Solar Energy Facts http://solarreport.net Solar Energy Facts - What Is Solar Energy Fri, 18 May 2012 01:05:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 31 Percent Anti-Dumping Tariffs Announced for Chinese Solar Panels http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/JW0fJcJkwqs/ http://solarreport.net/12499/31-percent-anti-dumping-tariffs-announced-for-chinese-solar-panels/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:05:22 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12499/31-percent-anti-dumping-tariffs-announced-for-chinese-solar-panels/ The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced stiff anti-dumping tariffs of around 31 percent on crystalline silicon solar panels imported from China, leading to a new round of concerns on how the duties will impact the growing American solar industry.

31 Percent Anti-Dumping Tariffs Announced for Chinese Solar Panels


]]> http://solarreport.net/12499/31-percent-anti-dumping-tariffs-announced-for-chinese-solar-panels/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12499/31-percent-anti-dumping-tariffs-announced-for-chinese-solar-panels/ Domestic Module Manufacturing: PV Globalization or Political Vote-Seeking? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/6HZE0eR6wFI/ http://solarreport.net/12498/domestic-module-manufacturing-pv-globalization-or-political-vote-seeking/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:05:21 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12498/domestic-module-manufacturing-pv-globalization-or-political-vote-seeking/ Despite 2011 having been a particularly challenging year for PV cell and module manufacturers, new small-scale module manufacturing facilities continue to be implemented, especially in emerging markets. In some cases, these companies/facilities are either aligned to local government policies or are implemented purely as diversification strategies. Other examples are joint-ventures between private and government entities. Such JV’s are intended to represent “national” centers-of-excellence to serve domestic or regional market demand.

Domestic Module Manufacturing: PV Globalization or Political Vote-Seeking?


]]> http://solarreport.net/12498/domestic-module-manufacturing-pv-globalization-or-political-vote-seeking/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12498/domestic-module-manufacturing-pv-globalization-or-political-vote-seeking/ Can the Voice of Solar Shine Brighter? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/RasYBMqBsQE/ http://solarreport.net/12497/can-the-voice-of-solar-shine-brighter/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:05:18 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12497/can-the-voice-of-solar-shine-brighter/ Solar manufacturers and installers face the same challenge as many business owners: How can a company make time for media outreach as part of their overall marketing strategy? With so many other tasks vying for our time and dollars, making connections with the media, which is one of the best forms of free publicity, is often forgotten about. Why?

Can the Voice of Solar Shine Brighter?


]]> http://solarreport.net/12497/can-the-voice-of-solar-shine-brighter/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12497/can-the-voice-of-solar-shine-brighter/ Mission Critical: A Clean Energy Call to Arms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/lhyeWoVFQug/ http://solarreport.net/12496/mission-critical-a-clean-energy-call-to-arms/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 01:05:16 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12496/mission-critical-a-clean-energy-call-to-arms/ They say nothing can get done in Washington, D.C. on the issue of clean energy, which has become a political lightening rod over the last year. With Congress at a high watermark of partisanship, accusations abound on Capitol Hill that American energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and the policies that support them are job killers and a money-wasting hoax on taxpayers. And yet, there’s reason for optimism about energy innovation in this country. Why? Because the most powerful force in the world, the U.S. military, is mobilizing on a clean energy mission — and I believe they’re going to win this war.

Mission Critical: A Clean Energy Call to Arms


]]> http://solarreport.net/12496/mission-critical-a-clean-energy-call-to-arms/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12496/mission-critical-a-clean-energy-call-to-arms/ Rethinking the Role of Government in Cleantech http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/NXTIyAKn-Q0/ http://solarreport.net/12494/rethinking-the-role-of-government-in-cleantech/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:38:00 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12494/rethinking-the-role-of-government-in-cleantech/ Another year, another wringing of the hands over tax credits and incentives for clean technology.
Lobbyists and vendors in the U.S. are once again singing the blues, calling for continued and expanding government investments in clean technology. At the same time, political challengers continue their Solyndra hootenanny, raking the curren

Rethinking the Role of Government in Cleantech


]]> http://solarreport.net/12494/rethinking-the-role-of-government-in-cleantech/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12494/rethinking-the-role-of-government-in-cleantech/ Clean Energy in America: Leading Congressional, Energy and Security Leaders Expound on Growth, Benefits http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/jgmw3BU3_Fc/ http://solarreport.net/12500/clean-energy-in-america-leading-congressional-energy-and-security-leaders-expound-on-growth-benefits/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12500/clean-energy-in-america-leading-congressional-energy-and-security-leaders-expound-on-growth-benefits/

WASHINGTON – May 17, 2012 (Investorideas.com Renewable Energy Newswire) U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) and NRG Energy President and CEO David Crane were among the experts who spoke on a clean energy conference call hosted Thursday morning by Media Matters and Environmental Entrepreneurs.

Clean Energy in America: Leading Congressional, Energy and Security Leaders Expound on Growth, Benefits

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]]> http://solarreport.net/12500/clean-energy-in-america-leading-congressional-energy-and-security-leaders-expound-on-growth-benefits/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12500/clean-energy-in-america-leading-congressional-energy-and-security-leaders-expound-on-growth-benefits/ Five Shining Examples of Renewable Energy Innovation and Investment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/EsJuCcPcUGY/ http://solarreport.net/12493/five-shining-examples-of-renewable-energy-innovation-and-investment/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:34:00 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12493/five-shining-examples-of-renewable-energy-innovation-and-investment/ Sinking revenues and shrinking policy support may be causing a bit of a haze on the renewable energy horizon, but there’s plenty of sunshine trying to peek through if you look hard enough.

Five Shining Examples of Renewable Energy Innovation and Investment


]]> http://solarreport.net/12493/five-shining-examples-of-renewable-energy-innovation-and-investment/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12493/five-shining-examples-of-renewable-energy-innovation-and-investment/ Scientists Study Solar Eye Implants http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/f0gDhbjqgkM/ http://solarreport.net/12495/scientists-study-solar-eye-implants/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 11:34:43 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12495/scientists-study-solar-eye-implants/

Sixty-six vision impaired people in Europe and the U.S. have solar powered eye implants. A small computer processed images captured by a mini-camera that is integrated into a pair of goggles. The glasses include a projection system that focuses the images into the eye and onto a photodiode array implanted into the retina. The array stimulates retinal neurons and in some cases can restore some clarity of vision.

The research team at Stanford University warn that the surgery to implant the photovoltaic diode is complex and can cause unpleasant side effects such as inflammation. Also the eye is being fed images from a camera through goggles so the eye doesn’t move in a normal way. Patients can use their eyes to scan the scene around them but only within the visual field of the goggles.

Even with the complications this method presents, it is simpler than the older method of patients having to be connected to a wire in order to get their implants charged up. Upgrading to a tiny photovoltaic array has at least to a degree simplified and improved the process.

Researchers predict the implants will be available to the public in one to two years after passing through the regulatory process.

More interesting details about solar eye implants at Nature.com.

Scientists Study Solar Eye Implants

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]]> http://solarreport.net/12495/scientists-study-solar-eye-implants/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12495/scientists-study-solar-eye-implants/ Solar FIT Fallout: Germany’s Environment Minister Forced Out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/Nq6fUNSDqiI/ http://solarreport.net/12492/solar-fit-fallout-germanys-environment-minister-forced-out/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:16 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12492/solar-fit-fallout-germanys-environment-minister-forced-out/ The European shake-up continues as Germany’s powerful Minister of the Environment Norbert Roettgen was fired Thursday as Chancellor Angela Merkel looks to hold onto power following her party’s regional election loss over the weekend.

Solar FIT Fallout: Germany’s Environment Minister Forced Out


]]> http://solarreport.net/12492/solar-fit-fallout-germanys-environment-minister-forced-out/feed/ 0 http://solarreport.net/12492/solar-fit-fallout-germanys-environment-minister-forced-out/ Renewable Energy Stocks: FuelCell Energy (Nasdaq:FCEL) Announces European Market Developments http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solarreport/ilRw/~3/cqL9ZRDvFQg/ http://solarreport.net/12491/renewable-energy-stocks-fuelcell-energy-nasdaqfcel-announces-european-market-developments/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000 admin http://solarreport.net/12491/renewable-energy-stocks-fuelcell-energy-nasdaqfcel-announces-european-market-developments/

DANBURY, Conn. – May 16, 2012 (Investorideas.com Renewable Energy Newswire) FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL) a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, today announced that its German subsidiary, FuelCell Energy Solutions GmbH, is acquiring select assets from MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, a subsidiary of Tognum AG.

Renewable Energy Stocks: FuelCell Energy (Nasdaq:FCEL) Announces European Market Developments

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