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On Tuesday, December 20, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) transferred licensing technology for black silicon to solar development-stage firm Natcore Technology Inc.
None of the solar cells produced to date shows external photocurrent quantum efficiencies greater than 100 percent from any portion of the solar spectral irradiance band.
Called the Energy Systems Integration Facility, or ESIF, the laboratory is located at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado. The NREL is one of 17 laboratories managed by the U.S.
Biofuel developer Sundrop Fuels Inc. said it has selected Louisiana to host its first production facility. The Colorado-based company will spend $450-$500 million to build the plant on 1,200 acres of land it has agreed to purchase in Rapides Parish.
As part of the RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which manages the Superfund reclamation initiative, and the U.S. Department of Energy, or DOE, are considering using brownfields and closed landfills to develop renewable energy projects.
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management have crafted an addendum to their solar development plan for the Southwestern United States.
On November 1, the smallish but very progressive college town of Boulder, Colorado passed two interrelated, historic ballot measures that aim to discontinue service with Xcel Energy Inc.
Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE:XEL) officials said Tuesday, October 18, that its Boulder, Colorado subscribers could lose access to the utility’s solar rebates and energy efficiency programs if certain ballot measures regarding forming a new city utility pass.
The Solar Foundation, the charitable research and education division of the solar trade group Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), has released a new solar market census that shows the solar workforce growing.
In perhaps its biggest solar move since acquiring PrimeStar Solar, General Electric Co., (NYSE: GE) announced plans to build America's largest solar factory in Colorado.
