Sentences with phrase «solar energy research»

The Solar Energy Research Center (SERC), renamed to Chu Hall, opened today at Berkeley Lab.

Solar energy research projects were the most widely reported item in the Bulletin's «Research» category, with nearly $ 1.8 million in total investment.

The search for more cost - effective solar became a cornerstone of the federal energy R&D effort in 1977 with the establishment of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Solar Energy Research Institute, now part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

The Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) opened today at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and will house laboratories and offices devoted to photovoltaic and electro - chemical solar energy systems designed to improve on what plants do and make transportation fuels.

BERKELEY — Crews broke ground Friday on a $ 54 million Solar Energy Research Center at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Funded by the Karnataka state government and the Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States, this array will be used to test various reflective materials and heat - transfer fluids (including, for instance, molten salt in addition to water).

China Sunergy, a solar cell and module manufacturer based in Nanjing, China, has recently signed a deal with CEEG (Nanjing) Solar Energy Research Institute to supply the 7MW solar modules for...

The Department of Energy (DOE) lab just broke ground on the Solar Energy Research Center.

Not to be outdone, a partnership between Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, (Europe's largest solar energy research center), and two French companies developed a multi-junction solar cell that converts 46 percent of solar light into electricity.

Solar Energy Research Institute, Feb 1985

The National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is a national user facility for solar energy research.

Construction has begun on a new solar energy research facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that will be funded through a combination of state and grant funds, officials announced Friday.

The Solar Energy Research Center, which is expected to be complete by the end of 2014, will have approximately 40,000 square feet of space to house the northern branch of the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, among other smaller labs.

These mirrors were built for solar energy research conducted during the daytime.

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BERKELEY — Crews broke ground Friday on a $ 54 million Solar Energy Research Center at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

We asked Paul Alivisatos, deputy laboratory director at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and a leader of their Helios solar energy research project, to explain how people capture energy from sunlight and how we can do it better.

The receivers were designed and studied as part of a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project and are also being applied to Sandia's work for the Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States, or SERIIUS.

An amendment to add $ 10 million to the solar energy research program passed, however, by a close vote of 212 - 210.

In 2013, Durrant accepted a joint appointment as the Sêr Cymru (Stars Wales) Solar Energy Research Chair at Swansea University in Wales.

The Terawatt Workshop, convened last year by the Global Alliance of Solar Energy Research Institutes, recently published its findings.

Not exact matches

The U.S. installed almost 2.4 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 8 percent year - on - year, according to a recent report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Associasolar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 8 percent year - on - year, according to a recent report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries AssociaSolar Energy Industries Association.

Bob Johnson, director of photovoltaics at research firm Strategies Unlimited, in Mountain View, Calif., says PV cells may drop below their current price by 30 % or more by 2010, even without big technological advances, making the cost of solar energy competitive with conventional sources.

Our second lunar expedition will utilize our MX - 2 exploration system to establish a research outpost on a «peak of eternal light» at the Moon's South Pole, where direct solar energy and communications with Earth are possible.

About 5 months ago I began researching and experimenting with solar energy.

This involves making Alberta a leader in green energy by using royalty revenue to develop solar, wind, and geothermal alternatives in Alberta and to invest in green energy research and economic development for the future.

And over the years its count of utility - scale solar has often fallen well below what is reported by GTM Research and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in their quarterly U.S. Solar Market Insight repsolar has often fallen well below what is reported by GTM Research and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in their quarterly U.S. Solar Market Insight repSolar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in their quarterly U.S. Solar Market Insight repSolar Market Insight reports.

Years of continuing research have increased the efficiency of its solar technology, so now First Solar can deliver more reliable and cost - effective solar energy solutions to the wsolar technology, so now First Solar can deliver more reliable and cost - effective solar energy solutions to the wSolar can deliver more reliable and cost - effective solar energy solutions to the wsolar energy solutions to the world.

Prices for electricity would be 4 percent lower by 2033 with a transition to more wind, solar and hydroelectric power than a persistent reliance on coal and natural gas, according to a report by Calgary - based environmental research firm Pembina Institute and Clean Energy Canada, a Vancouver - based organization that promotes renewable eEnergy Canada, a Vancouver - based organization that promotes renewable energyenergy.

Relatively little research has been done on devices for utilizing solar energy.

Which wise government spending (see: investment in technology and other productivity - enhancing measures) can help that last bit, which is one reason I'm all in favor of spending on alternative energy research (I'm a little sick of sending hundreds of billions of dollars per year overseas for hydrocarbons; I'd rather employ Americans to maintain windfarms, solar plants, not - on - the - table - now - but - maybe - soon thorium reactors, etc.).

It calls for banning hydrofracking at both the state and federal levels and also urges further research in, and economic support for, alternative forms of «non-polluting» energy sources like wind, solar and hydropower.

At 9 a.m., the state Energy Research and Development Authority and Center for Economic Growth make an announcement at the ribbon - cutting for Dimension Fabricator's new solar array, featuring Rep. Paul Tonko, Dimension Fabricators, 2000 Seventh St., Glenville.

In one instance, the Toas memo states, a SUNY RF employee «was allowed, outside the scope of a contract and for work that was outside the purview of the Research Foundation relationship with SoloPower,» an Oregon - based solar energy company, «to work as an independent contractor for SoloPower.»

«This is truly an outstanding achievement for the Buffalo Public Schools and a significant milestone for New York State's effort to create a thriving solar energy sector in our state,» said Alicia Barton, president and chief executive officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYenergy sector in our state,» said Alicia Barton, president and chief executive officer of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYEnergy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and the state Public Service Commission (PSC) have awarded $ 30 million to help fund large - scale solar power projects that will assist facilities in New York City and the lower Hudson Valley generate electricity for their own use.

Instead, it's working with NYSERDA, the state's energy research authority, to find ways to use solar to reduce conventional energy generation demand and to develop companies which supply the solar industry.

Using its On - Bill Recovery Financing Program, New York's Energy Research and Development Authority would help finance geothermal in the same way it does for other energy efficient upgrades like solar pEnergy Research and Development Authority would help finance geothermal in the same way it does for other energy efficient upgrades like solar penergy efficient upgrades like solar panels.

The State, through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), awarded LIPA $ 6.7 million in Federal stimulus funding which will allow LIPA to connect the solar panels installed on the carports to the Long Island electric grid.

Awarded through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), $ 8.3 million in funding will support LIPA's Solar Pioneer program, which offers rebates to homeowners who install new residential grid - connected solar electric sysSolar Pioneer program, which offers rebates to homeowners who install new residential grid - connected solar electric syssolar electric systems.

The report was released by Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environment America, Environment New York, Environmental Advocates of New York, HealthyPlanet, Long Island Solar Energy Industries Association, National Wildlife Federation, New York Building Congress, New York League of Conservation Voters, New York Public Interest Research Group, Renewable Energy Long Island, and Sierra Club.

Now he also coordinates research to build the country's reputation as a pioneer in new materials that expand the reach of solar energy.

«This makes the cost of solar energy — in this case — better and easier to understand,» said Case Western Reserve Professor Laura Bruckman, who directed the study with Abdulkerim Gok, a research associate at GTU formerly with Case Western Reserve.

The Department's R&D initiatives involving applied — as opposed to basic — renewable energy research are supervised by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which covers biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, ocean, solar, andenergy research are supervised by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which covers biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, ocean, solar, andEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), which covers biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, ocean, solar, andEnergy (EERE), which covers biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, ocean, solar, and wind.

So far in 2006, the Office of Science has released announcements for basic research in hydrogen fuel and solar energy utilization.

It leads the nation in patent applications because of the high concentration of high - tech research institutes, including the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Researcresearch institutes, including the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen ResearchResearch (ZSW).

The research holds potential for increased energy storage in high efficiency batteries and supercapacitors, increasing the efficiency of energy conversion in solar cells, for lightweight thermal coatings and more.

Fellows were given a behind - the - scenes tour of NREL's research facilities, including the Research Support Facility, Vehicles Testing and Integration Facility, Thermal Test Facility, Advanced Energy Storage Laboratory, Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility, Thermochemical User Facility, Solar PV Outdoor Test Facility, Process Development Integration Laboratory, and the National Wind Technologyresearch facilities, including the Research Support Facility, Vehicles Testing and Integration Facility, Thermal Test Facility, Advanced Energy Storage Laboratory, Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility, Thermochemical User Facility, Solar PV Outdoor Test Facility, Process Development Integration Laboratory, and the National Wind TechnologyResearch Support Facility, Vehicles Testing and Integration Facility, Thermal Test Facility, Advanced Energy Storage Laboratory, Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility, Thermochemical User Facility, Solar PV Outdoor Test Facility, Process Development Integration Laboratory, and the National Wind TechnologyResearch Facility, Thermochemical User Facility, Solar PV Outdoor Test Facility, Process Development Integration Laboratory, and the National Wind Technology Center.

«About 20 years ago, you might have been considered strange to install a solar system on your roof,» says Niklas Martin, executive director of the Berlin - based Renewable Energy Research Association, an organisation that links some of Germany's top renewable energy instiEnergy Research Association, an organisation that links some of Germany's top renewable energy instienergy institutes.

The study, published recently in the Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, proposes that high - energy particles from uncommon, large solar storms penetrate the moon's frigid, polar regions and electrically charge the soil.