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January 29, 2010
Broadlands Ramps Up Solar Park To Power 1450 Homes
Nesquehoning PA (SPX) Jan 28, 2010
Broadlands Financial Group has announced that Green Energy Capital Partners, the project developer has engaged Broadlands as its Owner's Representative to develop a 10.6 megawatt (MW) PA Solar Park in Nesquehoning, PA. The project is in the final stages of permitting with construction expected in the early spring. The PA Solar Park will consist of 10,000 photovoltaic (PV) solar panels arrayed on dual-axis trackers and will produce approximately 16,000,000 kWh annually - enough to power 1,450 homes ... read more

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Joint Venture Secures Loan For Valle 1 And Valle 2 Thermal Solar Plants
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Solar Power Policy Changes Coming For Germany
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Day4 Energy Completes Plant For Gunther Heiss Solar
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German solar power market faces overhaul
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Swiss pilots aim to circle world in a solar-powered plane
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 21, 2010
Bertrand Piccard is no conventional environmental activist -- he hopes to raise awareness about the potential of renewable energy by flying a solar-powered aircraft around the world. "What we want to do is to fly day and night to show that, with renewable energies, you can have unlimited duration of flight, no restriction," Piccard told AFP at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, where he had a booth to promote his venture. The 51-year-old Swiss psychiatrist plans to fly his ... read more

Areva, GDF Suez to sign nuclear accord: report

New synthetic material traps nuclear waste

Covidien Announces Definitive Agreement To Sell US Radiopharmacies

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Obama sticks to climate before divided Congress

US Senator vows action on climate change

EU maintains pledge for deeper emissions cuts, if others follow

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Egypt's fertile Nile Delta falls prey to climate change

Philippines fears high food prices due to India drought

Protests in eastern India over soaring food prices

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Mekong tiger population at 'crisis point': WWF

Dog Genome Researchers Track Paw Prints Of Selective Breeding

Rare Kenya rhinos de-horned to frustrate poachers

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Russia working on new booster rocket

Towards Self-Reliance In Launch Vehicle Technology

India Soon To Become Self-Reliant In Cryogenic Propulsion Technology

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Haiti Solar Lighting Imminent
Ft. Pierce FL (SPX) Jan 21, 2010
As the fog cleared Tuesday morning, at 9:32 AM EST, the DC-3 flown by Missionary Flights International took off carrying the first wave of long-term solar lighting relief for Haiti. Two Sol Inc. representatives, Victor Sotolongo, former U.S. Marine and registered nurse, and Mario Gonzalez, are flying to Haiti to ensure rapid installation of the donated solar lights allowing relief and aid ... more

DuPont Completes Expansion For PV Market
Wilmington DE (SPX) Jan 20, 2010
DuPont has announced an investment of $175 million to complete the multi-phase expansion of its high-performance DuPont Tedlar PV2001 series oriented film production line. This investment is in addition to $120 million in capacity expansions, announced in August 2009, for raw materials used to make the film, bringing the total commitment of these two phases to $295 million. Tedlar films ... more

German solar industry faces subsidy cut: minister
Berlin (AFP) Jan 19, 2010
Germany, the world's biggest market for solar cells, is poised to slash its subsidies for solar power by as much as 17 percent, Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said on Tuesday. "I envisage an order of magnitude of 16 to 17 percent," Bruederle said at an energy conference in Berlin. Electricity produced by solar power in Germany is sold at a minimum price guaranteed by the government to ... more

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Israeli soldiers get odour-free socks

BAE Unveils New Modernized Howitzer Vehicle For US Army

'Magic Wand' probed in Iraq

Russia denies fleet boost over US Poland missile plan

Kuwait Air Defense Forces Conduct Patriot Test Firings

US to deploy defensive missiles on Russia's doorstep

North Korea may be readying missile tests

Iran to unveil missiles during anniversary: commander

Pentagon gives OK for Taiwan missile deal: official

Fate of Airbus A400M still uncertain

China urges EU to lift arms embargo

Russia 2009 arms exports defy recession

Animal rights group wants 'Robohog Day'

S.Korean scientists develop walking robot maid

Mint robot puts shine on hardwood floors

Canada donates excess swine flu vaccines to WHO

HIV infections emerge long after China blood scandal: report

WHO attend key European hearing on flu pandemic

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Joint Venture Secures Loan For Valle 1 And Valle 2 Thermal Solar Plants
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Jan 20, 2010
Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mubadala Development Company, and SENER, a leading international multidiscipline engineering company, with offices in Abu Dhabi, has secured US$760 million project finance loans for the construction of twin Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants, Valle 1 and Valle 2, in Andaluc�a, Spain. The total investment value for the two plants is US$1 billion. Work on the two 50 MW CSP plants began in March 2009 and is ... read more


India launches National Solar Mission
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Solar Irrigation Boosts Local Incomes In Africa
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France cuts, Germany debates solar support
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Solar Car Benefits From Stahlin Enclosures
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