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Making Solar Panels GreenerWashington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2011 With more than enough sunlight beaming down on Earth to supply humanity's immense energy demands, there's little doubt that photovoltaic technology will play a significant role in sating these appetites in a sustainable way. But before solar-cell-laced landscapes spawn green utopian reveries, some argue it's worth taking a measured look at the environmental impact of photovoltaic technology from cradle to grave. For example, consider crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic solar panels, which curre ... read more |
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 LADWP And SolarWorld Partner To Develop PV Power System In LA The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has joined forces with SolarWorld to develop an 11.6-megawatt (MW) DC solar system that will generate enough clean, renewable solar energy to po ... more | .. |
 PV Evolution Labs Launches Independent Solar Testing Facilities PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has secured two facilities in Northern California which will further its ability to provide the most comprehensive PV performance and reliability evaluation in the industry. ... more | .. |
 Enecsys Announces The Cost-Saving, Solar PV Duo Enecsys Limited has announced the Enecsys Duo micro-inverter. This 360-Watt addition to the Enecsys micro-inverter family is the world's highest power density micro-inverter with dimensions of 262 x ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 EverGEN Solar Powered Lights Selected For Popular City Bike Path Carmanah Technologies is pleased to announce that the City of Los Angeles has selected Carmanah EverGEN 1710 solar powered lights to light a popular bicycle path. The EverGEN 1710 was selected becau ... more | .. |
 CTDC Signs 20MW PV Module European Sales Contract China Technology Development Group has announced that the company's wholly-owned subsidiary has signed a Sales Contract for the Year 2011 (the "Contract") of 20MW solar modules with well-known Itali ... more | .. |
 Beverly Hills Goes Solar The solar dedication and ribbon-cutting event for the new solar installations serving the city of Beverly Hills was on held March 1 at Room 280A of the City Hall at 455 Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills. ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Signs Balticsolar In Northern Germany Solar Frontier has announced that it has extended its partner portfolio by signing a long-term distribution agreement with Balticsolar GmbH. Based in Luebeck, Germany, the photovoltaic specialist wi ... more |
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 SOLON To Construct 15 MW Solar Plant For PG And E SOLON has been awarded a contract for the design and construction of a 15 mega-watt (MW) solar power plant in California for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG and E), which supplies natural gas a ... more | .. |
 EPSRC's Novel Energy Harvesting Grants Fifteen British businesses and seven universities are to share Pounds 5 million of government funding to enable them to research the use of novel nanoscale technologies to develop the next generati ... more | .. |
 US DoE Supports SoloPower Thin Film PV Module Factory SoloPower has announced that it has received a conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office for a $197 million loan guarantee. The funds will support construc ... more | .. |
 UNI-SOLAR Laminates Installed In Washoe County School District United Solar has announced the completion of a 1.05 megawatt solar power system on a total of 21 school rooftops across the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada. United Solar's UNI-SOLAR(R) ... more |
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 DuPont Microcircuit Materials Launches Next Gen Frontside Silver PV Metallizations DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) is introducing a new series of frontside silver photovoltaic metallization pastes using new and novel chemistry formulated to deliver advanced efficiency and adhe ... more | .. |
 Carmanah Releases New Solar LED Outdoor Streetlight Carmanah Technologies has announced the launch of the EG300-series solar LED outdoor streetlight; a new generation of solar-LED lighting systems designed to meet the specific roadway performance fea ... more | .. |
 Martifer Solar USA Steers Hertz Towards Solar Power Martifer Solar USA is scheduled to engineer, procure and install 2.48 MW of solar PV at 15 locations across the U.S. for The Hertz Corporation. The rooftop solar arrays will be at Hertz facili ... more | .. |
 DEGERenergie Reports Strong Growth in 2010 DEGERenergie, a privately held world market leader of solar tracking systems with more than 35,000 installations in over 40 countries, has reported strong growth for 2010. With a 180 percent increas ... more |
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 German Solar Market Doubled In 2010 Despite fears of subsidy adjustment, the German solar market almost doubled in 2010 According to Germany Trade and Invest Germany's solar market nearly doubled the previous year's installations, wit ... more | .. |
 Clear Skies Solar Responds To Rapidly Expanding Market Clear Skies Solar has announced the formation of a new wholly owned subsidiary, called Clear Skies Financial Inc., to fund the Power Purchase Agreement or PPA of smaller high volume projects the Com ... more | .. |
 DuPont Encapsulant Materials Enable Production, Performance And Cost Advantages DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions announced the introduction of DuPont PV5400 series thin ionomer-based encapsulant sheets designed to protect sensitive thin film solar modules, while offering manufactu ... more | .. |
 ZenithSolar Signs Landmark Agreement With Chinese Government ZenithSolar has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Energy Bureau of Gansu Provincial Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China for co ... more |
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 Solar Frontier Starts Production At World's Largest CIS Solar Module Plant Solar Frontier has started commercial production on schedule at its gigawatt-scale Kunitomi factory, the world's largest CIS thin-film solar module production plant, located in Miyazaki, Japan. Laun ... more | .. |
 Parity Solar Achieves MCS Accreditation Following a rigorous review of the company's manufacturing processes, materials, procedures and products carried out in China by the British Board of Agrement, Parity Solar is delighted to confirm t ... more | .. |
 New Technology For Cheaper More Efficient Solar Cells The sun provides more than enough energy for all our needs, if only we could harness it cheaply and efficiently. Solar energy could provide a clean alternative to fossil fuels, but the high cost of ... more | .. |
 World's Biggest CIS Module Plant Solar Frontier announced that it has started commercial production on schedule at its gigawatt-scale Kunitomi factory, the world's largest CIS thin-film solar module production plant, located in Miy ... more |
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 DuPont Delivers New Science-Powered Innovations For Solar Energy As part of its ongoing commitment to help the world reduce the dependency on fossil fuels, DuPont has introduced a suite of science-powered photovoltaic innovations - expanding the solar industry's ... more | .. |
 SolarLease Arrives In Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York And Pennsylvania SolarCity has announced that it is acquiring the East Coast's largest residential solar installer and is expanding to serve Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The company will acq ... more | .. |
 Mimicking Photosynthesis Path To Solar-Derived Hydrogen Fuel Inexpensive hydrogen for automotive or jet fuel may be possible by mimicking photosynthesis, according to a Penn State materials chemist, but a number of problems need to be solved first. "We ... more | .. |
 Dupont Introduces PV Metallization For Metal Wrap Through Solar Cell Designs DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced DuPont Solamet PV701 photovoltaic metallization paste as its newest generation of Metal Wrap Through (MWT) technology for back side interconnected ... more |
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 Multifunction Shipper Maximizes Shipping Density For PV Makers Entegris, has launched a new multifunction shipper designed to provide photovoltaic wafer, cell and module manufactures with decreased cell breakage, improved transportation efficiencies, lower ware ... more | .. |
 Solar Power At Former Norton Air Force Base The Inland Valley Development Agency (IVDA), a joint powers authority redeveloping the non-aviation portion of the former Norton Air Force Base, SCRIP, Inc. a non-profit community development corpor ... more | .. |
 Vanguard Energy Partners Builds Five Solar Arrays In New Jersey Vanguard Energy Partners has five solar power projects under way in New Jersey totaling 755 kilowatts in clean, renewable energy from Sharp solar modules. The solar power systems will produce enough ... more | .. |
 Phillips-Van Heusen Selects Solis Partners To Install Solar PV System Solis Partners has been awarded a turnkey contract for a rooftop solar PV system at one of Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation's administrative offices. PVH, one of the world's largest apparel com ... more |
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