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January 31, 2012
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Earth's Energy Budget Remained Out of Balance Despite Unusually Low Solar Activity
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 31, 2012
A new NASA study underscores the fact that greenhouse gases generated by human activity - not changes in solar activity - are the primary force driving global warming. The study offers an updated calculation of the Earth's energy imbalance, the difference between the amount of solar energy absorbed by Earth's surface and the amount returned to space as heat. The researchers' calculations show that, despite unusually low solar activity between 2005 and 2010, the planet continued to absorb more ener ... read more

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GreenVolts Partners with Independent Solar Developers to Provide Solar for Agriculture
GreenVolts has announced a strategic partnership with Independent Solar Developers (ISD), a turnkey solar system developer, owner, and operator that specializes in providing solar energy solutions f ... more
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Spain cuts subsidies for clean energy
Spain is cutting subsidies for clean energy production, a sector in which it has become a leader in Europe, as part of a wave of crisis spending cuts, the government said on Friday. ... more
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Soltecture Connects with altPOWER
Soltecture produces not only high efficiency thin-film modules but also ready-to-install systems, which can be easily applied to building facades and rooftops. Forming a relationship with altP ... more
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Pythagoras Solar Turns Organic Valley HQ into Energy Generating Asset
Pythagoras Solar has announced the completion of its industry leading solar window project at the Organic Valley headquarters in La Farge, Wisconsin. Organic Valley, the nation's largest cooperative ... more
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Wind and Solar Farms Tackle the Vicissitudes of Weather
Grand Ridge, Illinois, population 550, is a small village in the Corn Belt flatlands stretching south and west of Chicago. The weather in Grand Ridge swings just outside of the American average. ... more
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LA's solar power ranks second in Calif.
Los Angeles has come in second in a survey of California cities for the amount of solar installations and solar electricity generated, a report says. ... more
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Mortenson Construction to build 2.4 MW Solar Project in North Carolina
Mortenson Construction has announced their selection as EPC contractor by San Francisco-based MP2 Capital, a leading developer, financier and operator of solar facilities throughout North America, t ... more
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DuPont and Yingli Collaborate on High Efficiency Solar
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DuPont) and Yingli Green Energy Holding are collaborating to advance technology for higher efficiency solar cells, new module manufacturing processes and innovative co ... more
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Southern Energy Management Builds Large Solar Array For IDEAL Fastener
Southern Energy Management (SEM) is helping the world's second largest zipper manufacturer with sustainability efforts by installing its first solar array. IDEAL Fastener Corporation hired SEM to de ... more
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In Solar Cells, Tweaking the Tiniest of Parts Yields Big Jump in Efficiency
By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar cells convert into electricity. With military ... more
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Adjusting Robotic Arm on Amboy Rock
Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. Opportunity is conduc ... more
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WATER WORLD

Climate balancing: Sea-level rise vs. surface temperature change rates
Engineering our way out of global climate warming may not be as easy as simply reducing the incoming solar energy, according to a team of University of Bristol and Penn State climate scientists. Des ... more
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New Solar Shingle Mount Requires No Trimming
TTi has announced the next generation of its leading residential solar roof mount, the patented TTi Flat Jack Comp Shingle Mount. As the most durable and reliable mount for installing photovoltaic ( ... more
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Green Roofs Embrace Renewable Solar Energy
Green Roof Technology has announced the "Sun-Root" solar-living roof system, the first fully integrated, non-penetrative solar and extensive green roof system in North America. The "Sun-Root" ... more
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A Shade Greener Aim to Supply 35,000 Families with Free Solar by 2015
Free solar panel installer A Shade Greener has announced that they will install 35,000 free solar installations in the UK by 2015. This will mean lower electricity bills for 35,000 families en ... more
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New Solar-Energy System Generating Power at W and L
Virginia's largest solar-energy system is now up and running at Washington and Lee University, and visitors to the University's website can watch it working in real time. "We've been generatin ... more
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Abound Solar and Solarsis Announce Commissioning of Solar Plant in India
Abound Solar and Solar Integration Systems India Private Limited (Solarsis) has announced the commissioning of a 1MW solar photovoltaic plant in Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. The commissionin ... more
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Solar Industry Remains In Crisis As Government Battles For Right To Appeal
The solar industry remains in "total limbo" after a day of legal argument failed to determine if the Government has the right to appeal in the row over feed-in-tariff incentives. David Hunt, a ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Targets Amboy Rock For Extra Study Ahead of Winter
Opportunity is positioned for winter on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is tilted about 15 degrees to the north for favorable solar energy production. Op ... more
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Private investments in renweables jump
Renewable energy is in a "transformative" period as 2012 begins, with booming private investments but lagging public policies, a U.N. conference was told. ... more
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Here comes the sun
Just outside Seville, in the desert region of Andalucia, Spain, sits an oasis-like sight: a 100-meter-high pillar surrounded by rows of giant mirrors rippling outward. More than 600 of these mirrors ... more
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Philippines pushes renewable energy
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III called for boosting renewable energy to tackle climate change. ... more
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New solar farm being developed in Arizona
PSEG Solar Source has completed the acquisition of a 25.2 MW DC (19 MW AC) solar project developed by juwi solar Inc. The PSEG Queen Creek Solar Farm is expected to begin construction in January 201 ... more
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Ameresco Marks Completion of Solar Panel Installations
Ameresco has joined with Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan to recognize the completion of the first phase of a multi-phase energy efficiency initiative and renewable energy project. During a ribb ... more
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SOLON Installs Solar Capacity at Biosphere 2
SOLON has announced the installation of a 10 kilowatt (kW) pilot project of the SOLquick commercial rooftop solution at Biosphere 2, a unique ecological research and teaching facility located north ... more
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OCI Solar Power and CPS Energy negotiate largest solar development in US
OCI Solar Power has announced a partnership with CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas to enter into negotiations to produce 400 megawatts of power, making it one of the largest solar power development p ... more
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Trina Solar Announces Complete Large Rooftop Solar Solution
Trina Solar has announced the offering of a three-pronged service solution featuring complimentary design services, newly available high performance 'Honey' modules and the rapid install Trinamount ... more
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More Utility Commitment for Solar Gardens
Clean Energy Collective-innovator of community-based clean energy facilities-has finalized the power purchase agreement (PPA) with southern Colorado's San Miguel Power Association (SMPA) for all the ... more
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Activ Solar Completes 100-Plus MW Perovo Solar PV Station
Austria's Activ Solar has announced the completion and commissioning of one of the world's largest solar photovoltaic plants, the 100-megawatt (MW) Perovo Solar Power Station in Ukraine's Crimea. Bu ... more
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OPEL Solar Supplies GES USA with PV Tracker Systems
OPEL Solar and OPEL Technologies has announced that it has completed delivery of 4.6 Megawatts ("MW") of its TF-850 market leading solar trackers to Global Energy Service U.S.A. ("GES"). This is OPE ... more
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MARSDAILY

'Greeley Haven' is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), who ... more
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