the demand for machinery and silicon have put in a lot of effort. The main goal? Get the cost […]

A laser-based silicon-deposition technique developed by NanoGram Corporation (Milpitas, CA) for solar cell manufacturing has won an Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The process reduces solar cell cost to the level of thin-film photovoltaics while delivering high efficiency, according to NanoGram. Making crystalline silicon […]