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Solar industry responsible for lead emissions in developing countriesKnoxville TN (SPX) Sep 05, 2011 Solar power is not all sunshine. It has a dark side-particularly in developing countries, according to a new study by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, engineering professor. A study by Chris Cherry, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, found that solar power heavily reliant on lead batteries has the potential to release more than 2.4 million tons of lead pollution in China and India. Lead poisoning causes numerous adverse health effects, including damage to the ce ... read more |
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 Down to the wire Solar or photovoltaic cells represent one of the best possible technologies for providing an absolutely clean and virtually inexhaustible source of energy to power our civilization. However, f ... more | .. |
 Enecsys shows micro inverters that double operating life of solar PV systems Enecsys will showcase new micro inverter products and solar PV monitoring systems on booth B7.C28 at EU PVSEC, September 5-8, in Hamburg, Germany. The new 480W Enecsys Duo micro inverter that suppor ... more | .. |
 First Nation Deploys Solar-Powered Airfield Lights The Northern Canadian Tsay Keh Dene First Nation is outfitting a remote airfield with solar LED lighting systems provided by Carmanah Technologies (TSX: CMH). The new airfield lights will help suppl ... 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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 CH2M HILL Introduces New PV Economic Development Report CH2M HILL has announced completion of a new PV economic development report to help guide U.S. cities seeking to recruit and retain investment in the photovoltaic (PV) solar manufacturing industry. T ... more | .. |
 Southwest Windpower Receives GL Statement of Compliance Southwest Windpower is the first U.S.-based manufacturer of small wind systems to be certified by GL Renewables Certification. GL Renewables Certification issued a Statement of Compliance for the A- ... more | .. |
 Solar panels supply energy for CSULA's Engineering and Technology building Cal State L.A. technology students, involved with the University's Power, Energy and Transportation Lab, are beaming as the sun continues to shine brightly. They are thrilled to observe their solar ... more | .. |
 New DuPont Encapsulant Improves W and K Solar Modules Willard and Kelsey (W and K) Solar Group announces commercialization of their new "WK1-75" photovoltaic (PV) module using DuPont PV5400 Series encapsulant. Designed for utility-scale clean energy pr ... more |
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 Siemens Upgrades West Chicago Plant To Produce PV Inverters Siemens Industry is celebrating the production of its SINVERT solar inverters at its recently-updated manufacturing plant located in West Chicago, Ill. The company invested approximately $10 million ... more | .. |
 SolarWindow Coatings Lead to Increased Transparency and Improved Color New Energy Technologies has announced that researchers developing its SolarWindow technology, capable of generating electricity on see-through glass, have developed a first-ever working prototype us ... more | .. |
 US PV Installations Forecast to Soar 166 Percent in 2011 U.S. photovoltaic (PV) installations in 2011 will rise a spectacular 166 percent to a total of 2.4 gigawatts (GW), with California leading the country in the amount of power derived from renewable s ... more | .. |
 Greece plans major solar power exports to Germany: report Wracked by debt but blessed with abundant sunshine, Greece plans to develop some 20,000 hectares of solar power parks in a bid to export renewable energy to Germany, a report said on Saturday. ... more |
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 BrightSource Energy Launches SolarPLUS BrightSource Energy has launched a new solar thermal power plant solution for utilities. Called SolarPLUS, the offering combines BrightSource's high-efficiency LPT power tower solar thermal technolo ... more | .. |
 National Solar Power announces world's largest solar farm finalists National Solar Power announced the names of seven communities in the southeast U.S. that are in serious contention to be the one chosen by the company as the site for the construction and operation ... more | .. |
 New Government Incentive Delivers Massive Upside to China Solar Market The Chinese government's new feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentive program is expected to give a major boost to the country's solar industry, potentially increasing installations by a combined 1.5 gigawatt ... more |
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 OPEL Solar and LIMEN SA Partner With Two 1MW Orders OPEL Solar and LIMEN have signed of an Agreement to supply two HCPV solar power plants in Italy. Each solar utility plant will be approximately 1 MW HCPV power installations that will be built in Si ... more | .. |
 Clean Energy Collective Receives Approval for Third Community-Owned Solar Garden Commissioners in Eagle County, Colorado have given their blessing to the Clean Energy Collective to build its third community-owned solar garden, 4,160 panels on 5 acres of land in El Jebel, CO. Whe ... more | .. |
 LADWP To Relaunch Solar Incentive Program Under a plan approved by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will relaunch its Solar Incentive Program (SIP) next month with double the ... more | .. |
 Solis Partners Celebrates Commercial Solar Installation Solis Partners and P and R Fasteners recently celebrated the completion of a 254.8 KW rooftop solar installation at P and R's corporate headquarters in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, N.J ... more |
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 Anderson Power Products Introduces: Solar SPEC Pak Anderson Power Products (APP), a leader in high power interconnect solutions, is proud to announce the expansion of their SPEC Pak family of products to include Solar SPEC Pak with power handling ca ... more | .. |
 Design win for 1MW solar power tower in India SunBorne selects Titan Tracker heliostat design for 1MW pilot solar power tower system in India. SunBorne Energy is developing a 1MW solar power tower system. This R and D project is jointly funded ... more | .. |
  Taking inspiration from spilled milk Two Lehigh physicists have developed an imaging technique that makes it possible to directly observe light-emitting excitons as they diffuse in a new material that is being explored for its extraord ... more |
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Aussie army targets soldier solar power The Australian army wants its soldiers to be equipped with portable solar panels within five years under a research deal with the Australian National University. ... more | .. |
 Tecta America Completes Re-Roofing of Indiana Federal Building Tecta America's Blackmore and Buckner branch, located in Indianapolis, and F. J. A. Christiansen, located in Milwaukee, recently completed a 282,000 square-foot re-roofing of the Major General Emmet ... more | .. |
 Researchers use tiny gold particles to boost organic solar cell efficiency In the world of solar energy, organic photovoltaic solar cells have a wide range of potential applications, but they are still considered an upstart. While these carbon-based cells, which use organi ... more | .. |
 Better, Faster, Cheaper: Doing Business with the Sun The change in energy policy has been decided; Germany needs more green energy. From September 5-9 in Hamburg, everything will revolve around our biggest energy supplier: the sun. At the European Pho ... more |
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 Zerbst PV Park opens GETEC green energy AG will jointly realise a 46 MWp solar plant. GETEC AG is the lessor of the complete land and GETEC green energy AG is the investor of the first section of the solar park, namely ... more | .. |
 MIT researchers reveal improved energy storage MIT researchers have found a way to improve the energy density of a type of battery known as lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) batteries, producing a device that could potentially pack several times m ... more | .. |
 CIS cluster tool project for thin film PV The "CIS Cluster Tool" project is starting its work on the development of new manufacturing procedures for copper indium selenide-based thin film semiconductors (CIS) as part of a sponsoring project ... more |
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