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Solar power growth sees new challengesOttawa (UPI) Apr 19, 2011 Solar power development is facing new challenges as efforts to introduce more organic components in solar power generation technologies are hampered by poor performance results. Organic photovoltaic modules using carbon instead of silicon or synthetic film are widely seen as an industry for future growth but so far have proven inefficient and costlier than conventional solar power generation units. This means that growth in the commercial uses of OPV modules will be slower than originally antic ... read more |
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 Ribbon Cut On Detroit Edison Solar Installation At MCCC Officials have cut the ceremonial ribbon marking the completion of the Detroit Edison solar installation on the Main Campus of Monroe County Community College. The 500-kilowatt, $3-million photovolt ... more | .. |
 Solar Power Installation Online At Anne Arundel County's Combined Support Services Complex Constellation Energy has announced the completion by its retail energy business of a 750-kilowatt on-site solar installation at Anne Arundel County's Combined Support Services Complex in Millersvill ... more | .. |
 Interservice Uzunovi To Install 1MW Solyndra Project In Bulgaria Solyndra and Interservice Uzunovi plc solar division have announced the signing of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement for a 1 MWp Solyndra installation on the rooftops of B ... 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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 Clean Energy Pathways To Enter JV For Development Of Two Tennessee Solar Farms Clean Energy Pathways has signed a letter of intent with H and T Holdings to form a joint venture for development of two one-megawatt solar farms with an option for two additional one-megawatt syste ... more | .. |
 United Solar To Establish Manufacturing Facility In Canada United Solar has announced that it will establish a manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada, that will be operational by August 2011. The 7,000 square meter facility, located at 6135 Morton Indust ... more | .. |
 Toward A More Efficient Use Of Solar Energy The exploitation and utilization of new energy sources are considered to be among today's major challenges. Solar energy plays a central role, and its direct conversion into chemical energy, for exa ... more | .. |
 SOLON And Paradise Valley Unified School District Solar Project Goes Live SOLON has announced the completion of nearly 2.7 megawatts (MW) in solar system construction for Arizona's Paradise Valley Unified School District (PV Schools), making it the state's largest school ... more |
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 CUA Applaud Students' Solar Picnic Table Design Six students from The Catholic University of America (CUA) are being recognized by University President John Garvey for their innovative, one-of-a-kind, solar-powered picnic table that was recently ... more | .. |
 Regulators Approve Contract For 150MW Sempra Generation Solar Power Plant Sempra Generation has announced that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has unanimously approved Pacific Gas and Electric's 20-year contract to purchase 150 megawatts (MW) of solar po ... more | .. |
 AREVA Awarded Major Contract In Australia AREVA has been awarded a major contract to install a solar thermal addition to CS Energy's coal-fired Kogan Creek power station in Queensland, Australia. This solar boost project, supported by the A ... more | .. |
 Emerson Partners With Sanmina-SCI To Build Solar Power Inverters For Canadian Market Emerson has announced that it is partnering with Sanmina-SCI to build innovative Emerson solar power inverters at Sanmina-SCI's Ottawa, Ontario, manufacturing facility. This will enable Emerson to f ... more |
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 EU solar markets to gain from Fukushima The European solar energy industry could benefit from Japan's nuclear crisis, market research firm IHS iSuppli has said. ... more | .. |
 Device Proves Solar Cell Potential Of High Bandgap Inorganic Nanowire Arrays 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 st ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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SpaceX mega-rocket Starship 9 cleared for launch following earlier mission failures
Rocky road geology reveals billion year story inside Martian crater
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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Top U.S. defense contractor L3 Tech to pay $62M to settle claims of deceptive practices
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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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