Government/private partnerships often receive criticism in the United States as costly wastes of time and money. But in Arkansas, there’s at least one example of success with just such an arrangement. Solar Power World immediately wanted to talk to Douglas Hutchings, CEO of Fayetteville, Ark., startup Silicon Solar Solutions, about the partnership and how their solar-cell technology could

The Kindorf hold-down clamps and grounding washer from Thomas & Betts enable fast and easy panel installation. The clamps, available in “T” and “L” configurations, feature hardware pre-assembled on the clamp, and a self-oriented channel nut that is staked to the bolt. The clamp body and channel nut are made from high-strength, extruded aluminum alloy

The largest solar power plants in Sweden, Estonia and Lithuania completed / New self-consumption technology introduced in Spain / Record projects implemented in Africa High-quality solar power plants are in great demand in the so-called “new solar markets”: The German manufacturer SolarWorld delivered solar power modules for the now-completed largest photovoltaic system in Sweden, for

MAGE SOLAR, a turn-key provider of  PV-system solutions, announced  that Sylvia Minton, the company’s Senior Vice President for Corporate, Institutional & Government Affairs (and Solar Power World contributor) has been appointed to serve on the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (RE&EEAC) at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Committee’s core task is to advise the Secretary

  Published with permission from the SunSpec Alliance. Written by Tom Tansy.  When you look at the most ubiquitous technologies around us today, the success of each is most often tied directly to standardization. From networking, to video formats, to cellular communications – the establishment and implementation of information standards has significantly reduced the cost