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GE Breakthrough Aims to Cut Solar Costs in HalfWashington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2011 Despite great leaps in solar panel technology, the biggest obstacle hindering their widespread use is quite pedestrian: stubbornly high installation costs. While the cost of panels has dropped by half since 2007, total installation costs, which include panels, labor and additional equipment, declined just 20% over the same period. Charlie Korman, manager of Solar Energy programs at GE's Global Research Center, in Niskayuna, New York, says that for the market to take off "we need to get to the poin ... read more |
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 SOLON and UniSource Energy Services to bring 10MW of Solar to Arizona SOLON Corporation will build a 10-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) array near Kingman, Arizona, to provide affordable renewable power to customers of UniSource Energy Services (UES). "Thi ... more | .. |
 Floating Solar Power Energizes New Jersey American Water Treatment Plant Floating on a reservoir near New Jersey American Water's Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant in Millburn is the East Coast's first solar array on a body of water designed to withstand a freeze/thaw en ... more | .. |
 Cogenra Solar Takes On Campus Market Cogenra Solar has announced a project to build a solar cogeneration array at University of Arizona (UA), a four-year public research university located in Tucson, Arizona. In collaboration wit ... 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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 ONYX President Heads to Peru for More Solar Power Generation Projects Onyx Service and Solutions has announced that Company President Malcolm Burleson left for Peru to further the Company's strategic business plan of developing solar power projects in Latin America an ... more | .. |
 Taking the pulse of charge-separation processes The use of organic photovoltaics for the production of electricity from sunlight offers an attractive and promising basis for an innovative and environmentally friendly means of energy supply. They ... more | .. |
 KYOCERA Supplies 2MW of Modules for Solar Power Plant in France Kyocera has announced that is has supplied 8,500 solar modules for a new 2-megawatt (MW) solar power plant which sits over four acres of unused farmland in north-western France. The plant was offici ... more | .. |
 PHAT Energy's Solar Structures Now Expand Indefinitely With The 350D Stylish solar structure design company, PHAT ENERGY, based in Los Angeles, revealed the latest in its line of versatile, portable and infinitely expandable PHATport structures, the PHATport 350D. ... more |
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 GE Energy and Inovateus Solar Partner on Solar Carport Charging Stations GE Energy Industrial Solutions has announced that it has reached a partnership agreement to work with Inovateus Solar, a U.S. solar-power distribution and integration company, to build new solar car ... more | .. |
 SunConnect Signs Agreement with Macy's To Develop Roof-Mounted PV System SunConnect recently signed an agreement with Macy's to design and install a 1.063- megawatt solar power generation system at the retailer's Raritan, New Jersey distribution center. "Macy's is ... more | .. |
 PHAT Energy Releases Sunpower Version Of The Successful PHATport At the opening of the international Solar Power 2011 conference, stylish solar design company, PHAT ENERGY, based in Los Angeles, has revealed its PHATport for high-efficiency SunPower panels. ... more | .. |
 Solar Revolution on Brink of Winning Long War 11 years ago I founded ABC Solar Inc and started to really study the solar market, the history and origins. In my journey as a Los Angeles based Solar grid-tie installation company, I have run the r ... more |
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 Standard Solar Breaks Ground on Solar Canopy Installation Standard Solar has announced the start of construction on a solar canopy electricity installation at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA. The 118 kW project, which is slated to be complet ... more | .. |
 Solar Frontier Panels Demonstrate Durability and Safety Solar Frontier has announced that its CIS (copper, indium, selenium) thin-film solar modules have been certified for durability and safety by leading certification organizations. "Solar Fronti ... more | .. |
 BrightSource Energy announces plans for 750 MW Rio Mesa solar facility BrightSource Energy has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the California Energy Commission to develop three 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power plants (750 megawatts combined) in Cali ... more | .. |
 US Solar Jobs Census Finds Solar Employment Soars As US Economy Lags The Solar Foundation has released its second annual review of the solar workforce in the United States. The report, titled, "National Solar Jobs Census 2011: A Review of the U.S. Solar Workforce" fo ... more |
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Venus May Host Active Tectonics Driven by Subsurface Plumes
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 Now you can determine the solar efficiency of your roof It is becoming more and more common to install solar panels on roofs in order to obtain green electricity, but not all roofs are equally suitable. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Swede ... more | .. |
 Solar Industry Donates Solar Arrays and Installation Services This morning, representatives of several solar companies with a Texas presence - including SolarCity, Trina Solar, Solar US, SES 21, SolarTek, Schletter, and Bosch Solar Energy - joined Solar Energy ... more | .. |
 Siemens Sinvert Inverters Featured in Solar Powered Aggregate Facility Siemens Industry has announced it has added another megawatt (MW) of solar power to its portfolio as Granite Construction Company (GCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Granite Construction, recently c ... more | .. |
 Hanwha SolarOne Unveils High Performance Solar PV Modules Hanwha SolarOne has announced its first AC Module (ACM) incorporating the world's most efficient microinverter technology from Enphase Energy. The Enphase Energized AC Module is a combination ... more |
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 Amonix to Power the Largest CPV Solar Power Plant in US Amonix is now powering North America's largest utility-scale CPV power plant, a 5-megawatt facility in Hatch, New Mexico. The plant is owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the compet ... more | .. |
 Japanese crew wins 3,000km Australian solar race Japan's Tokai University won the 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) World Solar Challenge car race through Australia's desert Thursday in a tight contest marred by wildfires and an explosion. ... more | .. |
 Singapore poised as 'lab' for green energy Singapore can serve as a "living lab" for green energy solutions, a government official says. ... more | .. |
US solar firm launches trade action against China In a new show of anger at China's trade practices, a major US maker of solar cells and panels announced Wednesday it was filing a formal complaint targeting Beijing. ... more |
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Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers
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 Solar Double Cropping Project Miraverse Power and Light, Piedmont Biofuels, Southern Energy Management, and Piedmont Biofarm are pleased to announce their "Solar Double Cropping" project in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The e ... more | .. |
Standard Solar Brings Solar Energy to The Brick Companies Standard Solar has announced it is developing a 191 kW solar electric system for The Brick Companies (TBC). Standard Solar will build a ground mount solar electric system consisting of more than 800 ... more | .. |
 Suniva Chosen to Supply High Performance Solar Panels to Innovative Residential Leasing Program Suniva has announced that SunCap Financial has selected the company to be a supplier for the SunCap Solar Lease Program. The program gives U.S. homeowners an affordable option to design, install, an ... more | .. |
 Majority of Americans See Benefits of Solar Water Heating The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released new national polling showing strong public support for solar water heating systems and the perception that solar water heating helps the e ... more |
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 Sungevity and Rabobank Create New Fund for US Residential Solar Projects Sungevity and Rabobank has announced the establishment of a residential solar fund that will support over $50 million of new U.S. residential solar lease projects. The fund marks an important milest ... more | .. |
 ABC Solar opens first Malibu's retail solar design and build studio On October 28, 2011 at solar noon, the first step in a long-term campaign to help Malibu residents take themselves off the fossil-fuel power grid, ABC Solar, Inc. announced plans for Malibu's first ... more | .. |
 Qatar Solar Technologies to build polysilicon plant Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) has announced that it will be building a polysilicon production facility worth approximately US$1bn in Qatar. QSTec's plant will manufacture 8,000 MTPY (metric tons ... more | .. |
 French solar industry in the balance What is the future for the French solar PV market in the light of the recent measures taken by the government? This question will be the focus of a conference about the solar future in France run by ... more |
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