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For Solar-Grade Silicon - How Many "Ns" Are Enough?Easton PA (SPX) Jun 23, 2011 Recognizing that the solar energy industry has been too dependent on the expensive but standard Siemens methodology for refining silicon, RSI Silicon Products decided to reinvent the way solar-grade silicon is made. RSI has developed a proprietary process to manufacture solar-grade silicon with a purity of 99.9999+ percent, or "six nines" (i.e., 1 part impurity per million). The silicon ends up at 99.99999+ percent pure (i.e., "seven nines," or less than 1 part impurity per 10 million) when made i ... read more |
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 High Permit Fees Hinder Residential and Commercial Solar Power The Sierra Club (Los Angeles and Loma Prieta Chapters) are following up on a campaign to encourage municipalities in Los Angeles County to support the installation of residential and commercial roof ... more | .. |
 Renusol America Releases A Mounting System For Pitched Roofs After opening their doors in January 2011, Renusol America launches their first new product in the US market. To meet the continuing demands for simpler, faster mounting systems, Renusol is introduc ... more | .. |
 UC San Diego Researchers Create Tool to Put the Lid on Solar Power Fluctuations How does the power output from solar panels fluctuate when the clouds roll in? And can researchers predict these fluctuations? UC San Diego Professor Jan Kleissl and Matthew Lave, a Ph.D. student in ... 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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 Siemens And The North Carolina Solar Center Announce Solar Exchange East More than 130 solar industry representatives recently gathered for Solar Exchange West, hosted by Siemens, University of California, Los Angeles, Clean Tech LA and the LA Business Council. The ... more | .. |
 Solar Dawn will be Largest Plant of its Kind in the World The Australian Government has selected the AREVA Solar, CS Energy and Wind Prospect CWP consortium's "Solar Dawn" as the preferred solar thermal power project in Round 1 of the Australian Government ... more | .. |
 Standard Solar Brings Solar Energy to Northern New Mexico Standard Solar has announced it is developing a 1.5 MW solar electric system in northern Taos County, New Mexico in cooperation with Taos-based Kit Carson Rural Electric Cooperative (KCEC). The proj ... more | .. |
 Benton County Fairgrounds Promotes Solar Energy with SunWize Systems Installation SunWize Systems has announced it has completed the installation of a roof-mounted solar project at the Benton County Fairgrounds in Corvallis, Oregon. It is the second largest solar installati ... more |
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 Etrion Contracts Phoenix Solar to Build Solar Power Plant Etrion and Phoenix Solar have announced a new agreement to build a 2.6 MW solar power plant near Nettuno in the Lazio region of Italy. Etrion will own the power plant, and Phoenix Solar will design, ... more | .. |
 Langan Energy Solutions Completes Rooftop Solar Project for Parsippany Office Building Langan Energy Solutions (LES), based in Elmwood Park, N.J., recently completed a 50-kilowatt rooftop solar system for an office building owned by Entin Road Realty Associates in Parsippany, N.J. ... more | .. |
 AstraZeneca Installs 7,300-Panel Solar Energy System on Wilmington Campus AstraZeneca has announced the installation of a 7,300-panel solar energy project that produces energy equivalent to about 10 percent of the campus' office building electricity use. The 1.7 meg ... more | .. |
 Alta Devices Single Junction Solarcell Tops 28 Percent Efficiency When the scientists at Alta Devices began seeing their solar devices achieve efficiency results beyond what was previously thought possible, they realized that something scientifically important was ... more |
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 Sun shines on the Silicon Market The major recent development in the silicon industry is the tripling of demand for solar grade polysilicon, with the expectation that the quantity used in solar photovoltaic (PV) modules will start ... more | .. |
 Arise Solar's new solar for Tresor Family Apartments Glenn Siemens, President of Arise Solar based in Clovis, California recently announced the completion of a new solar installation for PacWest Builders and their Tresor Family Apartments in Salinas, ... more | .. |
 HelioSage and MTC Logistics Power Baltimore Facility With Solar MTC Logistics has "gone solar." Adding to an existing track record of environmentally sustainable operations, MTC Logistics now owns one of the largest roof mounted solar installations in the state, ... more |
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Space tourism's growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement
Chinese Company Conducts Fifth Sea-Based Rocket Launch
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 Historic One Dollar-Per-Watt Solar Modules Just Months Away The photovoltaic (PV) industry appears set to achieve a major milestone with the selling prices of crystalline silicon (c-Si) modules projected to drop to $1 per watt by the first quarter of 2012, a ... more | .. |
 REC Solar Expanding Rapidly in US East Coast Markets REC Solar has announced the company's accelerated momentum as it gains traction with East Coast commercial and residential consumers in new solar hot spots. By the middle of this year, the company w ... more | .. |
 Kings Cross Station First For New Solar Test Technology A new hand held PV electrical test instrumentation has been used for the first time as part of the installation of one of the UK's largest solar panel systems. Cumbria-based Sundog Energy beca ... more | .. |
 CTDC to Expand and Invest in Europe Development Group has announced during the Intersolar Europe 2011 in Munich, that CTDC has entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement with two other listed companies from China and Hon ... more |
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 SOLON and UniSource to bring solar plant to Arizona SOLON Corporation has announced an agreement with UniSource Energy Services (UES) that will bring a 1.22 megawatt (MW) solar system to Kingman, Arizona. Powered by SOLON systems and modules, the pla ... more | .. |
 GRID Alternatives Installs 1000th Solar Electric System GRID Alternatives completed its 1000th solar electric system installation for California low-income families. This milestone took place at the home of Ms. Celia Juarez as part of the Enterprise East ... more | .. |
 HelioSage and MTC Logistics Power Baltimore Facility With Solar Bill Ritter, former Colorado governor and Director of Center for the New Energy Economy at CSU, praised the innovation and leadership that culminated in the launch of the Garfield County Airport Com ... more | .. |
 Google investing $280 million in home solar projects Google said Tuesday it is investing $280 million to help finance home solar projects in the Internet giant's largest effort yet to promote clean energy. ... more |
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EU finalises 150-bn-euro loan scheme to rearm
Retired four-star US admiral convicted on corruption charges
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 Solar-powered plane set for Brussels takeoff Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to reach Paris from Brussels on Tuesday after a previous flight was aborted due to technical problems, its team said. ... more | .. |
 Philippines sets 50% renewables target by 2030 The Philippines said Tuesday it was aiming to generate half its energy from renewable sources by 2030, in a significant upgrade from current efforts. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear vote forces Italy to ponder renewables The resounding no from Italians to nuclear power may not change much in the short term but it will force the government to adopt a new strategy based increasingly on renewable energy, experts said. ... more | .. |
Solar-powered plane's Paris flight abandoned Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse landed in Brussels Saturday after the pilot aborted a flight to Paris following a series of technical problems, his team said. ... more |
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 Chemistry with sunlight The idea is simple, says Kevin Moeller, PhD, and yet it has huge implications. All we are recommending is using photovoltaic cells (clean energy) to power electrochemical reactions (clean chemistry) ... more | .. |
 Efficiency record for flexible CdTe solar cell due to novel polyimide film DuPont Kapton colorless polyimide film, a new material currently in development for use as a flexible superstrate for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has enabled a new ... more | .. |
 Solar Solution for Fast Growing Commercial Metal Roof Market Solyndra has announced the Solyndra 200 Series Metal Roof Solution. The unique non-penetrating adjustable mounting system is designed to meet the additional solar installation challenges posed by me ... more | .. |
 Delhaize Demonstrates Environmental Commitment Solyndra International has announced completion of a 3MW rooftop solar system in Zellik, Belgium. The 3MW rooftop installation covers a Delhaize distribution center in Zellik, a Brussels suburb. The ... more |
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