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The use of sunlight to create electricity is becoming increasingly popular as more and more people look to cut costs and become environmentally aware. Solar power converts sunlight into electricity and is used to power small devices as well as entire homes today. Solar power can be created through photovoltaics (PV) – a method that converts solar radiation into electricity using solar panels. U.S. utilities are becoming a key driver of future growth. According to a new study on Solar Power by GTM Research, Utility PV in the U.S., a $1 billion market in 2010, is projected to reach $8 billion by 2015. Concentrated solar power (CSP) can also create electricity by using lenses or mirrors to focus a beam of sunlight and create heat to a source that’s also connected to a power generator.

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Q-Cells and Tri-Technic Near Completion of Solar Plants for PG&E

San Francisco- based Q-Cells North America, a division of the Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany-based major solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer, and its contractor, Sonora, California-based Tri-Technic, are… [ Read More ]

Will Valentine's Day Visit of China's Xi to White House Result in Solar Trade War Cease Fire?

A pacifist group of 45 solar industry CEOs has written a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama in the hopes that the visit of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to Washington, D.C., this week will resu… [ Read More ]

GreenSimian Extends Smartphone Battery Life with SolMate Power Casing

GreenSimian has developed a new smartphone power casing software solution to address the power problems of portable devices. Consumers leveraging the new SolMate casing will benefit from extended batt… [ Read More ]

DOE Offers Over $12 Million in Seventh Round of SunShot Funding

Do you have "star power"-and can you make it big? [ Read More ]

Petal Power: New Hybrid Solar Power Station in Spain Works 24/7, Rain or Shine

The 100-kilowatt (kWe) and 170-kilowatt (kWt) Tulip System actually is the first hybrid micro concentrating solar-gas power (CSP) plant of its kind in Europe; built by Israel-based Aora Solar and site… [ Read More ]

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