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Sun Power Holds World Record for Most Efficient Rooftop Solar Panel, Again
SunPower once again holds the record for the world’s most efficient rooftop solar module, achieving an NREL-validated 24.1 percent. NREL scientist Keith Emery, manager of the PV cell and module performance laboratory, provided the verdict in a release: “The module…
Installation of PV Modules Begins on El Salvador’s Largest Solar Project
The Providencia solar project by French developer Neoen is divided into two blocks, a 76 MW plant which was awarded in an auction and a block of 25 MW which will provide electricity to distributors under the framework of private…
Transportation: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
On Thursday, the 23rd of June, Bertrand Piccard and Solar Impulse successfully made a historic, zero-fuel flight across the Atlantic, from New York to Seville, Spain. The flight comes at a time when reports indicate that transportation is a major…
Harvard Study Finds $38 Billion of Public Health Benefits from Carbon Reduction Rule
While the Clean Power Plan (CPP) works its way through the court system, researchers continue to look into what it could mean for consumers. The results of a new Harvard study show there’s nothing to fear: using a model that…
New Mexico Breezes into Wind-Energy Gigawatt Club
New Mexico became the seventeenth state in the U.S. in December to surpass the 1,000-megawatt mark for installed wind energy capacity, following the startup of a 250-megawatt wind farm in Roosevelt County. New Mexico is now generating 1,112 MW of…
Independent Power Projects Essential to Electrify Sub-Saharan Africa, New Report Finds
A new World Bank report draws from experiences in five African countries to explain why independent power projects (IPPs) are crucial to help deliver electricity to the 600 million people without it in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report highlights the challenges…
Ventura Oil Spill Misses the Ocean, but Damage on Land is Unclear
Before the sun rose Thursday, Kirk Atwater’s wakeup call was a noxious breeze that filled his bedroom with fumes. He stepped out of his ranch that overlooks an arroyo in the Ventura hills and saw a creek of thick, black…