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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Sep 06, 2010 Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process. One of the problems with harvesting sunlight is that the sun's rays can be highly destructive to many materials. Sunlight leads to a gradual degradation of many systems developed to harness it. But plants have adopted an inte ... read more |
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Ohio's Largest Solar Farm![]() The Public Service Enterprise Group hosted Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and other government officials at an event dedicating the PSEG Wyandot Solar Farm, in Wyandot County, Ohio. The 12-megawatt facility is the largest solar installation operating in Ohio. Owned by PSEG Solar Source, the solar farm is an outstanding example of Ohio's burgeoning clean-energy economy at work. It was built b ... more FPL Changes Space Coast Skyline To Add New, Clean Energy Center ![]() Florida Power and Light Company changed the Space Coast skyline by demolishing the most visible structures at its 42-acre, 45-year-old Cape Canaveral Power Plant, as it prepares to build the Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center, which will open in 2013. FPL's Next Generation Clean Energy Center will use about 33 percent less fuel per megawatt of power generated with advanced ... more Self-Cleaning Technology From Mars Can Keep Terrestrial Solar Panels Dust Free ![]() Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That's the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power installations, and scientists presented the development of one solution - self-dusting solar panels ? based on technology developed for space mis ... more |
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![]() Newark DE (SPX) Aug 20, 2010 Standard Solar, Inc. has announced that it will install solar power at the University of Delaware (UD). The array will be installed by Standard Solar and jointly developed, owned and operated with its joint venture partner Perpetual Energy Systems LLC (PES), a comprehensive financier of solar powered renewable energy systems. UD's initial solar array will include more than 2000 panels to yield an 850-kilowatt solar electric system. Once completed, UD's system is expected to generate approximately ... read more |
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