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Arizona Public Service and Starwood Energy Group Global have announced plans for a 290-megawatt concentrating solar plant - among the largest in the world - to be built in the Harquahala Valley, 75 miles west of Phoenix. It will produce enough electricity to power more than 73,000 APS customer homes. Scheduled for completion in 2013, Starwood Solar I will be owned by an affiliate of Starwo ... read more
Temecula CA (SPX) May 26, 2009With a literal flip of a switch, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California added to its investments in solar power. Metropolitan board Chairman Timothy F. Brick flipped a switch signifying activation of a 10-acre field of solar panels at the district's Robert A. Skinner Water Treatment Plant in the Temecula Valley of southwestern Riverside County. The 1-megawatt solar installa ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Schaffhausen, Switzerland (SPX) May 26, 2009Suntech Power Holdings has announced that it will supply Sunergic SA with the solar panels for a 1MW solar system for Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG), a Swiss utility. The SIG 1MW solar project is one of the largest in Switzerland to date. "Switzerland has demonstrated a clear commitment to pursuing sustainable energy solutions and we are pleased to partner with Sunergic to bring sola ... more 
Hertzlia, Israel (SPX) May 26, 2009SolarEdge Technologies has announced the company's highly anticipated PV energy harvesting system will be revealed for the first time at Intersolar Munich 2009. Leading up to the conference, SolarEdge Chairman, CEO and Founder Guy Sella will give a featured presentation on May 26 on the topic of "Breakthroughs in Distributed DC Architecture" at the PV Industry Forum. While the solar indust ... more 
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) May 26, 2009Cyrium Technologies has announced that multi-junction solar cells produced by the company now exceed the performance of all commercially manufactured solar cells. "Cyrium is pleased to set new performance standards for the solar cell suppliers to the Concentrator PhotoVoltaic (CPV) industry," said Dr. Simon Fafard, founder and CTO of Cyrium Technologies. "We believe the exceptional ... more 
Lehigh Valley PA (SPX) May 22, 2009Photovoltaic manufacturers that are just getting started, or who are looking to lower their materials costs, can follow the road map laid out by Jeff Handelman, Air Products' PV general manager, at this year's Thin Film Solar Europe. Jeff's presentation - "From MW to GW: Taking Thin Film PV Large!" - details Air Products' ability to serve the growing silicon thin-film PV industry through ... more |
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Planet delivers first light image from Pelican 6 satellite capturing Lhasa Gonggar AirportLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 Planet Labs has released the first light image from its Pelican 6 Earth imaging satellite, highlighting Lhasa Gonggar International Airport in Tibet, China, and demonstrating the new spacecraft's im ... more  
India space agency launches its heaviest satelliteNew Delhi (AFP) Dec 24, 2025 India's space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment "a significant stride" for the space sector. ... more 
Engineered interlayers boost satellite insulation and flexible electronicsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Researchers at Empa are refining the multilayer insulation foils that wrap many satellites and space probes, aiming to improve their mechanical robustness while maintaining thermal protection. These ... more
  
Meta buys China-founded AI agent ManusSingapore (AFP) Dec 30, 2025 Facebook owner Meta has agreed to acquire Manus, an artificial intelligence agent created by a company founded in China but now based in Singapore, the two firms said. ... more 
David Sacks: Trump's AI power brokerWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 24, 2025 From a total Washington novice, Silicon Valley investor David Sacks has against expectations emerged as one of the most successful members of the second Trump administration. ... more 
As US battles China on AI, some companies choose ChineseNew York (AFP) Dec 22, 2025 Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence, Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market. ... more
  
Ukraine diplomat in Beijing for talks; Russian attacks injure scores in southern UkraineKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Dec 18, 2025 A senior Ukrainian diplomat announced on Thursday he had arrived in Beijing, a close ally of Russia, where he was expected to hold talks with Chinese officials. ... more 
Defence of Europe's eastern flank an 'immediate' priority: eight EU leadersHelsinki (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Defending Europe's eastern flank should be an "immediate" priority for the European Union in the face of the threat posed by Russia, eight EU leaders meeting in Helsinki said Tuesday. ... more 
Trump signs $900 bn defense policy bill into law as Admin plans major DoD changesWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 19, 2025 President Donald Trump signed a sweeping defense policy bill into law Thursday that signaled strong bipartisan support for Europe and defied the US leader's increasingly hostile posture toward NATO and America's closest allies. ... more |
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Troy NY (SPX) May 21, 2009A team of students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be spending part of the summer designing and starting to build solar-powered pasteurization systems for communities in rural Peru. The group of engineers, led by Assistant Professor Lupita D. Montoya, was one of four student teams nationally to win a highly competitive Summer Engineering Experience in Development (SEED) grant ... more 
Rotterdam, Netherlands (SPX) May 21, 2009The world's two most successful solar entrepreneurs have grown their companies from zero to global market leaders in less than eight years. Dr Anton Milner, one of the founders of Q-Cells, has built up the German company into the biggest solar cell manufacturer in the world today. Dr Zhengrong Shi, founder and CEO of China's Suntech Power, is hot on the heels of Q-Cells in the race ... more 
Jiashan, China (SPX) May 21, 2009ReneSola has announced that it has obtained approval from Zhejiang's provincial government to pioneer a five megawatt building integrated photovoltaic rooftop project in China's Zhejiang province. The BIPV rooftop project has a total planned area of 80,400 square meters on several government buildings in Jiashan County, Zhejiang province and is subject to final approval by the Ministries ... more 
Boston MA (SPX) May 20, 2009The market for advanced chemicals and materials used in PV solar cells and modules will decline in 2009 to $2.3 billion before resuming strong growth to approximately $15 billion by 2015, according to a new industry analysis report from Linx-AEI Consulting, a leading international consulting firm serving the photovoltaics and electronics industries. The new report entitled Chemicals and Ma ... more |
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