Amping Up Solar in the Snowy North

By V Marquez|2025-09-08T14:28:13-05:00October 27th, 2013|

Solar power thrives in sunny climates, but what happens when winter blankets panels in snow? That’s the question Michigan Technological University’s Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) is tackling in a new two-year research effort. The project aims to measure how snowfall influences photovoltaic output and to identify practical strategies to reduce snow-related energy losses. To study the problem, international engineering firm DNV GL has installed a test bed of solar

Harvard Business School installs AC photovoltaic solar array

By V Marquez|2025-09-08T14:25:36-05:00October 24th, 2013|

Harvard Business School’s new executive education building, Tata Hall, now hosts an 80-kilowatt rooftop solar array. Massachusetts-based Solect Energy Development, LLC designed and installed the system, which uses ET Solar AC modules paired with SolarBridge microinverters. The project advances Harvard University’s sustainability pledge to cut campus greenhouse-gas emissions by 30% from 2006 levels by 2016, while accounting for continued growth. Read More in Solardaily.com

Robotic Birds Harvests Solar Energy

By Admin SR|2022-05-23T15:59:26-05:00October 21st, 2013|

A new and promising technological advancement used to monitor the environment and even conduct surveillance is small robotic birds. But, for all the promise these little marvels show, there is one significant drawback that their creators struggle to overcome, which is the amount of time the little birds can keep themselves airborne. The birds are lightweight and relatively small, allowing little room and resources for a robust battery or

NREL Releases New Roadmap to Reducing Solar PV Soft Costs

By Admin SR|2022-05-18T13:01:21-05:00October 16th, 2013|

The Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) new report on "Non-Hardware ('Soft') Cost-Reduction Roadmap for Residential and Small Commercial Solar Photovoltaics, 2013-2020," funded by DOE's SunShot Initiative and written by NREL and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). The NREL's ongoing project charts a path to achieve soft-cost targets of $0.65/W for residential systems and $0.44/W for commercial systems by 2020 and provides soft-costs

Texas’s Enormous Untapped Solar Potential

By V Marquez|2022-05-19T10:33:12-05:00October 13th, 2013|

Texas is one of the sunniest states in the country, giving it an enormous amount of untapped solar potential. The state is also known for its oil production. However, many people don't know that the amount of sunshine Texas gets each month contains more potential energy than all of the oil ever pumped in the state? Despite having the highest solar potential in the country, Texas only ranks tenth

Solar Installation Growth Set To Hit 3-Year High

By Admin SR|2022-05-18T13:01:10-05:00October 8th, 2013|

A new report from IHS Inc. forecasts that global photovoltaic installations will exceed 40 GW for the first time in 2014. This dramatic spike in solar installation growth will generate more than $86 billion in revenue. After a two-year slowdown, annual solar installations will reach 41 GW in 2014. IHS maintains its earlier prediction that installations in 2013 will total 35 GW. The new report says that PV installations

New Solar Checklist App Helps Solar Installers

By Admin SR|2022-05-18T13:01:00-05:00October 5th, 2013|

Solar installers and businesses can sometimes have difficulties keeping track of all their jobs. The admin work required to keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes is often underestimated. The Clean Energy Council seeks to make things easier for these businesses through its new Solar Checklist app on iPhone. The app purportedly keeps track of all their jobs, allowing installers to focus on providing high-quality installation work by cutting

Energy Security Framework Expanded by US Military

By Admin SR|2022-05-18T13:00:50-05:00October 1st, 2013|

The military has been showing an increased interest in renewable energy recently. They have been procuring increasing amounts of energy to add to their energy security framework. The most recent update on the matter comes from the Army's Energy Initiatives Task Force and the US Army Corps of Engineers. 13 biomass vendors were selected to compete for future orders. This round of selections is the 4th in recent months

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