Author: LEED Blogger
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Report: Oil companies should get into energy storage, distributed generation
Amid falling profits and long-term questions, global oil “supermajors” need to follow in the footsteps of Total – which recently bought energy storage company Saft for $1 billion – and explore opportunities not only in battery but also solar and distributed generation, according to Lux Research. Even though good batteryRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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The next big product push from SolarCity? Solar roofs
Following its merger with Tesla, there’s been renewed interest in the direction of SolarCity. The obvious next step is a big push to solar-plus-storage solutions and installations, but on the company’s second quarter earnings call this week, Chairman Elon Musk announced that SolarCity will start to produce solar roofs asRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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A Thermophotovoltaic Cell That Can Generate Electricity Even in the Dark
Claiming that a solar cell can produce energy even in the dark sounds a little like the beginning of a joke, but I assure you it is not so. A team of scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) and the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley) have successfully made a prototype of a device,…
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ASTM Standard to Add Tests for Lead-Based Paint
New protocol will determine if clearance for re-occupancy is obtained. More…
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SunPower CEO on layoffs in power plant segment, focus shift to distributed generation
SunPower reports that its distributed generation business performed well — and plans to continue focusing on that segment — but at the cost of its power plant segment, which fell short of its lofty 2016 goals. The company plans to cut 15 percent of its workforce as a result. AsRead More — Solar Builder magazine