Solar Power http://www.energysmartsolar.com Energy Smart Solar Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:18:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Can Famed Astronaut Give Solar Company Some ‘Buzz’? http://www.energysmartsolar.com/can-famed-astronaut-give-solar-company-some-buzz-2 http://www.energysmartsolar.com/can-famed-astronaut-give-solar-company-some-buzz-2#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:18:00 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/can-famed-astronaut-give-solar-company-some-buzz-2 The solar industry has a new star straight from the moon.

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]]> http://www.energysmartsolar.com/can-famed-astronaut-give-solar-company-some-buzz/feed 0 China Taking Uncertain Path Toward Electric Vehicles http://www.energysmartsolar.com/china-taking-uncertain-path-toward-electric-vehicles http://www.energysmartsolar.com/china-taking-uncertain-path-toward-electric-vehicles#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:34:00 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/china-taking-uncertain-path-toward-electric-vehicles China’s Energy Saving and New Energy Vehicle Development Plan is still awaiting approval, stymieing the efforts of domestic new energy vehicle producers to map out their development plans and raising concerns that foreign rivals may come in to the local market and grab the new growth opportunities.

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]]> http://www.energysmartsolar.com/china-taking-uncertain-path-toward-electric-vehicles/feed 0 Can Renewable Energy Survive in the U.S.? http://www.energysmartsolar.com/can-renewable-energy-survive-in-the-u-s http://www.energysmartsolar.com/can-renewable-energy-survive-in-the-u-s#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:01:01 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/can-renewable-energy-survive-in-the-u-s For renewable energy in the U.S., the question of survival and growth is still unanswered. After all, the Department of Energy has been funding renewable energy research and development since its inception some 34 years ago from the consolidation of the Federal Energy Administration, the Federal Power Commission and the Energy Research and Development Administration, which was tasked to manage the nuclear weapon, naval reactor and energy development programs.

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]]> http://www.energysmartsolar.com/solar-project-aims-to-becomes-largest-in-west-africa/feed 0 SPI: Utility Executives Speak Up on Solar’s Future http://www.energysmartsolar.com/spi-utility-executives-speak-up-on-solars-future http://www.energysmartsolar.com/spi-utility-executives-speak-up-on-solars-future#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/spi-utility-executives-speak-up-on-solars-future DALLAS – The year is 2031. An electric utility company becomes the first utility in U.S. history to receive its primary form of generation from solar power.

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]]> http://www.energysmartsolar.com/spi-utility-executives-speak-up-on-solars-future/feed 0 Women in Solar Breakfast Continues To Inspire http://www.energysmartsolar.com/women-in-solar-breakfast-continues-to-inspire http://www.energysmartsolar.com/women-in-solar-breakfast-continues-to-inspire#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:02:44 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/women-in-solar-breakfast-continues-to-inspire For the second year in a row at Solar Power International, professional women in the solar industry gathered to network, eat and listen to presentations at the Women in Solar Breakfast. The group, which was informally put together about three years ago by philanthropist and solar industry executive Isabelle Christensen, has now met formally twice. The women come together with three goals in mind: to encourage more women to join the still-male-dominated solar industry; to provide resources and networking opportunities for women to help them advance their careers within the solar industry; to find ways that women can give back by working to increase the amount of solar power in the developing world

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]]> http://www.energysmartsolar.com/women-in-solar-breakfast-continues-to-inspire/feed 0 Asia Report: China Responds to Solar Trade Complaint http://www.energysmartsolar.com/asia-report-china-responds-to-solar-trade-complaint http://www.energysmartsolar.com/asia-report-china-responds-to-solar-trade-complaint#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:58:44 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/asia-report-china-responds-to-solar-trade-complaint Chinese solar manufacturers came under fire last week with news breaking that SolarWorld and six unnamed American manufacturers were filing a trade complaint, alleging unfair trading practices and pushing for a tariff of 100 percent to be placed on all crystalline silicon cells and modules imported from China. The news broke while the solar industry convened at Solar Power International 2011 in Dallas, and the filing set the stage for a fast-moving process that could result in tariffs on Chinese imports into the U.S.

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]]> http://www.energysmartsolar.com/asia-report-china-responds-to-solar-trade-complaint/feed 0 Solar Array Design: Parallel Wiring Opens New Doors http://www.energysmartsolar.com/solar-array-design-parallel-wiring-opens-new-doors http://www.energysmartsolar.com/solar-array-design-parallel-wiring-opens-new-doors#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/solar-array-design-parallel-wiring-opens-new-doors For decades, designers of solar power systems have faced a knotty set of interlocking challenges. Solar panels produce DC at relatively low voltages, but inverters require a relatively high input voltage to be able to convert the power to AC and send it to the grid

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]]> http://www.energysmartsolar.com/solar-array-design-parallel-wiring-opens-new-doors/feed 1 Help Wanted: Government Incentives for PV and CSP http://www.energysmartsolar.com/help-wanted-government-incentives-for-pv-and-csp http://www.energysmartsolar.com/help-wanted-government-incentives-for-pv-and-csp#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.energysmartsolar.com/help-wanted-government-incentives-for-pv-and-csp Even though solar is currently in the middle of a slow down when it comes to the manufacturing and the purchasing of panels and arrays, it still has the chance to become a big player in powering the world.

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