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 Berlin (UPI) Aug 25, 2009 
Germany last week unveiled the world's second-largest solar power plant amid reports that the country won't reach its ambitious CO2-emissions reduction targets.
The giant solar power plant in Brandenburg is made up of 700,000 shiny photovoltaic modules that cover an area of roughly 210 soccer fields. Located on Soviet-era military training grounds, the 53-MW plant can produce power for ... read more
Lancaster CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2009With 24,000 mirrors glimmering under the Antelope Valley summer sun, eSolar has unveiled its 5-megawatt (MW) Sierra SunTower solar power plant. The full-scale power plant, the only power tower of its kind in the U.S., produces electricity for Southern California Edison and can power more than 4,000 homes in California's Antelope Valley. The eSolar technology resolves many of the problems ... 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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Austin TX (SPX) Aug 26, 2009Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle "inks" that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing sunlight. Brian Korgel, a University of Texas at Austin chemical engineer, is hoping to cut costs to one-tenth of their current price by replacing the standard manufacturing process for ... more 
Beijing (UPI) Aug 25, 2009 Chinese solar industry companies have already played a major role in lowering the cost of solar panels by almost half over the last year, The New York Times reports. In an effort to boost market share, China's largest solar panel manufacturer, Suntech, is selling solar panels in the United States at below the cost of materials, assembly and shipping, Shi Zhengrong, the company's chief ... more 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Aug 25, 2009Shrink Nanotechnologies has announced that Dr. Michelle Khine, Ph.D., the scientific founder of Shrink's nanofabrication platform, was named by MIT Technology Review as one of the top 35 global innovators under the age of 35. The award is provided to an elite group of accomplished young innovators who exemplify the spirit of innovation and whose work spans medicine, computing, communications, na ... more |
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Wilmington DE (SPX) Aug 21, 2009As a leading supplier of materials to the solar photovoltaic industry, DuPont is providing further details of a multi-phase production expansion for its high-performance DuPont Tedlar polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) product line. This phase of the expansion represents more than $120 million in investment which increases, by over 50 percent, the capacity of monomer and resin used in producing ... more 
King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2009As the end of summer nears, Aztec Solar Power offers children and those young at heart the opportunity to still enjoy and understand the benefits of the sun - now and long after Labor Day. Aztec has announced that their solar-donation to the Totally Terrific Treehouses exhibit at the Tyler Arboretum, one of the oldest arboreta in the northeastern United States, will remain on permanent display ... more
Berlin (AFP) Aug 18, 2009Germany's solar power industry, until recently the world leader in the technology, is facing an unprecedented crisis, analysts say, outshone by cheaper competitors from Asia, most notably Chinese firms. Q-Cells, the world's biggest solar cell producer, last week issued a far from glowing set of results, with losses of 700 million euros (984 million dollars) in the first half of the year. ... more |
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