SolarWorld Partners Install Arrays on Virgin Islands, American Samoa And Guam

Visitors landing on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands will notice a 1,600-foot-long array of ground-mounted SolarWorld solar panels paralleling a runway at Cyril E. King Airport. The 450-kilowatt system, to be unveiled on September 14, is prominent...

China Introduces a Unified Grid Feed-in Tariff for Solar Power

China’s government has introduced a unified grid solar power tariff, which analysts believe may produce a quickened pace for introducing solar power to private residences, along with boosting the stock of companies involved in solar development.

Movie Star Geraldine Chaplin to Sponsor SolarWorld Gift to Power Waterborne Aid Center in Peruvian Amazon

With the patronage of movie star Geraldine Chaplin, SolarWorld today announced its intention to donate a complete system of solar panels to power the pilot version of a waterborne telecommunications, health-care and business center that will elevate health...

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Boasts Largest Publicly Accessible Urban Solar Array At 1.56-megawatt

Families visiting a most mainstream community, educational and recreational center in America’s heartland, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, are enjoying protection from the weather elements from beneath parking-lot canopy systems composed...

‘Swiss Cheese’ Design Enables Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Potential for Higher Efficiencies

A bold new design for thin film solar cells that requires significantly less silicon – and may boost their efficiency – is the result of an industry/academia collaboration between Oerlikon Solar in Switzerland and the Institute of Physics’ photovoltaic...

“Project Runway” Winner Seth Aaron Offers a Glimpse At SolarWorld Inspired High-Fashion Collection

In a solar spin on a fashion staple, television’s “Project Runway” Season 7 winner Seth Aaron Henderson has unveiled an angular, highly structured evocation of the little black dress. Seth Aaron’s design provides a glimpse of a runway collection...

“Project Runway” Winner Seth Aaron Henderson to Develop SolarWorld Collection

Seth Aaron Henderson, the latest winning designer in hit reality TV fashion show “Project Runway,” has agreed to develop the “Seth Aaron SolarWorld Collection Presented by Portland Fashion Week” to be unveiled October 9 in the sustainable fashion...

Australian Breakthrough Will Help Increase Solar Cell Efficiency

Australian researchers have come up with an ingenious method of increasing the efficiency of conventional solar cells. A team led by University of Sydney scientists Dr Tim Schmidt and Professor Max Crossley have achieved a one third increase in the upconversion...