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New Stacked Solar Cell Absorbs Energy from Almost the Entire Solar Spectrum
Most traditional solar cells aren’t able to convert long-wavelength photons into electricity. A team of researchers led by Matthew Lumb at The George Washington University is hoping to change that in order to capture more power. They’ve designed a solar…
Dominion Energy Buys Virginia Solar Power Facility, Plans to Purchase Another
Dominion Energy acquired Clarke County Solar, a 10 MW solar power facility in Clarke County, Va., from the project’s developer, an affiliate of Chicago-based Hecate Energy. The company also announced plans to purchase a 20 MW solar farm under construction…
Air Pollution & Dust Cuts Solar Cell Energy Output By Over 25% In Some Parts Of The World, Study Finds
A new study has now quantified the solar cell energy output loss occurring around the world as a result of air pollution and dust — bringing one of the most serious limitations of solar photovoltaic reliance in the more polluted…
EDF Renewable Energy Signs Wind & Solar PPAs To Supply 600 Megawatts
Energy company EDF Renewable Energy has this week reportedly signed two separate Power Purchase Agreements for solar and wind energy projects that together total 600 megawatts. On Wednesday, US independent power producer EDF Renewable Energy announced that it had signed…
Duke Energy Behind North Carolina’s Proposed Solar Policy Change
Alongside Highway 401 in northern North Carolina is a 21st-century twist on a classic rural scene. A few miles outside of Roxboro, sheep graze among 5,000 panels at the Person County Solar Park, keeping the grass tidy on the rural…
NextEnergy Invests in ‘Subsidy-Free’ UK Solar Projects
In what could prove to be a major turning point for the UK’s embattled solar market, NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd (NESF) has this week announced it has acquired a portfolio of projects it intends to develop “without subsidies”. The company…
Wind, Solar, & Energy Efficiency Replacing Coal In The UK
Wind and solar energy, as well as energy efficiency measures, are serving to replace the overwhelming majority of power which in the UK had previously been supplied by coal power, according to a new analysis conducted by Greenpeace’s Energydesk. The…