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June 17, 2010
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American Municipal Power and Standard Energy Announce 300MW Solar Energy Development
Gaithersburg, MD (SPX) Jun 16, 2010
American Municipal Power (AMP) and Standard Energy have announced an agreement for the development of up to 300 megawatts (MW) of new solar energy generation capacity. The 30-year agreement has the potential to yield one of the largest groups of solar electric facility developments in the country. Standard Energy partners with utilities to create regional renewable energy hubs that include solar farms, and assembly and distribution centers. These hubs service solar farms and local contractor marke ... read more

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Second Plant To Produce High Efficiency PV Modules In Germany
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Sunpower And Naturener Partner On 9MW Spanish Solar Power Plant
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Italian Solar Farm Completed With Canadian Solar Modules
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Oil Sands Protest Based On Misinformation
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Swiss wins million-dollar prize for low-cost solar cells
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The National Clean Energy Day: SolarDay 2010
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Complete Recycling Provides Solutions For Solar Panel Companies
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New 300 MW Solar Energy Development Announced
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Pioneering The Next Generation Of Energy Management
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Ohio Legislature Passes Renewable Energy Tax Reform
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Solar Power 'Sets Sail' In Shanghai
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Ricoh Completes Times Square's First 100 Percent Solar Powered Billboard
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Google Donates 3,000 Solar Chargers To International Medical Corps
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2010
Google.org has donated 3,000 solar chargers to International Medical Corps, as a gift-in-kind valued at $216,000. International Medical Corps' medical and community health teams operating in areas of the developing world that have cell phone coverage but little or no electricity will be able to use the devices to charge their phones. "Mobile phones are ubiquitous in the developing world to ... more

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'Nanocoax' Solves Solar Cell 'Thick And Thin' Dilemma
Chestnut Hill MA (SPX) Jun 08, 2010
A nano-scale solar cell inspired by the coaxial cable offers greater efficiency than any previously designed nanotech thin film solar cell by resolving the "thick and thin" challenge inherent to capturing light and extracting current for solar power, Boston College researchers report in the current online edition of the journal Physica Status Solidi. The quest for high power conversion eff ... more

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Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne Receives Contract For Concentrated Solar Power Tower
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2010
Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne received an award of up to $10.2 million from the Department of Energy to design and develop technologies aimed at significantly lowering electricity costs using a Concentrated Solar Power Tower with Thermal Storage (CSP Power Tower). "This award is a key step in reducing the cost of solar power to levels competitive with fossil fuel-based power without the nee ... more

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Copper Nanowires Enable Bendable Displays And Solar Cells

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New Micro-Gyro For DARPA Program Continues Development

Elbit Systems Introduces New Dual Remote Weapon Station (DRWS)

MoD Scientists Develop Upgraded Body Armour

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Raytheon Receives Contract To Advance Patriot Capabilities

Boeing And Northrop Grumman Partner For MDA Contract Competition

Emirates ready for $7B THAAD deal

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Raytheon To Develop New Airborne TOW Launcher

Scrapping S-300 deal could cost Moscow

Taiwan to test missile that could reach Beijing: report

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Gates defends arms sales to Taiwan

Eyeing Iran, Saudis upgrade F-15 fleet

Pakistan gets F-16s on stiff conditions

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Robot cat Doraemon's gadgets come to life in Japan show

NASA Expanding Tests Of Star Wars-Inspired "Droids"

Bid to curb oil spill in 'hands' of deepsea robots

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HIV: Nurse-monitored treatment gets OK in S.African trial

The Dilemma Of Plants Fighting Infections

WHO head defends management of swine flu pandemic

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Solutia Completes Acquisition Of Etimex Solar
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 07, 2010
Solutia has consummated the previously announced purchase of Etimex Solar GmbH, producer of Vistasolar encapsulants, including a leading ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) encapsulant to the photovoltaic market. The euro 240 [$294] million acquisition of German-based Etimex Solar from Etimex Holding GmbH, which is controlled by funds advised by Alpha Gruppe, was funded with existing cash. "The completion of this transaction is a significant step in Solutia's previously stated strategy to prudently ... read more

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China nuclear power plant leak exposed

Nuclear power vital to cutting CO2 emissions: report

Small leak at Chinese nuclear plant: HK govt

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U.S. climate bill to shape U.N. talks

Climate Change Increases Hazard Risk In Alpine Regions

Earth Blows Hot And Cold

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Free-range eggs: Not as healthy as regular

Genomic sequence of Atlantic salmon sought

US expands Gulf of Mexico no-fishing area

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Model Explains Rapid Transition Toward Division Of Labor In Biological Evolution

Mongoose Traditions Shed Light On Evolution Of Human Culture

Falcons prevent Commerzbank from unfurling new logo

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S.Korea, Russia probe rocket failure

South Korean Rocket Explodes Shortly After Take-Off

S.Korea rocket Naro-I blows up minutes after blast-off

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