A glut of photovoltaic panels that wiped $30 billion from solar stocks last year is likely to expand in 2012, forcing manufacturers out of the industry, said Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Chief Solar Analyst Jenny Chase. Excess capacity cut the price of solar panels in half last year, depressing margins and prompting 15 of the [...]

With the support of the ULMA Group’s innovation area, ULMA Agrícola, following the agreement signed with Tecnalia through its Energy Unit, has installed photovoltaic modules on one of its two glass greenhouse units measuring approximately 400 m2. The new photovoltaic module developed by the ULMA Agrícola consortium, the innovation area of the ULMA Group, and [...]

The Washington and Lee University (W&L) has installed the largest solar-energy system in Virginia. The installation consists of solar PV panels having a total capacity of 444 kW in two locations comprising 1,016 PV panels on the roof-top of Lewis Hall, and 540 PV panels over the University’s parking deck. The solar-energy system has been [...]

From building a 500-mile car battery to creating electricity in space through solar, we continue to look for ways to solve the world’s energy challenge. The idea of beaming solar power down to Earth from space was popularized in a 1941 story in which the machinery was controlled by a robot called Cutie. Scientists in [...]

Two separate arrays, one atop Lewis Hall and another that looms over Washington and Lee University’s parking deck, deploy a total of 1,572 high-efficiency photo-voltaic panels aimed to soak in the sun and convert the solar energy to electricity. Estimates suggest the solar arrays will cover about 3 percent of the university’s electricity needs. Last [...]

The Oak Grove School District in San Jose, Calif., is not just bringing renewable energy into the curriculum – they’re using it to power their classrooms. In partnership with Chevron Energy Solutions, the district celebrated the completion of a 1.8 megawatt solar photovoltaic system that will save more than $13 million in energy costs over [...]

After the installation of new solar arrays on two campus structures, Washington and Lee will boast the largest such project in Virginia. By Duncan Adams 981-3324 Photos by Stephanie Klein-Davis | The Roanoke Times A Washington and Lee parking garage has more than 500 new solar panels that generate some 120 kilowatts at peak performance. [...]

LEXINGTON, Va.— Washington and Lee University is getting serious about going green. Its latest project is the largest of its kind in Virginia. Each panel is going up above the parking deck. There are 540 of them. ________________________________________ Sign up for breaking news alerts from News 7 here >>> ________________________________________ “You want to have a [...]

Secure Futures, LLC is pleased to report that the EMU solar PV project has performed well, notwithstanding a cloudy September and October. We’re pleased that the system outperformed expectations by 11,555 kWh, or 9.1%, for the year beginning Nov 3, 2010 (commissioning date), and ending October 31, 2011. http://datareadings.com/client/moduleSystem/Kiosk/site/bin/kiosk.cfm?k=uA2UjcGw Secure Futures designs, develops and co-finances [...]