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March 06, 2012
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Slight Cleaning of Opportunity Mars Rover Solar Panels
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 02, 2012
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. While positioned for the winter, Opportunity is conducting regular radio Doppler tracking measurements to support geo-dynamic investigations of the planet, in-situ (contact) science investigations of the rock target, "Amboy," including Microscopic Imager mosaics and long Moessbauer spectrometer integrations, and continued collect ... read more

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GE Energy Financial Services More Than Doubles Global Solar Power Investments
GE unit GE Energy Financial Services has announced it has more than doubled its global solar power investment commitments in the past year to $1.4 billion, for nearly $5 billion in projects. Its lat ... more
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GE Bullish on Solar
Snowbirds aren't the only folk flocking to the Sonoran Desert this winter. Hundreds of construction workers have moved to this sun-drenched stretch of rock and mesquite brush straddling the Arizona ... more
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German Solar Market Remains Attractive for Residential Investments
Despite the German government's plan to reduce incentives for new solar installations, some market segments in the country will remain attractive for photovoltaics (PV) in 2012, with the return on i ... more
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Calyxo CdTe thin-film producer reaches efficiency of 13.4 percent
Calyxo of Bitterfeld / Wolfen-Thalheim confirms, with its innovative thin-film module, the tremendous performance potential of photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride technology. The C ... more
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DST Output Shines With New Solar Installation
DST Output, in a joint venture with its parent company DST Systems and affiliate DST Realty, recently installed one of the Sacramento region's newest solar arrays on the rooftop of its 588,000-squar ... more
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Solar Energy Applications Now Open for Consumers Energy Business Customers
Business electric customers served by Consumers Energy can now submit applications to participate in the utility's next phase of its solar energy program. The Experimental Advance Renewable Pr ... more
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Advanced Energy Partners with Moose Power to Supply Commercial-Scale Solar
Advanced Energy Industries has announced that its inverters have been selected to power six projects in Ontario, Canada. The projects were awarded to Advanced Energy (AE) Solar Energy by Moose Power ... more
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HyperSolar Signs Agreement with Top University for Research and Development
HyperSolar has announced that it has entered into a year-long sponsored research agreement with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to help achieve important milestones in the company ... more
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Konarka Technologies Advances Award Winning Power Plastic Solar Cell Efficiency with 9% Certification
Konarka Technologies has announced that Newport has certified Konarka's next generation organic solar cells as demonstrating 9% single-junction efficiency. These recent advances continue to be based ... more
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Borrego Solar Completes 3.4 MW Solar Power Installation at Edwards AFB
Borrego Solar Systems has announced the completion of a 3.4 megawatt (MW) solar power installation at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. Comprised of 3 ground-mounted, single-axis tracki ... more
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Making droplets drop faster
The condensation of water is crucial to the operation of most of the powerplants that provide our electricity - whether they are fueled by coal, natural gas or nuclear fuel. It is also the key to pr ... more
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PV America Shows to Highlight Solar Energy Growth Markets on Both Coasts in 2013
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) have announced they are bringing the highly successful PV America conference and exposition to both coa ... more
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SolarCity and Shea Homes Introduce the "No Electric Bill" Home
SolarCity and Shea Homes have partnered to make a "no electric bill" home available to homebuyers in all Shea Homes Active Lifestyle and Trilogy communities in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada a ... more
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Advanced Solar Photonics Introduces Grid-Tied Inverters to PV Equipment Line
Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP) and PV solar system kits for residential, commercial and utility applications has launched a series of grid-tied inverters. ASP grid-tied inverters feature indus ... more
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China aims to boost domestic solar sector
The Chinese government has set new targets for domestic growth in the solar power sector under its latest five-year plan. ... more
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Opportunity For More Doppler Tracking And Imaging At Cape York
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. While positioned for ... more
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2Q12 Solar Industry Development and Outlook Remains Conservative
According to EnergyTrend, the green energy division of TrendForce, benefitting from the rush orders in Q1, first-tier manufacturers managed to keep their capacity utility rate above 80% while second ... more
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Solis Partners Completes the First Two PV Power Installations in New Jersey
Solis Partners has announced the completion of two solar power systems located in the Catholic Diocese of Trenton that spans Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties in New Jersey. Soli ... more
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Homeowners Use the Sun and Incentives to Save on Winter Heating Costs
Fluctuating energy costs can make it difficult for homeowners to budget their heating bills during the cold winter months. That is why many are looking into alternative sources of energy for water h ... more
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Italian engineer invents floating solar panels
Rays of the winter sun bounce off gleaming mirrors on the tiny lake of Colignola in Italy, where engineers have built a cost-effective prototype for floating, rotating solar panels. ... more
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Rock Studies Continue for Opportunity
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. While positioned for ... more
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'Printed' solar cells a low-cost solution?
Solar cells manufactured using special ink printed onto sheets of a supporting material could lead to new low-cost solar cells, U.S. chemical engineers say. ... more
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SEIA Statement on President Obama's FY2013 Budget Request
President Obama's Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget, released this week, provides for an extension of the Section 1603 Treasury Program. Extension of this worthwhile program will allow taxpayers to reap ... more
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Silicon Energy's New Minnesota Solar Plant Shines
Silicon Energy's new multi-million dollar solar PV manufacturing plant in Mountain Iron, Minnesota is starting 2012 with a series of noteworthy local installations that demonstrate its unique, versa ... more
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Indiana solar panel manufacturer Nusun Solar certified to UL standard
Nusun Solar has been successfully certified to Underwriters Laboratories UL 1703 standard by ETL certification testing labs - a final pre-production step that ensures the safety, performance and qua ... more
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New Kit Meets MCS Solar PV Test Needs
Seaward Solar has expanded its range of specialist test equipment for solar PV installation work with a new kit that provides the complete solution to MCS electrical testing needs. The new all ... more
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DuPont and Yingli Green Energy Enter Strategic Agreement
DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) have signed a $100 million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world's biggest ch ... more
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Tandem polymer solar cells set record for energy-conversion
In the effort to convert sunlight into electricity, photovoltaic solar cells that use conductive organic polymers for light absorption and conversion have shown great potential. Organic polymers can ... more
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Powell Energy and Solar Completes Complex Install for N.J. Church
Powell Energy and Solar, a regional provider of energy solutions for residential and commercial properties, has completed a solar panel installation for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Cherry H ... more
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Oldest Family Mushroom Farm in the US Goes Solar
Mushrooms do not normally need much help from the sun, but nearly 5,000 solar panels have popped up alongside buildings that house white button mushrooms near West Grove, Pennsylvania. Marlboro Mush ... more
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Solar panels could double as a roof
Researchers in Australia are developing a solar roof system that uses wasted energy to warm air and water. ... more
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