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Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Laurie Guevara-Stone. Forty years ago Sabana Grande, a small community in northern Nicaragua, was ravaged by war. Now you will find people sitting under solar-powered lights, eating solar-cooked chicken, and drinking smoothies made by a bicycle-powered blender. Sabana Grande (pop. 2,000), in the mountains of Totogalpa, about 20

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By Rocky Mountain Institute | March 22, 2014 | Solar Energy |

Solar Power Is A Huge Water Saver (World Water Day Infographic)

Every year on this day since 1993, the community of nations has focused on the importance of fresh water and advocated for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Severe droughts experienced recently in places like the American West, the Horn of Africa, Russia, China, and Australia have highlighted the fact that humans are rapidly using

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By Sandy Dechert | March 22, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Wind Energy |

Solar PV Market May Increase To 500 GW By 2018

Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. The global solar PV industry is headed into a five-year growth spurt that will put it on track for cumulative installed capacity of 500 gigawatts (GW) by 2018, according to the latest NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz report. The report, released on Thursday, predicts a huge 100GW of solar PV

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By Guest Contributor | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |

ASU & AORA Solar Forge Research Partnership on Tempe Campus

I had the pleasure of seeing AORA Solar and its CSP Tulip system two years ago when it was unveiled in Almeria, Spain. I have been waiting for the day when this exciting renewable energy platform might be tested in the United States. In an interview, CEO Zev Rosenzweig told me the company wanted to

ASU & AORA Solar Forge Research Partnership on Tempe Campus was originally published on CleanTechnica.

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By Glenn Meyers | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |

Greenpeace Pushing For Pan-European Supergrid

A report released by Greenpeace on Thursday based on analysis done by consultants Energynautics has floated the idea of a need for a pan-European supergrid to help meet the ambitious target of at least 45% renewables by 2030. “Europe’s energy system is at a crossroads,” the authors of the report write, noting that the existing

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By Joshua S Hill | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy, Wind Energy |

Switzerland Will Allow Personal Solar PV System Consumption Starting April 1st

The Swiss government will — as of April 1st — begin allowing residential PV system owners to consume the electricity that they generate with their solar panels. As it stands currently, PV systems must, by law, feed 100% of the electricity that they generate directly into the Swiss electricity grid. This system will now soon

Switzerland Will Allow Personal Solar PV System Consumption Starting April 1st was originally published on CleanTechnica.

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By James Ayre | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |

Decreased PV Solar Costs Lead To A More Balanced Demand-Supply Picture

Originally published on Solarbuzz. Over the past three years, solar photovoltaic (PV) installed system prices, module prices, and module production costs have all fallen by more than 50%, while a shakeout of uncompetitive PV cell manufacturers has caus…

By Guest Contributor | March 21, 2014 | Solar Energy |

I can’t tell for sure if the guys in this video are making fun of Elon Musk or just having fun with him, but they are definitely making fun of almost everyone else famous in the video (barring Copernicus), so I have a feeling they are. Odd, considering he offers two of the best solutions [&hellip

Rap News Video Makes Fun Of Global Warming Deniers… & Elon Musk? was originally posted on: PlanetSave. To read more from Planetsave, join thousands of others and subscribe to our free RSS feed, follow us on Facebook (also free), follow us on Twitter, or just visit our homepage.

By Zachary Shahan | March 21, 2014 | Climate Change, Health, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy |

Watch Today’s SEIA Content Marketing For Solar Companies Webinar

Join a live content marketing webinar for solar companies, sponsored by the Solar Energy Industries Association, today at 1:00 p.m

Watch Today’s SEIA Content Marketing For Solar Companies Webinar was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Silvio Marcacci | March 20, 2014 | Solar Energy |

First Solar And GE Team Up For Next-Generation PV Power Plants

First Solar announced on their website on Wednesday that they were teaming up with GE’s Power Conversion business to combine their technologies and create the next generation of utility-scale PV power plants which will be more cost effective and energy efficient. Combining First Solar’s thin-film CdTe modules and GE’s new ProSolar 1500 Volt inverter/transformer system

First Solar And GE Team Up For Next-Generation PV Power Plants was originally published on: CleanTechnica.

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By Joshua S Hill | March 20, 2014 | Solar Energy |