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April 16, 2011
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Device Proves Solar Cell Potential Of High Bandgap Inorganic Nanowire Arrays
Charlotte NC (SPX) Apr 15, 2011
A report, published in the March 14 edition of the Journal of Materials Chemistry, announced the successful fabrication and testing of a new type solar cell using an inorganic core/shell nanowire structure. Arrays of core/shell nanowires (described has "quantum coaxial cables") had previously been theorized as a potential structure that, while composed of chemically more stable large bandgap inorganic materials, should also be capable of absorbing the broad range of the wavelengths present in sunl ... read more

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Clean Energy Pathways Signs Agreement To Develop Solar Power Plant
Clean Energy Pathways has signed a joint venture agreement with Green Mountain Properties to develop a $28 million solar power plant in Green Mountain, NC. Under the agreement, Green Mountain will p ... more
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US Foodservice-San Francisco Activates Largest Solar Panel System In Alameda County
Reinforcing its commitment to sustainability, U.S. Foodservice-San Francisco activated a 1.18 megawatt (MW), 4,354 photovoltaic solar panel installation. The largest rooftop and carport solar power ... more
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Anne Arundel Community College Installs Large Solar Carport System
Standard Solar has announced construction of a 753 kW system for Maryland's Anne Arundel Community College (AACC). The entire photovoltaic (PV) system is being installed on top of a covered parking ... more
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Tioga Unveils Largest Solar Canopy In Hawaii
Chevron Energy Solutions, Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Tioga Energy have unveiled an 856-kilowatt solar system at Oceanic Time Warner Cable's Mililani Tech Park. The completed project is the larges ... more
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IKEA Powers up Solar In California
IKEA has officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in Burbank, California. The 35,000-square-foot array consists of a 290-kW system, built with approximately 1,260 panels. ... more
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UNI-SOLAR Brand Photovoltaics Installed In NY South Country School District
United Solar has announced the completion of a 807 kilowatt (kW) solar power system on a total of six school rooftops in the South Country School District in New York. "UNI-SOLAR laminates are ... more
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GE Makes Strides In Solar Technology
GE has announced that a full-size, thin film solar panel developed by the company has been independently certified as the most efficient ever publicly reported milestone for the technology. GE inten ... more
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Legends Business Group Adds Solar Charger Controllers
Legends Business Group has announced it will offer a range of Tesla Solar Trackers (Solar Charger Controllers) from 10 watts to 80 watt systems. Solar charge controllers are used to regulate t ... more
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Sacramento Welcomes 12,600 Solar Panels
State, city and public utility officials joined together to inaugurate one of the Sacramento region's largest private solar power installations - a 3-megawatt (DC) project that will supply electrici ... more
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DOE Finalizes Large Loan Guarantee For BrightSource Energy
Announced this afternoon via Twitter.com/energy, the U.S. Department of Energy finalized $1.6 billion in loan guarantees to support the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System, three related utility- ... more
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Australia plans massive coal-solar combo
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced Wednesday the approval of a 44 megawatt solar energy system on the site of an existing coal-fired power station in Queensland. ... more
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S.Africa to invest $3.7 bln in green energy: minister
South Africa will invest 25 billion rand ($3.7 billion, 2.6 billion euros) to support a plan to ramp up renewable energy and the green economy, the economic development minister said Tuesday. ... more
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Arms show features solar-powered helipad
The first solar-powered helipad kit was put on display Tuesday at the Latin American Aero and Defense International Exhibition and Conference on Aerospace and Defense Technology. ... more
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Google invests $168 million in solar power plant
Google said Monday it has invested $168 million to help complete the construction of one of the world's biggest solar energy power plants in California's Mojave Desert. ... more
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Desertec concept gets boots in Tunisia
The plan to produce renewable energy in North Africa to power the continent and export excess capacity to Europe is advancing, the companies involved say. ... more
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GE to build massive solar plant
GE announced it will build a $600 million thin film solar manufacturing plant, the largest in the nation. ... more
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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
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Nanoparticles Improve Solar Collection Efficiency
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 plan ... more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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