Tag: Solar Power

  • Solar Power: An Option for Correctional Facilities?

    Merced Country contracted with Siemens group to deliver a 1.4 megawatt solar photovoltaic array to power the County’s correctional facilities.  The system is designed to provide approximately 70% of the facilities’ peak electricity consumption. More…

  • Solar Power: An Option for Correctional Facilities?

    Merced Country contracted with Siemens group to deliver a 1.4 megawatt solar photovoltaic array to power the County’s correctional facilities.  The system is designed to provide approximately 70% of the facilities’ peak electricity consumption. More…

  • Solar Power More Expensive in U.S.

    The True Cost of Solar Power: The Pressure’s On, the latest global solar supply-chain cost study by PHOTON Consulting found that While PV module manufacturers have made considerable progress driving down the cost of solar in the U.S., decreases in inst…

  • Solar Power More Expensive in U.S.

    The True Cost of Solar Power: The Pressure’s On, the latest global solar supply-chain cost study by PHOTON Consulting found that While PV module manufacturers have made considerable progress driving down the cost of solar in the U.S., decreases in inst…

  • Solar Power Catches a Virus

    Researchers at MIT have found a significant way to improve solar-cell efficiency, utilizing the aid of tiny genetically modified viruses to perform assembly work at the microscopic level.  It may sound like a bad sci-fi story, but these viral impr…