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CCNY's Solar Roof Pod Showcases Innovative TechnologyNew York NY (SPX) Sep 16, 2011 A unique structure in the urban landscape has arisen on a plaza of The City College of New York campus over the past few months. Designed and built by CCNY students, faculty and team sponsors, it is meant to be installed on the roofs of commercial and residential buildings in high-density urban centers. Dubbed the Solar Roof Pod, it showcases cutting-edge green technology inside and out, including a novel heating and cooling system with more than twice the energy efficiency of conventional units. ... read more |
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 Solar Power International 2011 Brings 24,000 Industry Professionals Together After several years in California, Solar Power International 2011 (SPI 2011), the premier global solar conference and expo, heads to the Lone Star State. Taking place October 17-20 in Dallas, Texas, ... more | .. |
 Parabolic mirrors concentrate sunlight to power lasers Legend tells of Greek engineer and inventor Archimedes using parabolic mirrors to create "heat rays" to burn the ships attacking Syracuse. Though the underpinnings of that claim are speculativ ... more | .. |
 CO Utility Selects Leading Solar Garden Provider CEC for Renewable Project The Clean Energy Collective has been selected by San Miguel Power Association, Inc (SMPA) to build and operate a community-owned solar array within the rural electric cooperative's service territory ... 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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 DuPont Introduces New Lower-Silver Solamet PV Metallization DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced DuPont Solamet PV51M photovoltaic metallization paste, a new tabbing material used in solar cell manufacturing. This breakthrough new formula ... more | .. |
 How To Make Efficient Solar Cells From Impure Materials Most solar cells are made from crystalline silicon. These solar cells are the most efficient available on the market. Crystalline silicon is expensive because it has to be very pure to make efficien ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 White House: no wrongdoing on solar panel firm The White House said Wednesday there was no evidence it has acted inappropriately, after reports said it rushed a review of a half billion dollar loan to now bankrupt solar panel firm Solyndra. ... more |
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 Solar O and M Company to Operate 30 MW PV Power Plant True South Renewables has announced that it will deploy their solar power plant O and M solution: Total Care at the 30 megawatt Webberville Solar project, one of the largest solar PV systems in the ... more | .. |
 Metal Sales Offers Sustainability with Solar Panel Product Line Furthering its commitment to environmental efficiency, Metal Sales introduces a new photovoltaic (PV) panel program. Metal Sales Solar Roofing Solutions adds Solar Flare (crystalline panels) and Sol ... more | .. |
 SolarCity Unveils Plan to Double the Total Number of Residential Solar Installations in the US SolarCity has taken a major step in an initiative that could double the number of residential solar photovoltaic installations in the United States. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced th ... more | .. |
 Global PV Module Shipments to Reach 30GW in 2015 Global solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments are forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7% from 2010 to 2015 according to IDC Energy Insights' Worldwide Quarterly Photovolt ... more |
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 New type of solar cell retains high efficiency for long periods Scientists from the University of Picardie Jules Verne and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology are reporting development of a new genre of an electrolyte system for solar cells that breaks the ... more | .. |
Pacific islands to go solar by 2012 The South Pacific islands of Tokelau say they're committed to obtaining 93 percent of their electricity demand from solar power - and the rest from coconuts. ... more | .. |
 Germany keen to buy solar-generated electricity from Greece Greek Prime Minuster Georges Papandreou confirmed Sunday that Germany was keen to import solar-generated electricity from debt-ridden Greece. ... more |
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 Photovoltaics among fastest growing industries in the world Photovoltaics among fastest growing industries in the world Brussels, 5 September 2011 -The tenth edition of the JRC PV Status Report indicates that in 2010, the photovoltaic (PV) industry productio ... more | .. |
 10 MW PV plants installed and connected to the grid in just two months With each passing day, Italy is getting closer to 10 GW threshold of installed photovoltaic power connected to the national grid. And Espe Sunparc Srl, the Italian company specializing in design, in ... more | .. |
 Dow Introduces ENLIGHT DC-8300 Coolant for Diamond Wire Ingot Squaring Dow Chemical has introduced a diamond wire ingot squaring coolant that improves photovoltaic (PV) wafer manufacturing efficiency while also improving the sustainability of the production process. ... more | .. |
 CPV conference hopes to further technology Magpower and Suntrix are two companies leading the way in commercializing CPV in emerging markets for the technology, and will be sharing their experiences at the 3rd Concentrated Photovoltaic Summi ... more |
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 DuPont Introduces New Protective Backsheet Technology for PV Modules DuPont Photovoltaic Fluoromaterials (DuPont) announced it has developed a new backsheet technology designed to enhance the quality and manufacturability of crystalline silicon solar modules by impro ... more | .. |
 Another US solar company claims bankruptcy Following similar announcements of closures and bankruptcies from Evergreen Solar and Solon, the US solar manufacturing sector has taken another hit with media reporting that SpectraWatt has filed f ... more | .. |
 Saint-Gobain Solar Showcases SOLGLIDE M and SOLGLIDE T Bearings SOLGLIDE T and SOLGLIDE M families of bearings, launched by Saint-Gobain Solar, reduce the costs of initial investment, operations and maintenance for solar tracking systems in solar power plants. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
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First Solar begins Australian project First Solar, Verve Energy and GE unit GE Energy Financial Services announced that Australia's first utility-scale solar power project is under way. Output from the 10-megawatt AC project on 80 hecta ... more | .. |
 Leading PV Module Manufacturers Adopt DuPont Solamet Metallizations DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) recently added two key accounts, Sunways AG and Heckert Solar AG, to a growing list of leading photovoltaic manufacturers using DuPont Solamet PV17x photovoltaic ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
Japan to focus on clean energy exports: minister Japan will develop and promote new clean energy technologies after the nuclear crisis, new foreign minister Koichiro Gemba said on Monday. ... more |
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 Solar industry responsible for lead emissions in developing countries 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 Ch ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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