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Opportunity Keeps On Driving To Endeavour CraterPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 05, 2010 Opportunity continues to make good progress toward Endeavour crater as solar energy levels improve. On Sol 2281 (June 24, 2010), the rover completed over 70 meters (230 feet), driving east/southeast. On Sol 2283 (June 26, 2010), the rover headed 57 meters (187 feet) to the northeast to avoid some large ripples. The rover drove again on Sol 2286 (June 29, 2010), covering over 70 meters (230 feet) to the east. As of Sol 2286 (June 29, 2010), solar array energy production has improv ... read more |
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Payerne, Switzerland (AFP) June 30, 2010An experimental aircraft, Solar Impulse, is set to take off from a Swiss airbase early Thursday on the first attempt to fly around the clock fuelled by nothing but the energy of the sun. Solar Impulse is ultimately aiming for the aviator's dream of "perpetual flight" and to prove a point by flying through the night, said the venture's founder, the first balloonist to circumnavigate the globe ... more 
Geneva (AFP) June 29, 2010The prototype of a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy aims to take to the skies on Thursday in the first attempt at a night flight fuelled by the sun, the team said. The high-tech single-seater Solar Impulse aircraft, with the 63.40-metre (208-foot) wingspan of a large Airbus A340 airliner, plans to take advantage of clear summer weather to take off from Payerne air ... more 
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 29, 2010SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. has announced that it will develop and build industrial and retail roof-top solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for LaSalle Investment Management, a leading global real estate investment manager based in Ontario. Under the agreement, SunEdison will finance, build, own, operate, monitor and maintain photovoltaic solar energy systems with ... more |
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SunPower Announces New World Record Solar Cell EfficiencySan Jose CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2010 SunPower has announced that it has produced a full-scale solar cell with a sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of 24.2 percent at its manufacturing plant in the Philippines. This is a new world record, confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), for large area silicon wafers. "This new world record demonstrates SunPower's ability to extend our lead in manufacturing the world's highest efficiency solar cells," said Bill Mulligan, vice president ... read more |
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