Solar Industry News, DIY tips and market news! http://gosunsolutions.com/home 2008-11-20T22:45:32+01:00 text/html 2008-11-20T15:45:30+01:00 http://gosunsolutions.com/home http://gosunsolutions.com/home/content/view/308/2/ With catalysts created by an MIT chemist, sunlight can turn water into hydrogen. If the process can scale up, it could make solar power a dominant source of energy. text/html 2008-11-17T08:04:11+01:00 http://gosunsolutions.com/home http://gosunsolutions.com/home/content/view/307/2/ Imagine a machine that can concentrate sunlight 900 times and direct a precisely controlled, white-hot beam at a nearby target. A solar death ray? No, far from it. text/html 2008-11-17T07:57:31+01:00 http://gosunsolutions.com/home http://gosunsolutions.com/home/content/view/306/2/ China and the United States have agreed to work together on research into advanced solar energy technologies. The Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is affiliated with the Department of Energy, signed a memorandum of understanding over the weekend. text/html 2008-11-11T09:07:52+01:00 http://gosunsolutions.com/home http://gosunsolutions.com/home/content/view/305/2/ Barack Obama's election has members of the alternative energy world sounding positively giddy, an enthusiasm not shared by their competitors in the oil industry. Obama's energy plans read like a wish list for the companies that make solar cells, wind turbines or alternative fuels. text/html 2008-11-07T08:26:55+01:00 http://gosunsolutions.com/home http://gosunsolutions.com/home/content/view/304/2/ First Solar is probably the most exciting company in the solar power industry. It has remarkably low production costs, explosive growth and unique technology. Furthermore, this thin-film solar-panel manufacturer is one of the first PV (photovoltaic, solar electric) companies to compete directly with the conventional energy industry.