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![]() North Chelmsford MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2010 American Capital Energy (ACE) has announced that the company is constructing 20 percent of the utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants slated to come online in the U.S. in 2010, according to the recently released Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) report, "June 2010 Utility-Scale Solar Power Projects in the United States." ACE has been building large solar PV projects for more than half a decade and the company will deliver 27 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale power in 2010 with p ... read more |
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Abound Solar Receieves Conditional Commitment For Loan Guarantee By US DoE![]() Abound Solar has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has offered a conditional commitment to the company for a $400 million, seven-year loan guarantee to expand its solar module manufacturing capabilities. Abound Solar will use the DOE funds to increase production of its thin-film photovoltaic modules at an existing manufacturing plant and to establish a second manufacturing ... more Carmanah Awarded Solar PV Contract By Town Of Markham ![]() Carmanah Technologies Corp. has been awarded a $1.5 million (CAD) contract by the Town of Markham, Ontario to supply, install, and commission a 250 kW solar photovoltaic grid-tie system. The system will be installed on the Town's newly re-located Emergency Operation Centre. The project is being funded by a combination of Markham's own capital budget money and infrastructure stimulus funds ... more Swiss solar plane makes history with round-the-clock flight ![]() A solar powered aircraft masterminded by a Swiss adventurer made history on Thursday as the first manned plane to fly around the clock on the sun's energy, bringing a step closer the dream of perpetual flight. After 26 hours in the air the experimental Solar Impulse aircraft with pilot Andre Borschberg onboard make a seamless landing at Payerne airbase in western Switzerland at 9.01 am (0701 ... more |
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![]() Payerne, Switzerland (AFP) July 5, 2010 When the Solar Impulse airplane took off on its pioneering round the clock flight Wednesday, the solar panels spread over a wing similar in size to that of an Airbus generated a tiny fraction of an airliner's power. Each of the prototype's four solar-powered electric propellor motors produces barely more thrust than the flimsy petrol engine that helped the Wright Brothers make history with the world's first powered flight in 1903. "We're rather far from commercial aviation," acknowledged Pascal ... read more |
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