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![]() Taipei (AFP) Oct 11, 2010 Taiwan largest cement maker plans to build a large solar power plant, the company and local media said Monday, confirming a trend for the island's companies to focus increasingly on green technologies. Taiwan Cement is looking to build the 100-megawatt plant in southern Pingtung county, targeting an investment worth "tens of billions" of Taiwan dollars, the Commercial Times reported, citing chairman Koo Cheng-yun. A spokeswoman for Taiwan Cement, who declined to be named, confirmed the report wh ... read more |
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APS Continues To Bring More Solar To Arizona![]() Arizona Public Service Company's drive to develop more solar energy took another step forward with the announcement of an 18-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant to be located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix in Gila Bend. The plant will be owned by APS and sited in the town's new Solar Overlay Zone. The municipality has designated a geographic area as a fast-track permitting district for new so ... more Natcore Unveils First Commercial Application ![]() Natcore Technology has introduced NanoShades, solar energy collectors that can be mounted on vertical surfaces of new and existing buildings. Each NanoShade comprises a set of angled slats or flat strips fixed at regular intervals in an aluminum frame. The 6"-wide slats are aluminum extrusions to which solar cells are affixed. The slats are positioned at the optimum angle to maximize solar ... more PSEG And JEA Dedicate Jacksonville Solar ![]() Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) and JEA has hosted business, community and government leaders at the dedication of PSEG Jacksonville Solar, northern Florida's largest solar facility. PSEG Jacksonville Solar is a 15-megawatt facility consisting of 200,000 ground mounted solar panels situated on 100 acres in Jacksonville, Florida. On a sunny day the panels will produce enough emission ... more |
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![]() Berlin (UPI) Sep 29, 2010 Only half of Germany's 50 major solar energy companies will survive the accelerating price war in the photovoltaic industry, a market study compiled by consultants Roland Berger indicates. Due to oversupply and cheaper production, the consultants forecast prices for PV products to drop by 15 percent per year until 2015. Because of a "threefold threat of low-cost competition from Asia, declining sales at home and a dwindling presence in the world's growth markets" many German firms will have to ... read more |
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