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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2009 
Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun's impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar cycle. The study finds that Earth was bombarded last year with high levels of solar energy at a time when the Sun was in an unusually quiet phase and sunspots had virtually disappeared. "The Sun continues ... read more 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 18, 2009Rheem Manufacturing Company has announced a groundbreaking association with the Valley Electric Association (VEA) to launch the largest Domestic Solar Water Heating (DSWH) program ever undertaken in the United States. This program offers each member of the VEA, an electrical co-op servicing more than 22,000 meters within Nevada and California, an opportunity to install a Rheem solar water ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
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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Wixom MI (SPX) Sep 18, 2009A group of renewable energy companies has joined forces with Ford and the State of Michigan on a bold plan to convert the 320-acre Wixom Ford Motor Co. assembly plant outside Detroit into a renewable energy manufacturing park. This historic Wixom facility will be refurbished and upgraded with new manufacturing lines for solar panels and advanced energy storage. In case the now announced ... more 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2009To help meet the world's critical need for renewable energy, Applied Materials has developed an innovative fab2farm business model for solar deployment designed to bring cost-effective, utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation capability to local areas and stimulate economic development. The fab2farm model represents a complete regional ecosystem, bringing together ... more 
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Sep 18, 2009Samsung Electronics announced its first foray into the solar cell industry by opening a new R and D production facility for crystalline silicon solar cells at its Giheung Complex, just south of Seoul. The line, which will produce 30 Megawatt photovoltaic cells, has been in operation since earlier this month. Samsung leveraged its leadership and expertise in the semiconductor and LCD ... more |
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Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 14, 2009Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell. This gives them important new insights in the nanoscale structure of polymer solar cells and its effect on the performance. The findings were published online in Nature Materials on Sunday 13 September. The investigations ... more 
Ordos City, China (UPI) Sep 10, 2009 The world's largest solar plant is planned for the Mongolian desert of China. Arizona-based First Solar Inc. and Ordos City in China signed an agreement Tuesday to build what will be a 2-gigawatt solar installation. The Ordos City project will generate 2,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 3 million Chinese homes, with a field of panels stretching for 25 square miles. ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Sep 9, 2009 Europe's solar energy industry is facing a wave of bankruptcies because Asian companies offer their products much cheaper. Several German producers of solar cells, panels and modules, including large market-leading companies, have reported massive first-half losses. Q-Cells, one of the world's largest makers of solar cells, said it would cut 500 jobs, nearly a fifth of its ... more |
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