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April 05, 2012
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First 50MW of Large Solar Power Plant Enabled By Cross-Border Collaboration
San Jose CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2012
SolFocus has joined with Mexican land and real estate developer Grupo Musa and U.S.-based energy developer Synergy Technologies, LLC to announce the launch of a landmark solar power plant in Baja California near Tecate, Mexico. The project, planned as a 450 megawatt total capacity, will be built in 50 megawatt tranches, with construction on the first tranche starting in late 2012 and being operational before the end of 2013. The power plant, which will use SolFocus Concentrator Photovoltaic (CPV) ... read more

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Rooftop Solar Energy Program Wins Critical Approval From LA City Council
The Los Angeles City Council cleared the way for the launch of an innovative rooftop solar-energy program, approving a measure to allow the Department of Water and Power (DWP) to move forward with t ... more
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Arizona Land Department and APS Partner on First-Ever Solar Facility to Be Built on State Land
Arizona's State Land Department and Arizona Public Service are working in coordination to build the first-ever solar project on Arizona State Trust lands. Nearly 400 acres in Yuma County will soon b ... more
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REFUsol PV String Inverters Listed on New York Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) List
REFUsol has announced that the REFUsol 012K, 016K, 020K and 024K inverters are in compliance with the New York Standard Interconnection Requirements (SIR) and qualify for the New York State Energy R ... more
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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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China Sunergy Begins Manufacturing Solar Modules in France
China Sunergy is pleased to announce that the Company has begun assembling solar modules in France through OEM cooperation with KDG Energy, a French manufacturer of high quality PV modules. Th ... more
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Scientists develop ultra-thin solar cells
Austrian and Japanese researchers on Wednesday unveiled solar cells thinner than a thread of spider silk that are flexible enough to be wrapped around a single human hair. ... more
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Italy to cut renewable energy subsidies
Italy will move to reduce taxpayer subsidies to its renewable energy sector after last year's boom in solar power, Industry Minister Corrado Passera says. ... more
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Slight Drop Of Left-Front Wheel
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. Radio Doppler trackin ... more
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Upsolar Expands Presence in Balkan Region
Upsolar has announced its latest move in the emerging Balkan solar market. The company partnered with Plan-net Solar, a leading provider of construction services, to install a 1.2 MW rooftop PVsyste ... more
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Arizona YMCA's Go Solar State Wide
Valley of the Sun YMCA, Scout Solar, LLC, Centrosolar America, and the City of Scottsdale have celebrated the deployment of 66.55 kilowatts of solar power as part of a 1.6 MW, multi-YMCA project tha ... more
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Mexico buoyed by renewable energy boost
Mexico, buoyed by success in wind energy expansion, is launching a giant solar energy project that sees a U.S. firm's role in its primary development. ... more
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Australia's Solar Dawn in limbo
The future of Australia's massive Solar Dawn solar research and power plant is uncertain following the election of Queensland's new premier. ... more
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SolarCity Unveils National Home Energy Loan
SolarCity has unveiled a Home Energy Loan[1] for energy efficiency upgrades that will make cleaner indoor air, greater comfort and lower energy bills more accessible to American homeowners. The typi ... more
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New Capital Area Food Bank Facility to Power Up and Save with Standard Solar
Standard Solar has announced it is developing a 241 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system for the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB). The system, which will be installed on the new facility currently u ... more
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Tecta Solar Installs Largest Rooftop PV Solar System in Massachusetts
Tecta Solar recently completed the installation of a 1,869 kWp rooftop photovoltaic solar facility in Whitinsville, Mass. This is the largest rooftop system installed in Massachusetts, and the third ... more
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DuPont Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreements with Trina Solar
DuPont announced it has signed two strategic cooperation agreements with Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trina Solar Limited), one of the world's foremost photov ... more
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A new dimension for solar energy
Intensive research around the world has focused on improving the performance of solar photovoltaic cells and bringing down their cost. But very little attention has been paid to the best ways of arr ... more
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Brown liquor and solar cells to provide sustainable electricity
A breakthrough for inexpensive electricity from solar cells, and a massive investment in wind power, will mean a need to store energy in an intelligent way. According to research at Linkoping Univer ... more
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Obama blames Congress for failed solar firm
President Barack Obama distanced himself from solar panel firm Solyndra amid Republican charges that his administration improperly secured a $535 million government loan guarantee. ... more
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SEIA Releases Solar Industry Commitment to Environmental and Social Responsibility
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a Solar Industry Commitment to Environmental and Social Responsibility (Solar Commitment), a document that promotes the implementation of ... more
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Eco Environments helps Olympic legacy project to soar
An Olympic legacy project in Leicestershire has gone solar with the help of a leading renewable energy company. Eco Environments erected 92 Hyundai solar panels as part of a 23kW system for Sport in ... more
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LADWP's Adelanto Solar Plant Marks Major Construction Milestone
The LA Department of Water and Power's Adelanto Solar Project has marked a major construction milestone as the final support pole was installed at the 10 megawatt utility-scale solar array currently ... more
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Nexus EnergyHomes Installs First Rooftop Sun-Tracking Solar Power System
NEXUS EnergyHomes has installed the first sun-tracking solar device on the rooftop of a row house residence on Federal Hill in Baltimore. "With electricity prices reaching unprecedented rates, Ameri ... more
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China criticizes solar panel tariffs
China says the U.S. Commerce Department's decision to impose tariffs on Chinese solar panels imported into the United States is "unjust." ... more
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Trump says he's ordered US to start nuclear weapons testing
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Cap and Trade Programs Do Not Provide Sufficient Incentives for Energy Technology Innovation
Cap and trade programs to reduce emissions do not inherently provide incentives to induce the private sector to develop innovative technologies to address climate change, according to a new study in ... more
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Cap and Trade Programs Do Not Provide Sufficient Incentives for Energy Technology Innovation
Cap and trade programs to reduce emissions do not inherently provide incentives to induce the private sector to develop innovative technologies to address climate change, according to a new study in ... more
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SoloPower's Flexible CIGS Modules Breaks Barriers
SoloPower says its next generation panel has achieved an aperture area efficiency of 13.4%. This, says the firm, is a record for flexible CIGS based modules. The result was verified independently by ... more
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NREL Develop 'Invisible Wires' for Transporting Electricity on SolarWindow
New Energy Technologies, Inc., a developer of innovative technologies for generating sustainable electricity, announces that Company and NREL scientists collaboratively developing New Energy's Solar ... more
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Solar3D's New Tests Reveal Game Changing Solar Cell
Solar3D has announced that it has completed a detailed simulation analysis comparing its breakthrough solar cell with conventional solar cells. The results reveal that the company's breakthrough sol ... more
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New Quasi-mono Solar Modules Provide More Power per Square Meter
In a move to better serve its commercial and large scale utility market customers requiring higher solar power generation, Aide Solar has announced the release of its Quasi-mono module portfolio, co ... more
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SolarWorld GT Visits Florida Solar Energy Center on Driving Tour around Globe
A solar-powered car sponsored by SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, will visit the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), a research institute of the University of ... more
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China plays down US trade row over solar products
China Wednesday sought to defuse a trade row with the United States after the latter imposed duties on Chinese solar products, saying it would not hurt ties, even as state media cried protectionism. ... more
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