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MDA launches $400m PV plant in Jordan
Qawar Energy in partnership with Maan Development Area (MDA) announced the launch of its $400 million Shams Maan Project, a 100MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant project to come up at the MDA industrial park in Jordan.
The project, being undertaken by
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DuPont opens photovoltaics applications lab at Delaware research facility
WILMINGTON, Del. — Improvements in photovoltaic technology will play a key role in meeting the world’s energy needs as the global population soars to more than 9 billion people over the next 40 years, DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman said Monday.
At a ceremony
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And the forecast is … severe storm 93 million miles away, followed by death and destruction
Published Date: 09 June 2010 FIRST it was giant meteorites hurtling towards Earth on a seemingly unstoppable path to Doomsday. Now, senior scientists at Nasa are warning of another cataclysmic force from the heavens about to decimate life as we know it.
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Solar cell inventor wins technology prize
HELSINKI — Michael Graetzel of Switzerland has won the international Millennium Technology Prize for inventing low-cost solar cells used in renewable energy.
The Technology Academy of Finland on Wednesday awarded the German-born chemist the €800,000 ($9
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Sustainable Energy Teams With Mitsubishi Electric and Voltaire Power to Offer Integrated Solar Power Solutions in Ontario
Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd (TSX VENTURE:
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PowerRating), Mitsubishi Electric Sales Canada Inc. ("Mitsubishi") and Voltaire Power Company Ltd.("Voltaire Power"), today announced that they will collaborate to provide integrated solar
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China Electric Motor (CELM) Names Dexter Fong as CFO
China Electric Motor, Inc. (Nasdaq: CELM) today announced that Mr. Heung Sang ("Dexter") Fong, who has served as a Director of the Company since January 2010, has been appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of China
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Alpha Project guarantees sustainable living in harsher climes
Alpha Project is an independent eco-system designed to ensure stable living at places with harsher climes with the use of sustainable renewable energy measures. Designed by Spanish firm X V Studio, the project recently won an international competition
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Distinctly Green: Gearing up for Solar Day
June 19 is the second annual celebration of Solar Day, an event that spotlights the alternative form of providing energy.
Solar Day activities scheduled for about two dozen U.S. cities seek to educate consumers about renewable energy programs, rebates
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Dems' finance report shows lagging donations
WASHINGTON—House Democratic lawmakers are holding onto their campaign cash despite pleas from the campaign committee for money to help the party, a reflection of the nervousness among incumbents.
Only 16 of the 254 members of the Democratic caucus have
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‘Solar energy next economic engine'
Growth will be fuelled by domestic market, says Applied Materials official.
The solar energy sector is poised to emerge as the next economic engine fuelled by demand and consumption in the local market, according to Dr Madhusudhan V. Atre, President
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Obama: BP Will Pay
President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out what he called a battle plan to tackle the BP oil spill and exhorted Americans in warlike terms to embark on a mission to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
The president used the solemn setting of the
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Foreign firms take shine to $70 bln India solar push
HONG
KONG: The government's drive to ramp up solar capacity may trigger a stampede of
firms from Asia, Europe and North America, chasing a share of the $3.5 billion
of business up for grabs by 2013 and trampling over smaller domestic
players.
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Results of quantum dot research to pave way for more efficient solar cells
Washington, DC: The efficiency of conventional solar cells could be boosted up to more than 60% from the current limit of 30%, suggest findings from a new quantum dot research.
The study, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin,
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Company heads discuss future of global energy in St.Petersburg
The heads of the world's leading energy companies exchanged views on the future of atomic energy and alternative energy sources during televised debates.
The Friday's discussions held as part of the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg
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Blue-green bacteria may help generate 'green' electricity
Washington, June 20 (ANI): Using blue-green bacteria, researchers have for the first time developed a way to convert sun light directly into electricity in a CO2-free manner.
The study illustrates that electrogenic workings of cyanobacteria is an
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IPO coattails after CBOE? Not in style for 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A smattering of companies will try to make initial public offerings this week following the breakout debut of CBOE Holdings, though few are expected to do as well in what has become a decidedly dicey year for the market.
Shares in the
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DARPA Awards Ascent Solar Team Multi-Million Dollar Contract for High-Efficiency Low-Cost Portable Photovoltaics (PoP) Program
THORNTON, Colo. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state of
the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected their
team
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ND lawmakers reject $500K for geriatric research
Minot State University's request for a $500,000 "centers of excellence" grant for a geriatric research center was turned down Tuesday by North Dakota lawmakers, who said the project duplicates similar programs elsewhere in the state.
Separately, the
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D.light Design Raises $5.5M In Omidyar-Led Round
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We are thrilled to have Omidyar Network on board as an investor. We appreciate the perspective they bring—they understand how social enterprise can solve problems and improve lives in emerging economies.
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Our investment enables
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Renault and French Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission Sign RD Agreement on Cleaner Vehicles and Sustainable Mobility
Renault and the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy
Commission, le Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) have signed a cooperative research and development agreement that encompasses work on electric vehicles,
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Solar Yard Lights: Good For The Planet And Your Budget!
Alternative energy sources are popular, can save their users money, are better for the environment, and present less difficult technical problems than conventional energy sources. Solar powered outdoor lighting is one of these alternative energy
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IT Cabling Manufacturer Siemon’s American Operations are Significantly Carbon Negative
Company’s carbon reductions and offsets exceed actual emissions by over 330%.
Watertown, CT, USA (Vocus) June 26, 2010 -- Siemon, a worldwide leader in IT network infrastructure, today announced that its U.S. and Canada operations have achieved carbon
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Bosch appoints new CFO, three regional presidents for North American operations
Bosch appoints Maximiliane Straub as chief financial officer and executive vice president,
Controlling, Finance and Administration in North AmericaPeter Slaski is named regional president Chassis Systems Brakes Division North AmericaD. Scott Winchip
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Pacific Blue Energy Corp. Hires Leading Lawyer To Guide Newest Projects
Pacific Blue Energy Corp. (OTCBB:
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PowerRating), a publicly traded developer of renewable energy projects, has employed the services of leading Energy and Natural Resources lawyer Charles E. Schwenck to advise the company on its latest
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Night flight for solar plane
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Geneva - The prototype of a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy aims to take to the skies on Thursday in the first attempt at a
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Swiss team postpones solar plane night flight
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GENEVA -- Preparations for the world's first solar-powered round-the-world flight hit a major snag Thursday when the Swiss team behind the project was forced to postpone a 24-hour test flight because of an equipment problem.
The idea
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MEMC Completes Acquisition of Solaicx
ST. PETERS, Mo., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR), a global leader in the manufacture and sale of wafers to the semiconductor and solar industries, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of
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Obama Announces a $2 Billion Investment in Solar Energy
President Obama used his weekly Saturday address to announce the awarding of nearly two billion dollars in Federal funds to two solar energy companies that have agreed to build new power plants in the United States.
One of the companies, the Spanish
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Obama hands $2bn to solar energy firms
The PS10 solar tower plant outside Seville, built by the Spanish company Abengoa, which is now going to construct one of the world's largest solar generation plants in Arizona. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images
President Barack Obama, under
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Obama commits nearly $2 billion to solar companies
Solar panels sit on the roof of SunPower Corporation in Richmond, California March 18, 2010.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under pressure to spur job growth, said on Saturday two solar energy companies will get nearly $2 billion in
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Applied Materials spent $320,000 lobbying government on renewable energy legislation in 1Q
Applied Materials spent $320,000 on lobbying in 1Q
NEW YORK — Applied Materials Inc. spent $320,000 lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of the year on energy legislation and other issues.
That’s more than double the $130,000 the
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East Coast braces for yet another scorcher
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Heat and humidity draped the Northeast for yet another day Wednesday, pushing power companies to crank up power to cool the sticky masses and keeping the mercury hovering around 100 from Virginia to New Hampshire.
The crux of the heat
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Heat wave topples records
The eastern U.S. cooked for another day Wednesday as unrelenting heat again sent thermometers past 100 degrees in urban "heat islands," buckled roads, slowed trains and pushed utilities toward the limit of the electrical grid's capacity.
Philadelphia
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Obama Urges Congress to Increase Clean Energy Tax Credits
LAS VEGAS -- Mixing policy and politics, President Barack Obama called on Congress Friday to expand a clean energy tax credit that could pay off in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling in his re-election campaign.
Obama told an
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Obama presses for expanded clean-energy tax credits
LAS VEGAS — Mixing policy and politics, President Barack Obama called on Congress on Friday to expand a clean-energy tax credit that could pay off in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling in his re-election campaign.
Obama told
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Comment on Park Slope Community Forum: How You Can Start Fighting Climate Change Today by chinaphonensqqlx
February 24, 2008 – BROOKLYN – Rising sea levels. Melting ice caps. Searing droughts. Extreme weather. The truth is inconvenient. Our earth hangs in the balance. But there’s no time for despair – we can reverse the trends of global warming, but the
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First ever hybrid solar-coal power plant operating
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first ever hybrid solar-coal power plant is now operating at Unit 2 of the Cameo Generating Station near Palisade in Colorado. The demonstration project was built by Xcel Energy as part of its new Innovative Clean Technology (ICT)
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Advanced Energy and PV Powered Highlight New PV Inverters and Expanded Service Offering at Intersolar 2010
FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NasdaqGM: AEIS) and PV Powered today announced the introduction of new PV inverter products and an
expanded service offering at the Intersolar 2010 show, scheduled for
July 13-15
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Egypt plans 100MW solar plant to help realize its 2020 renewable energy target
Eco Factor: Solar power plant to generate about 100MW of renewable electric power.
Aiming to generate about 20 percent of energy requirements from renewable sources by 2020, the Egyptian Electricity Ministry has unveiled plans to build a new 100MW
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Solar Installation by Pro-Tech Energy Saves Holy Name Friary Money on Utility Costs
Pro-Tech Energy Solutions LLC, a self-funded turnkey energy services company offering a wide array of energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy in the Mid-Atlantic region, today announced the completion of a 48.400 Watt solar photovoltaic (PV)
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'Eternal plane' breaks flight record
An ultra-light unmanned aircraft powered by solar energy and designed for military surveillance and other uses has stayed in the air a record seven days, its manufacturer says.
The British-based firm QinetiQ said its 22.5 metre long Zephyr, weighing
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Green is the right answer
COPENHAGEN: Public skepticism about
global warming may be growing, but the scientific consensus is as solid as ever:
man-made climate change is real, and we ignore it at our peril. But if that
issue is settled (and it should be), there is an equally
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Post-BP cap: What's in store for big oil cos?
Though some feel that the BP oil spill will spur a shift towards alternative sources, others say this is unlikely given the heavy investments and short-term risks involved in renewable resources.
At last some good news for BP – the British oil giant is
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Current Ways Inc. Announces Production Release of IP67 Rated BC-Series 3kW EV Battery Charger
SANTEE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Current
Ways Inc., a leading innovator of smart battery chargers for
electric vehicles and alternative energy applications, proudly announces
the production release of the BC-Series 3kW 450VDC EV Battery Charger.
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Congressional Earmarks 6
This morning brings us another installment in Congressional earmarks, which some might decry as "pork barrel" spending. This is a listing of energy and water projects from the House....
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Dreams of a green energy future collide hard against reality
The vision of a “green” economy fueled by wind, sun, and renewable fuels is powerfully appealing. But there’s a huge disconnect between this vision and the reality of our energy needs.
The widespread use of fossil fuels—oil, natural gas and coal—has
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Morris County lawmakers score poorly on environment
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) A new report gives New Jersey lawmakers poor marks as stewards of the environment.
Environment New Jersey's biannual report shows the average state legislator's score dipped to 55 percent, a drop of 20 percent from the prior
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Solar Startup Energy Innovations, Funded and Incubated by Idealab, Begins Production in San Diego
Energy Innovations, a solar energy company founded by entrepreneur Bill Gross, opened the doors of its new headquarters and manufacturing facility today in the suburban San Diego community of Poway, CA, after gestating since 2001 at Idealab, the
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Solar drone sets flight record
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Los Angeles - An ultra-light unmanned aircraft powered by solar energy and designed for military surveillance landed on Friday after two weeks aloft and
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India to generate 1,000 megawatts of solar power by 2013: Abdullah
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): India is all set to generate 1,000 Megawatts (MW) of solar power by 2013, in the first phase of the new solar power projects under Indian governments Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission, the Union Minister for New and
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Yingli Green Energy to Collaborate with Innovalight, Aiming to Boost Multicrystalline Cell Efficiency
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Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and
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Solyndra CEO quits Fremont solar company
The founder and chief executive officer of Solyndra Inc. has quit his post as the top boss of the solar energy company, just weeks after the Fremont firm scuttled an initial public offering.
Chris Gronet, Solyndra's founder and CEO will be replaced by
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Sandia National Laboratories and SunPower Corp. extend solar energy research partnership
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Sandia National Laboratories and SunPower Corp. recently formalized an agreement to conduct research on integrating large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems into the grid. By signing a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
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Azure Power Inks MoU With NTPC Power Trading Arm
The IFC-backed grid solar power developer will operate the first private project under the national solar mission.
Azure Power, India’s first private grid connected solar power plant developer, has signed an MoU with NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN)
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Pocono Raceway flips switch on solar energy system
LONG POND — Pocono Raceway has the flipped the switch on a solar energy system that leaders say will make the NASCAR track the world's largest solar-powered sports facility.
It will be partially up and running this weekend and provide power to the
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NASA?s Spirit Mars Rover may not call home
WASHINGTON - Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has not contacted NASA mission controllers since March 22, and the rover is facing its toughest challenge yet - trying to survive the harsh Martian winter.
The rover team anticipated Spirit would go into a low-
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Biffle snaps 64-race winless streak and wins for injured owner Jack Roush at Pocono Raceway
LONG POND, Pa. — Greg Biffle won it for Jack Roush.
Biffle raced to victory in an often-delayed Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday to snap a 64-race winless streak and take the checkered flag for his injured team owner.
Biffle hadn’t won since
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New solar energy conversion process could double solar efficiency of solar cells
The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by Stanford University. The original article was written by Louis Bergeron.
ScienceDaily (Aug. 2, 2010) A new process that
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Suntech Power Supplies Solar Panels to India's Azure
David Gardner called it. He’s up 1,334%! See what David’s recommending that you buy NEXT.
U.S.-based Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), which produces crystalline silicon solar panels, has agreed to supply solar panels to India's Azure
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Pocono solar farm powers NASCAR green plans
Racing relies on tens of thousands of gallons of fuel each year to power cars, but when Pocono Raceway flipped the switch on its 25-acre solar farm last week for the Pennsylvania 500, a NASCAR track became the world's largest solar-powered sports
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The Heat Is On: There Is Plenty Of Geothermal Energy Underground, We Just Need To Get To It
It is estimated that the amount of heat within 30,000 feet below the earth’s surface holds potentially 50,000 times more energy than all global oil and natural gas resources combined. According to the Geothermal Energy Association, up to 6,400
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Honda Soltec Begins New Solar Cell Module Sales
TOKYO, Japan, August 6, 2010 - Honda Soltec Co., Ltd., Honda's wholly-owned solar cell subsidiary, today began sales of two new residential-use solar cell modules with maximum output of 130W and 120W respectively, as well as a power conditioner with
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Becker, Eden Valley-Watkins look at solar power as money saver, teaching tool
In Becker, school officials are considering ways to use solar energy to reduce costs.
This fall, Eden Valley-Watkins High School starts its first full year with operational solar panels hoisted south of the school. Students set them up and the program
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Lack of rain not hurting farms — yet
The pumpkins at Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury are showing small signs of stress.
This season’s abundant sun and lack of rainfall are causing the leaves to show signs of wilting. Not stressing, however, is Cider Hill owner Glenn Cook, who said he’ll take
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Cogentrix Energy Finalizes Contract for Solar Power Project in Colorado
Cogentrix Energy LLC, a leading electric power generation project
development company, announced today that it has entered into a contract
with Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), an Xcel Energy company,
for a solar generating project to be
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Shushmul: RNCOS Releases a New Report - US Photovoltaic Market Analysis
RNCOS has recently added a new Market Research Report titled, "US Photovoltaic Market Analysis" to its report gallery. The United States, being a global superpower, represents a fast growing and potentially strong photovoltaic industry. Increasing
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Oregon tries foreclosure on resort solar project
The state is trying to foreclose on some property at the
Pronghorn golf resort in central Oregon to recover $1.2 million
from a loan for a solar energy project.
The Oregon Department of Justice is suing Pronghorn to recover a
$1.8 million loan from the
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Ford goes big with solar power at Wayne Focus plant
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Ford Motor Co. will build one of the largest solar energy systems in the state at its Wayne assembly plant to help power manufacturing of its electric cars, including the all-new electric Ford Focus, company
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Solar Array, Lithium Cells To Power Part of Ford Focus Plant
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Many houses, stores, and factories across the U.S. now have arrays of photovoltaic solar cells mounted on their roofs. These days, that's hardly news.
But Ford's announcement that it will install half a megawatt of
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Hong Kong film-makers aim to be first in 3D porn
Adult video (AV) actress Saori Hara (on top) and actor Hiro Haayana perform for the camera during filming on the set of '3-D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstacy' in Hong Kong, on August 13. The AV actors are being filmed for Hong Kong director Christopher
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First Saudi National Company Formed to Manufacture Solar Power Plants
Vision Electro Mechanical Co. (VISION), a subsidiary of Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), has formed a company with a capital of $150 million (SR562.5 million) for the development, manufacture and operation of solar power plants to generate
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No power on earth can snatch Kashmir from India: Farooq
Reiterating that Kashmir is the integral part of India, New and Renewable Energy Minister and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah today asserted that no power on this earth will be able to snatch even a single piece of land from
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Law requires Illinois utilities to buy solar power
CHICAGO (AP) Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a law requiring utilities to buy a percentage of their power from solar energy sources by 2015.
The law says utilities must purchase a half-percent of solar power by June 2012. The mandatory percentage doubles
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Ontario concedes on solar energy payments
WATERLOO REGION — Farmers and business owners in Waterloo Region who have invested in ground-mounted solar systems were relieved and happy on Friday after winning concessions from the Ontario government on the price they will get for their solar energy.
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Stanford researchers tapped to help make rules for commercial space travel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Before business skyrockets to space, the FAA has to make sure it's safe to get there.
Space may be the final frontier, but it's going to get more crowded pretty soon. And Stanford researchers are working to make sure the new pioneers
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Drought drives decade-long decline in global plant productivity
Washington(ANI): A new study of NASA satellite data has revealed that global plant productivity that once was on the rise with warming temperatures and a lengthened growing season is now on the decline because of regional drought.
Plant productivity is
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Drought lowers world plant productivity
Researchers at the University of Montana analyzed NASA satellite data to discover the global turnaround of productivity, a NASA release said Friday.
Plant productivity is a measure the photosynthesis process green plants use to convert solar energy,
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Shepway Council offices could become a mini power station
Kent Green Party spokesman, Steve Dawe said: "The Energy Minister has
announced plans that will allow Councils to install renewable energy
power units such as wind turbines, solar panels and other forms of
natural energy power and to feed the power into
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Visakhapatnam's energy conservation park a major tourist draw
The park has been set up in 0.41 acres of land and many programmes are being initiated to expand over a further five acres.
Everyday this park draws hundreds of tourists from different parts of the country besides the local residents. These visitors say
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Making the Global Shift to Renewable Energy
Image credit: Lollie-Pop/Flickr As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural
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'Greening' your flat screen TV: Engineers develop an organic LED light source for home electronics, medicine and clean energy
ScienceDaily (Aug. 25, 2010) Electronic products pollute our environment with a number of heavy metals before, during and after they're used. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 70% of heavy metals in landfill come from discarded electronics. With flat
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Fact Check: Stimulus Projections Too Optimistic
(AP) The Obama administration claimed this week that $100 billion invested in innovative technologies under the economic stimulus law is "transforming the American economy" by putting the nation on track for technological breakthroughs in health care,
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3Par, Netezza, Intel big movers
NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
Hewlett-Packard Co. boosted its offer for the data storage copmany, raising the stakes in a bidding war with rival Dell
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Solar power: Brighter long-term investment outlook
With
utilities adopting standards to increase the amount of solargenerated
electricity in coming years, the US could bolster its presence in the global
solar-power market. The quickening growth pace could present attractive
opportunities for investors,
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Solar Power
Lanco Solar Energy has bagged a prestigious contract for setting up a solar power project at Parliament House in Chandigarh.
Five companies, including Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (Solar Group), Punj Llyod and Wipro Ecoenergy, were
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NACF: China National Solar Subsidiary Launches Development of New Solar iPhone App
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Clean Fuels (PinkSheets:NACF) announced today that its
newly acquired subsidiary, China National Solar, has launched the
development of a revolutionary new iPhone application named “SolarGenie”.
The SolarGenie app will
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Schenectady company receives federal grant for new research
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- A local company received a $4.2 million federal grant to research new energy
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AP IMPACT: Delays plague solar energy on fed lands
ROACH DRY LAKE, Nev. (AP) - Not a light bulb's worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground.
Instead, five years after
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Our Neighbors: Support late Berkeley police captain at Richmond golf tourney
POLICE AND fire departments -- including personnel in Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito, Oakland and Richmond -- are being recruited in support of a benefit golf tournament dedicated this year to one of their own.
The 26th annual Saint Mary's College High
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Cheaper, better solar cell Is full of holes
(Nanowerk News) A new low-cost etching technique developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory can put a trillion holes in a silicon wafer the size of a compact disc.
As the tiny holes deepen, they make the
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This Week's 5 Smartest Stock Moves
1. Is that a Netflix app in your pocket or are you just happy to stream me?
There isso much wininApple's(Nasdaq:AAPL)new product announcements on Wednesday, the class of Cupertino could probably fill out all five slots in this week's list of smart moves.
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Energy spotlight: Umpqua goes solar again this year
The Umpqua's annual solar tour is set for Oct. 2, and it features several innovations.
Registrants assemble by 9 a.m. at Phoenix School, 3131 N.E. Diamond Lake Blvd., Roseburg, for refreshments and orientation. They ride buses to selected sites to learn
