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November 10, 2010
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DESERTEC Project Making Progess In African Desert
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2010
Last week the industry consortium, Dii (DESERTEC industrial initiative), invited attendees to Barcelona for its first annual meeting on the DESERTEC desert power project. Top of the agenda were current developments in the plan created by DLR for the future supply to Europe of solar power from North Africa and the Middle East. But what projects are bringing us closer to this vision of future energy supply? b>DESERTEC idea gains support in industry and politics br> /b> Without doubt, support ... read more

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Russia To Build Its First Industrial Solar Power Station
Russia's high-tech companies Rusnano and Renova have announced plans to build the country's first industrial solar power station near the Black Sea. The 12.3 megawatt station will be built in ... more
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High Sensitivity Near-Infrared Cameras Improve Solar Cell Production
Baumer's innovative TXG14NIR cameras enable better inline process and quality control, helping optimize solar cell wafer fabrication. The new TXG14NIR camera is one of a diverse selection of T ... more
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Solar Energy System At Caltech Activated
Perpetual Energy Systems (Perpetual) has announced the activation of a 1.1 MW solar energy system at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The system, which marks the achievement o ... more
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Transparent Conductive Material Could Lead To Power-Generating Windows
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and generating ... more
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Illuminating The "Cathedral Of The Holy Cross" In Turkey
Kyocera has announced that it has supplied solar modules that help to illuminate the Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross - located on the island of Akdamar, Turkey. This year church services were h ... more
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Three Exciting Renewable Energy Projects In Pennsylvania
Officials with the Department of Environmental Protection were on hand at the celebrations marking three different clean energy projects - including the largest rooftop solar array in North America ... more
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30MW Solar Power Plant To Be Built In Colorado
SunPower has announced an agreement with Iberdrola Renewables to design and build a 30-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant, the San Luis Valley Solar Ranch, on 216 acres of private, former ... more
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Evergreen Solar Shows Strong Commitment In Czech Republic
Evergreen Solar has announced the company has provided solar panels for nine solar power plants in the Czech Republic, further strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe. In total, the company has ... more
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KYOCERA Solar Modules At Desert Knowledge Australia
Alice Springs, Australia, with around 300 days of sunshine every year, is an ideal test location for solar power installations. The Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA) Solar Centre is a government-fund ... more
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Alcatel-Lucent To Host Solar Power System For Bell Labs Global HQ
In 1954, Bell Labs pioneered the development of solar power technology, creating solar panels able to support the telephone service of American farmers living off the electricity grid. More th ... more
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Logitech Introduces Solar-Powered Keyboard
Logitech has introduced the Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 - the company's first light-powered keyboard. The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard powers itself whenever there's light, even indoor ... more
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National Space Society Announces The Kalam-NSS Energy Initiative
The National Space Society will hold a press conference Thursday, November 4 at the National Press Club to reveal one of the first initiatives ever undertaken by a non-profit American organization a ... more
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Sunny Future For Australia's Solar Industry
CSIRO has begun installing 450 large mirrors, called heliostats, for Australia's largest solar-thermal tower system at the CSIRO National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales. The ... more
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Ultra-Reliable SPSU Solar Converter Step-Up Transformer
Pacific Crest Transformers announces that it offers the SPSU photovoltaic (PV) solar converter step-up transformer, ideal for connecting solar farms to the electricity grid at large-scale solar powe ... more
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Spectrolab Produces 3 Millionth Multi-junction Space Solar Cell
Boeing reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary Spectrolab has produced its 3 millionth multi-junction, space-based solar cell. Production records indicate that the gallium arsenide cell was deliver ... more
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Breaking Ground On Ivanpah
BrightSource Energy has celebrated the commencement of construction on its Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS). California Governor Schwarzenegger, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar ... more
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Solar Frontier To Supply 10 MWs Of CIS Modules For Saudi Aramco North Park Project
Solar Frontier has announced that it will supply Saudi Aramco with 10 megawatts of its proprietary cadmium- and lead-free thin film CIS solar modules for a car park installation to power the North P ... more
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Dupont Performance Polymers Introduces New Materials For Photovoltaics
Building on the corporation's experience in material innovation within the renewable energy sector industry, DuPont Performance Polymers has tailored its portfolio of thermoplastic materials and des ... more
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PV TRACKERS Automatic Wash Cycle Generates Increase In Energy Production
PV Trackers has announced: Data proves washing solar panels increases energy production by 8-12%. PV Trackers, the leading supplier of dual-axis trackers in the US, designs power plants focused on d ... more
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Bringing Solar Energy To Pennsylvania's Broad Top Township
Standard Solar has announced plans to bring solar energy to Broad Top Township and Coaldale Borough, Pa. with the development of a 69.2 kilowatt solar energy system. With this installation and other ... more
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Middle Class Free Electricity Scheme Over
It was inevitable. The NSW solar gold rush is over with the NSW Government suspending the current gross feed-in tariff scheme after it was sold out five years earlier than originally planned. ... more
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South Africa woos investors for world's biggest solar plant
South Africa wooed investors Thursday for what could become the world's largest solar project, built on the edge of the Kalahari Desert to provide an eighth of the country's electricity. ... more
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Solar power too much of a good thing?
A boom in solar power in Germany, while good for the environment, could crash the country's aging power grid, experts say. ... more
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Innotech Solar builds new plant in Germany
Norway's Innotech Solar on Wednesday launched construction of a $28 million solar cell processing plant in eastern Germany. ... more
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