Premiere Solar Energy Tech Training School Offers Out-of-State Applicants Special Opportunities to Learn a New Career in a Rapidly Growing Industry

Premiere Solar Energy Tech Training School Offers Out-of-State Applicants Special Opportunities to Learn a New Career in a Rapidly Growing Industry

 

PHILADELPHIA, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Infinite Solar, Inc., with classroom and lab facilities located in historic Philadelphia, PA, and Newark, NJ, is attracting utility professionals from all over the United States and Canada to receive innovative hands-on training in advanced solar power technology. 

Solar power has been expanding rapidly in the past ten years, growing at an average pace of 40% per year. By 2025, solar power's contribution could grow to 10% of the nation's power needs.

The Solar Foundation estimated that the largest growth in the solar industry will be in occupations in solar installation, including photovoltaic installers, and electricians and roofers with experience in solar installation. 

Whether you're an electrician, plumber, roofer or other general contractor, Infinite Solar, Inc. provides its trainees with all the skills and knowledge to build successful careers in solar energy implementation. 

INFINITE SOLAR, INC. IS THE GO-TO SCHOOL FOR SOLAR TRAINING 

No matter where you reside, with Infinite Solar's choices of out-of-state packages you can experience the best solar training in the country. 

We offer special 5-day training packages for out-of-state applicants, as well as fully customizable corporate solar training and workshops. For applicants who can't afford to be away that long, interactive online training for select courses is available, which can be applied to our 2-day hands-on solar workshop. 

Our students can earn college credits after completing Infinite Solar courses, while their employers get tuition reimbursement tax benefits. 

Here are a few more reasons why Infinite Solar, Inc. is the industry leader in solar training in North America: 

We provide the most exhaustive and expert instruction in the design, installation, upgrading and maintenance of renewable energy power systems. 

We boast the first and only indoor grid-tied PV system on the East Coast. 

Our state-of-the-art facility includes an in-house workshop featuring a full-size mock roof to provide the most effective hands-on solar training. 

We are among the few solar training providers approved by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP). 

All of our courses are Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) accredited. 

Infinite Solar, Inc. takes pride in its ongoing mission to promote renewable energy for a better world, and to train the solar energy professionals to build it. 

ABOUT INFINITE SOLAR, INC.

Infinite Solar, Inc. is the premier solar training and continuing education provider on the East Coast, offering IREC accredited solar panel installation training, solar thermal training, solar sales training, NABCEP exam prep course, custom corporate and online solar training. Infinite Solar's renewable energy training programs and certificate programs provide professionals with practical skills necessary to expand their businesses and succeed in the solar energy market.

Contact:

Ivan Svedov (215) 464-6460ivan@infinite-solar.com

SOURCE Infinite Solar, Inc.

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Solar cell industry in free fall

Crashing prices for solar energy products are pushing most world manufacturers to the brink of destruction, and stiff tariffs the United States recently imposed on China are not reversing the trend.

Low prices for solar cells — used to assemble the panels — are a windfall for installers and consumers, but global manufacturers are calling foul as the price for the cells has fallen 66 percent since third quarter 2010. And Boston-based analyst firm GTM Research said it does not expect to see solar product prices increase anytime soon because of a worldwide glut.

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Christie Signs Solar Bill Increasing N.J. Energy Requirement

New Jersey developers added 174 megawatts of photovoltaic panels in the first quarter, surpassing California as the largest solar state with 34 percent of all U.S. installations, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. The legislation will spur additional solar development, Christie said at a press conference in Trenton today.

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Researchers Invent Transparent Solar Panels

Researchers at UCLA have invented a "high-performance solar cell" that is mostly transparent, opening the possibility of skylights and windows that generate electricity, the school announced on Sunday.

A team of UCLA chemists and biochemists said their "high-performance, visibly transparent polymer solar cells'' opens up new possibilities for energy generation and architecture.

We are excited by this new invention on transparent solar cells, which applied to our recent advances in transparent conducting windows to fabricate these devices," said Paul S. Weiss, the director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and UC Santa Barbara.

The study's co-authors are Weiss, post-doctoral researcher Rui Zhu, and doctoral students Chun-Chao Chen, Letian Dou, Choong-Heui Chung, Tze-Bin Song and Steve Hawks.

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Study: Solar Tax Credits Generate Tax Revenue

Under the the Solar Investment Tax Credit program, created by the Bush administration in 2005, small- to medium-scale solar installations on residential or commercial property can receive a tax credit equal to 30% of their installation costs. This subsidy has, understandably, been a huge boon to solar installations. According to US PREF, 90% of the U.S.'s solar generating capacity, which now stands at about 5,000 megawatts, has been installed since the Bush administration created the credit. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the solar industry's main trade group, calls the Solar Investment Tax Credit "the cornerstone of continued growth of solar energy in the United States."


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New report card for solar projects identifies risks early-on, reducing transaction costs and making more projects financially feasible

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- For some time, solar investors have been required to hire third party engineers and legal counsel to perform initial project due diligence (costing $10,000-30,000 for engineering analysis and upwards of $50,000+ for legal services) before even finalizing a term sheet. These high transaction costs make many small commercial projects financially unfeasible and many larger projects unattractive. 

Now, investors who are considering whether to invest in a commercial or small utility-scale project can spend just $2,000-4,000 and receive "SolSnapshot" an initial fatal flaw analysis of risks that gives them the confidence to push forward - or the evidence they need to put the brakes on a project before committing significant amounts of their firm's time and capital. 

The overall aim of SolSnapshot is to reduce the costs of investing in solar, broaden the pool of potential investments, and increase the velocity of the solar industry. 

Yuri Horwitz, CEO of Sol Systems, commented, "We see hundreds of projects come through SolMarket, and one of the consistent barriers to financing is an efficient way for investors to review a project's engineering and business components. By reducing these costs through standardization, SolSnapshot provides investors and developers with an affordable fatal flaws analysis for a given project for a few thousand dollars - instead of a hundred thousand, and in a few days - instead of a few weeks." 

SolSnapshot is part of Sol Systems' broader diligence services for investors and developers and adds a layer of depth to the project underwriting provided on SolMarket, Sol Systems' project finance arm. It advances Sol System's larger goal of standardizing and streamlining financing for the solar community. 

Webinar: How to Diligence Your Solar Project Affordably - July 24th

Please join Sol Systems for a webinar on July 24th, 2012 at 3:30 PM EDT. Sol Systems CEO, Yuri Horwitz, and solar industry veteran, Joe Song, will discuss tips for investors and developers to diligence their solar projects cost-effectively, while reducing their risks. This webinar will be helpful for investors and developers who are involved with projects that will soon commence a due diligence process. 

About Sol Systems: Sol Systems is a solar finance firm and a leader in financial innovation in the renewable energy industry. Since its inception in 2008, Sol Systems has partnered with 350 installers and developers to bring over 3,000 solar projects from conception to completion by offering innovative financing solutions for residential, commercial, and utility-scale projects.

SolMarket, Sol Systems' financing arm, catalyzes investments for a broad set of solar projects by simplifying the origination, diligence, and financing processes. Developers seeking financing for projects can access over $2.5 billion in capital through the Sol Systems investor network. 

To participate in the webinar, please visit www.SolMarket.com/events .

SolMarket Inquiries: Sudha Gollapudi 888-765-1115 info@solmarket.com www.solmarket.com

Media Inquiries: Natacha Kiler 202-588-6455 pr@solsystemscompany.com

SOURCE Sol Systems, LLC 

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Soaring sustainability: Eagles sign with solar-power giant at Phila. stadium

Posted: Fri, Mar. 2, 2012, 3:01 AM

A year and a half after first announcing plans for solar power at the Eagles' stadium, the franchise announced Thursday that it had teamed up with a new partner - solar giant NRG of Princeton.
NRG will design, build, and operate an array of more than 11,000 solar panels and 14 micro wind turbines that, over the course of a year, will provide six times the power used during all Eagles home games at Lincoln Financial Field, the team said.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Eagles rep at White House sustainability event today

Solar Module Price Erosion Slows

"Despite the persistent overcapacity situation that continues to undermine pricing throughout the entire solar supply chain, the PV market is finally showing some signs of improvement,” said Stefan de Haan, principal analyst, photovoltaics for IHS. “Not only is the outlook on 2012 global installations rising continuously, Taiwanese cell makers in June [2012] also reported growing demand. Together, these factors are helping to bring some stability and slow the pace of price declines.”

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PowerBoost Solar Panel Cleaner

Solar panels need to be clean and free of debris to provide maximum output, dirty solar panels can reduce your performance by up to 20%! Designed specifically for solar panels; the proprietary PowerBoost® formula cleans quickly and easily for just pennies a panel and leaves an invisible coating which repels dust, dirt, and air-born pollution for a long-lasting clean. The hi-foaming, touchless cleaning solution contains high-quality, biodegradable surfactants.

PowerBoost Solar panel cleaner residential cleans up to 5 kW of panels and comes in a cost-effective applicator designed for use on solar electric systems. The applicator hooks up to any garden hose and is fast and easy to use.

 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/gogreensolar-com-7121/products/powerboost-solar-panel-cleaner

New Solar Panels Get Their Power From Light We Can’t See

Researchers at MIT have captured he near-infrared part of the solar spectrum.  Their first "all-carbon" solar cells, reported in Advance Materials this month, uses carbon instead of silicon as the primary material. The cells work by employing carbon nanotubes and C60--also known as buckyballs--to turn infrared light into an electric current.

There is a lot of the light spectrum that doesn’t register to the human eye (or to conventional solar panels). A new device which could go right on top of existing panels, helps get more of the energy from the sun.

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Solar Cells Printed on Aluminum Foil Cost Less

Nanosolar has completed a 1-megawatt, ground-mounted solar panel installation at a military base in California. The company's management are the inventors of a solar technology that prints metallic, nanoparticle inks on huge rolls of aluminum foil.

The high-throughput, roll-to-roll silkscreen-like printing process coats aluminum foil with a proprietary ink made of copper, indium, gallium, and selenium (CIGS). This process avoids the vacuum deposition that has been characteristic of many thin-film implementations and kept their cost high. The Nanosolar Utility Panel is, the company claims, the first solar panel to be developed for utility-scale deployment. Panels are longer, have higher power output, install faster, and require less cabling and mounting material. Nanosolar claims that its panels cost as much as 40 percent less per watt compared to conventional thin-film panels.

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Plastic solar panels for cars, buildings close to production

Flexible organic photovoltaic panel.

LONDON – Heliatek GmbH, a 2006 startup company pioneering the development and manufacture of flexible, organic photovoltaic cells, is about to begin production of the first such products at its Dresden factory.

"We are finishing the manufacturing line; we will be in production in the next few weeks," Thibaud Le Seguillon, CEO of Heliatek, told EE Times in a phone interview.

The Heliatek organic photovoltaic (OPV) uses small molecule organics applied roll-to-roll but using vacuum processes. In this regards it differs to some alternative OPV technologies that use printing of long-chain polymers.

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For Downtown Taunton property owner, solar panels pay off Read more: http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1425378654/For-Downtown-Taunton-property-owner-solar-panels-pay-off#ixzz20nvxz7hO

A year and a half ago DeSantis installed dozens of photovoltaic panels, designed to convert sunlight into electricity, on the roofs of both properties.

The initial investment was significant, more than $60,000 for the Taunton Green building alone. But he says state and federal renewable-energy rebates and tax credits have enabled him to recoup as much as half.

He says he used to pay Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant up to $300 a month for electricity at 1 Taunton Green. Now he generates a surplus each month.

Read more: http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/x1425378654/For-Downtown-Taunton-property-owner-solar-panels-pay-off#ixzz20nwGvucQ

Q&A: Why Union City Homeowners Should Convert to Solar Energy 

Solar energy is a clean and efficient way to supply your home with the energy it needs on a daily basis. As long as you have just a few hundred square feet of unshaded south, west, or east facing roof space, you have the potential to generate solar power!

Solar electric systems can be sized to offset a portion or all of your electricity bill! While solar PV panels continue to improve in efficiency a little bit every year, solar electric systems installed as far back as the 1970s continue to produce electricity today in exactly the same way current systems do. The State of California still provides rebate money to help reduce the upfront cost, and there is a Federal Income Tax Credit available to all homeowners to the amount of 30 percent of the post-CSI system cost for the installation of both solar electric and solar thermal systems.

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New Solar Power Supergroup: U.S., Germany and Japan

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory with Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and Japan’s Research Center for Photovoltaic Technologies join forces for collaborative research efforts. Source: Clean Technica http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/12/u-s-germany-and-japan-form-gaseri-solar-project/

Into Thin Air: The Disappearance of Dozens of Chinese Solar Companies

The bankruptcies of roughly two dozen U.S. and European photovoltaic manufacturers have framed much of the story about an oversupply of solar panels and crashing prices over the past year. What's less known is the impact on the PV manufacturing industry in China, where over 50 companies also have closed, said John Lefebvre, president of Suntech Power's American operations, during Intersolar in San Francisco on Wednesday. 

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Comprehensive Solar Project Insurance Offering Now Available Nationwide

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- GCube Insurance Services, Inc., the leading provider of insurance for the renewable energy industry and Assurant, Inc., a premier provider of specialty insurance, today announced they have signed a distribution agreement to provide U.S. commercial solar project developers greater access to a comprehensive insurance bundle and warranty management program at affordable prices.

 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gcube-and-assurant-partner-to-protect-more-commercial-solar-projects-2012-07-11

Apple Wins their Sixth Solar Power Related Patent & More

Apple has received a Granted Patent relating to techniques for operating devices with solar power. More particularly, this invention relates to portable electronic devices having multiple power interfaces. Report analyzes and discusses new patent.

Patent issued for monitoring Solar Arrays

A complex monitoring systems to help manage solar arrays.  Carlton Warren, along with Solar Sentry CEO Gordon Presher were named as co-inventors on patent no. 8,204,709, issued last month for the technology in their monitoring system.  Read more

How to Clean Solar Panels

Solar panels generally require very little maintenance. A few times a year, the panels should be inspected for any dirt or debris that may collect on them. Most manufacturers recommend the cleaning of solar panels every six months. Typically they should be cleaned in March/April when the rainy season has passed and August/September, towards the end of summer. The cleaning services are a necessary part of the system maintenance and also to maintain its warranty.

How to Clean Solar Panels

Novel Power Plant Promises to Generate Renewable Energy Twice as Efficiently as Standard Solar Panel Technology

Researchers at the University of Arizona is putting the final touches on a novel power plant that promises to generate renewable energy twice as efficiently as standard solar panel technology with highly competitive costs and a very small environmental impact.

"By using mirrors to focus on small but super-efficient photovoltaic cells, we have the potential to make twice as much electricity as even the best photovoltaic panels," Prof. Roger Angel,

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White LEDs directly on paper

Imagine a white luminous curtain waving in the breeze. Or wallpaper that lights up your room with perfect white light. In his doctoral thesis, Gul Amin shows how white LEDs can be manufactured directly on paper.

New Solar Photovoltaic Thermal System Developed, Generates Electricity and Heat More Efficiently

Significant Breakthrough:  Researchers have created a new solar photovoltaic thermal (PVT) system that more efficiently generates both electricity and heat.  Read more.

Create your own electricity at home-it's easy

Electrician shows you step by step how top build your own solar cells for under $100.  Easy to follow guide and videos.  Cut your electric bills by 75% or more.

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Siliconrepublic.com Solar Power in Germany Increases 40 Percent

PRNewswire/ -- Solar power accounted for 10 percent of Germany's total electricity production in May, an increase of 40 percent from the previous year, as reported by the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry.

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