That is the main finding from a new survey published by Barclays, which found that 37 per cent of the country's 200,000 farmers wanted to install green technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines or anaerobic digestion (AD) systems.

Enel Green Power North America announces the development of the world's first solar geothermal hybrid power plant in Nevada (USA)

Eco Marine Power’s Aquarius system combines rigid sails with solar cells for auxiliary propulsion Japanese company Eco Marine Power has started detailed design of its wind and solar sail panel.

Santa Barbara’s Solar3D Inc. announced that it’s completed the design and is on track to complete a prototype of a “super-efficient” 3-D solar cell by the end of 2011. Holding out the promise of substantially increasing solar cell conversion efficiencies, the company believes its 3-D solar cell design “will dramatically change the economics of solar energy.”

As these economies were already being forced to cut back radically on clean energy funding before the current downturn, it is hard to see how they could do anything but cut back their clean energy investment even further. This could mean some schemes already under way are scrapped and others in the pipeline never leaving the drawing board.

Google have amazing ratings for employee satisfaction, serve 100 percent local food in its massive cafeteria, and power its "Googleplex" with over 9,000 solar panels situated atop its four main buildings, but now Google plans to help homeowners get solar panels to power their own homes as well.

The Army is seeking to install more large-scale renewable energy installations, such as this solar system at Nellis Air Force base in Nevada.

The US solar industry is getting a boost from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) - it's providing $75 million in long-term loans to export US-made solar panels to India.

The billboard will be disconnected from the grid to prove the energy used comes entirely from the onsite renewable technologies. The solar panels and turbines are expected to generate 12.6kw a day to light up the red lettering from first light or first wind until about three o'clock the following morning.

"We are planning to put 100 solar-powered ATMs in various areas in Miami in the near future," Robert Rico, chairman of financing for the Expert Group, said. "The wonderful thing about these machines is that they are not costly and will provide our customers with the chance to contribute to helping the environment."

The U.S. Solar Market Insight: Q1 2011 from the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research shows that the solar industry continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. Grid-connected photovoltaics grew 66% over the first quarter of 2010, with a cumulative grid-connected solar electric installations have reached more than 2.85 gigawatts (GW), enough to power nearly 600,000 US homes.

SunPower, the most popular solar panel company in California, which is the clear solar leader in the U.S., was recently awarded the Guinness Book of World Records Award for providing "the most efficient commercially available photovoltaic modules on the market." The award was presented at the Intersolar conference in Germany.

The government of the western state of Gujarat in India has announced the establishment of Asia’s largest solar park that will provide 800 million units of power in two years when commissioned with a power production capacity of 500 MW.

Gemasolar vừa hoàn thành xây dựng nhà máy năng lượng mặt trời đầu tiên trên thế giới có khả năng sản xuất điện năng cả ngày và đêm tại tỉnh Andalucia, Torresol (Đức) với công suất 19.9 MW. Người ta hi vọng rằng nó sẽ sản xuất được 110,000 MWh hoặc 110 GWh mỗi năm.

Researchers from the Universities of East Anglia, York, Nottingham and Manchester are using nanotechnology 100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair to try and solve the world’s looming energy crisis.

Mr Matthew Warren, the Chief Executive of the Clean Energy Council, which represents more than 300 solar companies and is responsible for the accreditation of solar installers, said solar systems were safe and the risk to solar households was very low.

Australian researchers have developed solar panels which can be painted or printed directly onto a surface. The project is one of several initiatives which have the potential to revolutionise solar energy by eliminating the need for bulky panels which need to be attached to buildings.

The fact that weather varies unpredictably during the day, causing power production to fluctuate is much more important than the lack of sunlight during the night, because power plant operators know exactly when night time starts, so any other power plant can be scheduled to start for night time operation.

The test cell exceeds the previous record of 16.7 percent for a solar cell made of cadmium-telluride set by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 2001.

First Solar, công ty dẫn đầu trong ngành sản xuất pin mặt trời mỏng, cho biết những tiến bộ mới nhất trong việc tạo ra pin mặt trời có hiệu suất vượt mức kỷ lục thế giới hiện nay. Hôm thứ ba vừa rồi, công ty này tự hào công bố pin mặt trời hiệu suất 17,3%.