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Nanoparticles Improve Solar Collection EfficiencyWashington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2011 Using minute graphite particles 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, mechanical engineers at Arizona State University hope to boost the efficiency-and profitability-of solar power plants. Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are popping up more and more on rooftops, but they're not necessarily the best solar power solution. "The big limitation of PV panels is that they can use only a fraction of the sunlight that hits them, and the rest just turns into heat, which actually hurts the perfor ... read more |
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 BlueChip Energy Announces Development Of 40MW Solar Farm In Florida BlueChip Energy (BCE) has announced a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Progress Energy Florida with renewable solar photovoltaic (PV) power from the Sorrento Eagle Dunes Solar Farm, a 40 meg ... more | .. |
 Researchers Develop Golden Window Electrodes For Organic Solar Cells Researchers at the University of Warwick have developed a gold plated window as the transparent electrode for organic solar cells. Contrary to what one might expect, these electrodes have the potent ... more | .. |
 SolarBridge Named 2011 Edison Best New Product Awards Gold Winner SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge) is being recognized for its superior microinverter design, technological innovation and business strategy by several industry organizations. Last night, the co ... 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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 Industry Analyst Predicts 50 Percent Drop In Solar Project Costs GoSolarUSA was buoyed on Tuesday by an energy industry researcher's prediction that the cost of developing a solar power project will fall by half worldwide in the next decade. Michael Liebrei ... more | .. |
 Japan nuclear scare boosts renewables lobby A global scare sparked by Japan's stumbling efforts to contain a nuclear crisis is encouraging promoters of renewable energy, but defenders of atomic power insist it has a long-term future. ... more | .. |
 First Polymer Solar-Thermal Device Heats Home, Saves Money A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight - an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 percent. G ... more | .. |
 City to build solar carports with chargers A Southern California community says it will build almost 1,000 solar carports at a commuter rail station to produce electricity and charge electric vehicles. ... more |
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 SOLGLIDE Bearings Provide Solution For Solar Technologies Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, a global leader in supplying engineered components to international OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), have launched a maintenance-free bearing for the solar ... more | .. |
 Centrosolar Announces CentroLease Solar Financing With a rapidly growing customer and installer network across the country, Centrosolar America, the U.S. subsidiary of CENTROSOLAR Group AG in Munich Germany, announces the launch of the new CentroLe ... more | .. |
 Unirac Partners With Wise Power Systems On Breakthrough Solar Installation Unirac has announced that it has teamed with Wise Power Systems in a landmark 1.1MW solar installation featuring the Unirac ISYS Ground Mount (IGM) in a northern U.S. locale. In spite of the onslaug ... more | .. |
 JA Solar Announces Strategic Partnership With Jabil JA Solar Holdings has announced that it has entered into a two-year strategic partnership with Jabil Circuit. Under the partnership framework, JA Solar expects to supply Jabil with up to 400MW of so ... more |
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 UNI-SOLAR Powers Largest Solar Power Plant In French Riviera United Solar has announced that its UNI-SOLAR brand photovoltaics (PV) are powering the recently completed 570 kWp solar power plant atop the Nice Saint Isidore Eco-vallee Business Park in the city ... more | .. |
 Better Performance And Flexibility For Solar Thermal Power Plants On 31 March 2011 the German Aerospace Center and Spanish utility company Endesa inaugurated a direct solar steam generation and energy storage pilot plant at Carboneras, located in southern Spain. I ... more | .. |
 The Future Of Concentrating Solar Power Technologies Solar thermal power generation depends on both a high solar intensity and a large amount of direct incident radiation not scattered by clouds. The best sites are generally in arid, desert regions wi ... more | .. |
 Mecklenburg County Tapping Into Solar Power Mecklenburg County is embarking on an extensive solar water heating project spread across several county-owned buildings in Charlotte. The ambitious plan will place 141 solar thermal collectors on t ... more |
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 Spire's Spi-Sun Solar Simulator To Go To The European Joint Research Center At ISPRA Spire has announced that it will provide the Spi-Sun Simulator 4600SLP to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy (JRC ISPRA). Spi-Sun Simulators are now used in more than th ... more | .. |
 Carmanah EG340 Solar Lights Illuminate Latin America Roadway Network Carmanah Technologies is pleased to announce a sale worth over $625,000 USD for Carmanah EG340 solar lights to illuminate a road network at a large industrial facility in Latin America. This s ... more | .. |
 Helix Water District Unveils New Clean Energy Source The Helix Water District has announced the activation of a 290 kilowatt (KW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The zero-emission system, located at The Nat L. Eggert Operations Center (OC), was deploy ... more | .. |
 Worldwide Annual Solar Cell Production More Than Doubles In 2010 The annual survey of cell manufacturers published in the March 2011 issue of PHOTON International shows that the PV industry increased global cell production to 27.2 gigawatts (GW) in 2010, which is ... more |
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 GOAL ZERO Offers Most Efficient Compact Solar Charging System For Handheld Devices GOAL ZERO has announced the availability of the Guide 10 Adventure Kit, the most efficient compact solar charging system for handheld devices. An ultra-lightweight solar charging system create ... more | .. |
 Ferro Opens Solar Test Lab In Taiwan Ferro Corporation has announced the opening of a photovoltaic research and development laboratory in Neihu Technology Park, Taipei City, Taiwan. This expansion enables Ferro to provide timely techni ... more | .. |
 Carlisle Energy Services To Explore Use Of Solar Cover Technology Carlisle Energy Services recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission to study the feasibility of CES' unique exposed geomembrane solar cover technology f ... more |
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Russia strikes Kyiv after first stage of major prisoner swap
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Germany tops U.S. in clean energy spending Germany passed the United States as the world's second-biggest clean energy market as Britain dropped from third to 13th place and China extended its lead, a new study suggests. ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Sets New Efficiency Record In Thin-Film CIS Technology Solar Frontier announced today that it has achieved 17.2% aperture area efficiency on a 30x30cm CIS-based photovoltaic submodule, according to in-house measurements. This new world record for ... more | .. |
 Enerconcept Technologies Now Offers Solar Air Heaters To US Enerconcept Technologies is executing plans for a U.S. market penetration that will make solar air heating available and affordable to commercial, institutional and industrial facilities. The ... more | .. |
 Solar Module Manufacturers Turn To Innovative Solutions To Enhance Production Processes And Meet Growing Market Demands Following a successful year in 2010, Saint-Gobain Solar, a leading manufacturer of sustainable materials and engineered renewable energy solutions, is on track for an even brighter 2011. The group i ... more |
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 Global Clean Energy Investment Reached Record 243 Billion Dollars In 2010 Global clean energy finance and investment grew significantly in 2010 to $243 billion, a 30 percent increase from the previous year. China, Germany, Italy and India were among the nations that most ... more | .. |
 SANYO HIT Panels Installed For Largest California Solar Initiative System In Long Beach SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO) announces that Long Beach City College has opened a new parking structure on campus whereupon the college has installed over 400-kilowatts of SANYO's HIT Powe ... more | .. |
 Japan PM urges clean energy push Japan's Premier Naoto Kan said Tuesday the country must push alternative energy sources as it recovers from its quake and tsunami disaster and struggles to contain a nuclear emergency. ... more | .. |
China, Germany move ahead on clean energy: study Germany has outpaced the United States as the number two player in clean energy while China keeps racing ahead as the world's green investment leader, a study said Tuesday. ... more |
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