Solar & Wind

NREL: Advanced manufacturing research moves wind turbine blades toward recyclability

NREL: Advanced manufacturing research moves wind turbine blades toward recyclability

GOLDEN -- A new material for wind blades that can be recycled could transform the wind industry, rendering renewable... Read More

Wednesday November 18, 2020 Tags: Golden, NREL, wind power, Derek Berry

CU: Layered solar cell technology boosts efficiency, affordability

CU: Layered solar cell technology boosts efficiency, affordability

BOULDER -- The futures getting brighter for solar power. Researchers from CU Boulder have created a low-cost solar cell with one of the highest power-conversion efficiencies to date, by layering... Read More

Friday March 6, 2020 Tags: Boulder, CU Boulder, Michael McGehee, solar cells

ASES to host National Solar Conference in D.C. in June

ASES to host National Solar Conference in D.C. in June

BOULDER -- The Boulder-based American Solar Energy Society will hold its 49 th Annual National Solar Conference June 23-26. SOLAR 20/20: Renewable Energy Vision will be held at George... Read More

Tuesday March 3, 2020 Tags: Boulder, American Solar Energy Society

Navigant: Market for monitoring, controlling renewable assets to see 12.5% compound annual growth through 2028

Navigant: Market for monitoring, controlling renewable assets to see 12.5% compound annual growth through 2028

BOULDER -- The global market for renewable energy monitoring and control (MC) solutions is expected to reach an estimated $82.9 billion in cumulative revenue between 2019 and 2028, experiencing a... Read More

Tuesday February 4, 2020 Tags: Boulder, Navigant Research, Pritil Gunjan

Ampt string optimizers deployed in world’s largest solar+storage peaker power plant in Hawaii

Ampt string optimizers deployed in world’s largest solar+storage peaker power plant in Hawaii

FORT COLLINS -- Ampt LLC, the world's No. 1 DC optimizer company for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, today announced Ampt String Optimizers are powering a record-breaking PV peaker... Read More

Wednesday February 27, 2019 Tags: Fort Collins, Ampt, Ampt String Optimizers, Levent Gun

SunShare: We are first community solar garden company to surpass 100MW of projects

SunShare: We are first community solar garden company to surpass 100MW of projects

DENVER -- SunShare today announced it is the first community solar garden company to surpass 100 MW of developed community solar projects. With the recent completion of the SaintSun project... Read More

Thursday January 24, 2019 Tags: Denver, SunShare, David Amster-Olszewski

Ampt: Solar String Optimizers powering Hawaiian power project

Ampt: Solar String Optimizers powering Hawaiian power project

FORT COLLINS -- Ampt LLC today announced its String Optimizers are powering a record-breaking PV peaker power plant that has 28 megawatts of solar PV and 100 megawatt-hours of DC-coupled energy... Read More

Tuesday January 22, 2019 Tags: Fort Collins, Ampt, Ampt String Optimizers, Levent Gun

SunShare selected by Xcel to build six new solar gardens in Colorado

SunShare selected by Xcel to build six new solar gardens in Colorado

DENVER -- SunShare today announced it has been awarded six new community solar gardens by Xcel Energy totaling 12 MWdc. SunShare was selected in a competitive bidding process and will be... Read More

Monday December 17, 2018 Tags: Denver, SunShare, Xcel Energy, solar gardens, David Amster-Olszewski