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CPS Energy’s plan to add another 50 megawatts of solar power and leverage it for economic development was lauded Tuesday as CEO Doyle Beneby described the utility and San Antonio as poised to be national leaders in solar. “This is doing exactly what we had hoped Doyle would do,” said Richard Perez, president and CEO of [...]
The University of Texas has partnered with Konarka Technologies Inc. to develop plastic solar cell technology. UT researchers backed by Department of Energy and National Science Foundation grants will work with the Lowell, Mass.-based manufacturer to develop new model systems for converting solar rays into energy. Konarka achieved a world record recently for the efficiency [...]
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Academy broke ground for its latest and most ambitious solar energy project Monday. The 6-megawatt solar array will occupy 30 acres on the Academy’s southeast corner adjacent to Interstate 25 when it is completed in summer 2011. The solar array is the result of a partnership between the Air [...]
Recently, in what is destined to be a long series of profiles of solar projects bigger than ten megawatts, we looked at Agile Energy’s efforts to develop a 50 megawatt project in Ohio called Turning Point Solar. That project is still in the development stage. This week, we look at Blue Wing. The Blue Wing [...]
By Reid Smith October 27, 2010 When solar energy companies think about how to reduce the cost of their product, typically a lot of time and money goes toward increasing the efficiency of solar panels and their manufacturing process. Reducing the production cost decreases the final cost the consumer will have to pay. However, few [...]