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![]() Shanghai, China (UPI) Jul 19, 2010 Shanghai's high-speed rail station has installed a massive solar power system. The project is the world's largest stand-alone integrated photovoltaic - or BIPV - project, reports China's state-run news agency Xinhua. Using 20,000 solar panels, the 6.68-megawatt system covers an area of 73,000 square yards. The system, which started transmitting power to the grid in Shanghai Sunday, is capable of producing 6.3 million kilowatts hours of electricity each year, supplying power to 1 ... read more |
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Energy From The Desert![]() Prof. Hans Muller-Steinhagen of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has been elected to chair the International Advisory Committee of the Desertec Industry Initiative (Dii). The panel will support Dii in establishing sustainable power generation capacity in the desert in northern Africa and in the Middle East. In an interview, Prof. Muller-Steinhage ... more Plan To Dry Cool Plant Announced ![]() Genesis Solar has announced plans to dry cool its proposed 250-megawatt (MW) solar thermal plant in California's Sonoran Desert. In evidentiary hearings that begin before the California Energy Commission (CEC), Genesis Solar plans to formally accept the dry-cooling recommendation of the CEC staff. Although wet-cooled solar thermal projects use substantially less water than an equally ... more UL Listing For Innovative Commercial Rooftop Solar Systems ![]() Soliant Energy has announced that the SE-500X, its flagship product, has officially received the highly-esteemed UL Listing from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Additionally, the SE-500X is the first product certified under the SU 8703 UL draft standard, a new comprehensive code defined specifically to test safety parameters of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) products. UL is a global ... more |
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![]() Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 08, 2010 With over 3.5 billion people lacking reliable access to electricity, the growth potential of the solar PV market in developing countries is immense. But to reach its potential, products need to be well adapted and affordable for even the lowest income consumer. For the past six months, Solar for All has been running a Design Contest, managed by the Canopus Foundation, to find the best technical innovations that can make solar photovoltaic technology affordable and accessible for the developing wor ... read more |
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