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Space - Expanding The Frontiers Of RiskLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2009 When an 84kg lump of metal was shot into space in 1957, few predicted how satellites would revolutionise our world. Since Sputnik entered orbit and its first crackly signal beeps were picked up back on earth, we have come to rely on satellites for what we see and how we communicate - and even for what the weather will be like. Their ability to warn of impending disasters has saved countles ... read more |
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Rochester Hills MI (SPX) Dec 16, 2009Energy Conversion Devices has announced it has signed an agreement with Endesa in Spain to install 3.0 MWp of UNI-SOLAR photovoltaic (PV) laminates on the rooftops of two Coca-Cola Company buildings in Seville. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, United Solar Ovonic, ECD will oversee construction of the rooftop system, which will consist of UNI-SOLAR laminates bonded to the ... more 
Pottstown PA (SPX) Dec 16, 2009Buckman's Ski and Snowboard Shops announced the construction of a 620 kilowatt solar energy system at their corporate headquarters in Pottstown, PA. Made up of nearly 3,000 roof-mounted solar panels, this system will convert sunlight into electricity and supply power to Buckman's warehouse and production facilities. The project is being developed by one of Pennsylvania's leading electrical ... more 
Kona, Hawaii (UPI) Dec 14, 2009 The world's first solar thermal plant using proprietary MicroCSP solar panels opened at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii in a major new response to the state's clean energy initiative. The thermal energy project spans 3.8 acres in the Kona desert and features 1,000 of the solar panels, the first of their kind, Hawaii-based Sopogy Inc. said. Through the use of mirrors and ... more |
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San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2009When it opens later this year, Ironhorse will offer 99 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments that will be affordable to families with annual incomes ranging from $18,000 to $50,000. Designed by architect David Baker + Partners, Ironhorse includes many sustainable building and landscaping measures, including: + Vegetated "green roofs" that last longer than standard roofs and provide ... more 
Victoria, Canada (SPX) Dec 07, 2009The City of Los Angeles is working with Carmanah Technologies to illuminate off grid locations with solar power. As part of a green streetlight program, the City is replacing high pressure sodium lighting fixtures with hardwired LED streetlights such as the LEDway luminaire from BetaLED - and lighting nearby bus stops with solar powered EverGEN lights from Carmanah. Like the City's new ... more 
Geneva (AFP) Dec 3, 2009The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said. The high tech single-seater with the wingspan of an Airbus A340 airliner (63.40 metres) made a controlled 400 metre (yard) flight about one metre above the runway at Duebendorf air base near the Swiss city ... more |
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