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April 17, 2012
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Europe shows modest growth in renewables
Brussels (UPI) Apr 16, 2012
Investments in Europe's clean energy sector grew a modest 4 percent in 2011 but it remained the globe's top destination for such dollars, a new report says. An analysis released late last week in Washington by the Pew Charitable Trusts indicated that, despite less-than-stellar growth, Europe raked in $99.3 billion in clean energy investments last year. Europe's performance was a key factor in a worldwide cleantech investment total of $263 billion - a 6.5 percent global increase. ... read more

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Australians embrace solar to tackle rising power bills
Regional and lower-income Australians are leading the charge towards solar power as a way to address rising power bills, according to new data. Australia's top solar postcode at the end of 201 ... more
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Walmart Expands Solar Commitment to Colorado
Walmart has announced six SolarCity projects on stores in Colorado, marking the company's 100th solar power installation in the U.S. and moving it closer to its long-term goal of using 100-percent r ... more
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AREVA Awarded Contract by Reliance to Build Asia's Largest Concentrated Solar Power Installation
AREVA Solar has been awarded a contract by the Indian group Reliance Power Limited to build a 250 megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power (CSP) installation in India, which will become the largest in ... more
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Tibet to have solar power generation base
A solar photovoltaic power generation base is being built in the second largest city in Tibet to ease winter power shortage by harnessing the ample amount of sunshine received by the area. The ... more
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US, India setting up $125 mn clean energy centre
In a significant development in the quest for clean energy, three top research institutions each in India and the United States have joined hands to form three consortia that will make up the $125 m ... more
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Hanwha Solar and San Francisco Giants Announce New Partnership
Hanwha Solar, a global provider of photovoltaic (PV) solar solutions and flagship company of Korea's top-10 business group Hanwha Group, has been named the new official solar partner of the San Fran ... more
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Sanyo Leaves America and ABC Solar Launches its Japan Solar Lease Fund
In a huge twist of fate, two solar players share a future in the Japanese solar market. Sanyo is leaving America because in Japan the retail price for solar is 10 bucks a watt where in the states it ... more
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Solar power company withdraws offering
U.S. solar power company BrightSource Energy withdrew its initial public offering this week, saying tough market conditions prompted its decision. ... more
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Philadelphia Labor, Businesses, City Officials Ask PA Lawmakers to Get Solar Job Growth Back on Track
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 has gathered with city officials and solar business leaders to urge Pennsylvania lawmakers to save solar power investment and job ... more
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World's biggest solar facility made in Austria
The world's largest solar energy facility, built with Austrian technology, has opened in Saudi Arabia and will provide Riyad's Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University with warm water. ... more
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Japan's largest solar project announced
Japanese electronics giant Kyocera says it will build a 70-megawatt solar power plant in the southern Japanese city of Kagoshima. ... more
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Zentric Signs Agreement to Acquire 1.6 MW Solar Project in North Carolina
William Tien, President of Zentric is pleased to announce Zentric has entered into an agreement to purchase Innovative Solar I, LLC and Innovative Solar II, LLC, each the owner/developer of separate ... more
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Suniva ARTisun Select Solar Cells Averaging 19 Percent Efficiency in Production
Suniva has announced that its ARTisun Select series solar cells are now averaging 19 percent efficiency in plant-wide production. In addition to the improved efficiencies, ongoing process improvemen ... more
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North America's Largest Rooftop Solar Power Plant Formally Completed
U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J., has presented Gloucester Marine Terminal officials with an award letter announcing an $11 million federal tax credit rebate for the recently-completed groundbreakin ... more
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Tenaska Closes Commercial Financing for Imperial Solar Energy Center South
Tenaska has announced that it has closed financing for Imperial Solar Energy Center South, a utility-scale photovoltaic solar generating plant in southern California. The project represents Te ... more
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Hughson Nut Cracks Open 586KW Solar System With Cenergy Power
Cenergy Power has completed a 586 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system for Hughson Nut at their 50,000 square foot almond processing facility in Hughson, California. Hughson Nut is a market-leadi ... more
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World's largest solar thermal plant online
The world's largest solar thermal plant has gone into full operation in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh after a six-month trial, officials said. ... more
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Kyocera to build Japan's biggest solar power plant
High-tech manufacturer Kyocera said Tuesday it will build Japan's largest solar power plant to help solve an electricity crunch in the almost nuclear power-free country. ... more
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Post Solstice Rover Takes The Opportunity For A Wiggle
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. The winter solstice (March ... more
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Allied Wire and Cable Releases Solar Cable Video
Allied Wire and Cable premieres its Solar Cable video, which explains the two most common types of wire used in solar arrays: USE-2 wire and PV wire. It is the newest addition to Allied's educationa ... more
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Maine Resort Basks in the Sun and Now Generates Solar Energy
Committed to sustainability and preserving the environment, The Cliff House Resort and Spa has installed one of Maine's largest solar thermal systems. The installation uses 2,100 tubes on 70 collect ... more
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Guardian Delivering Solar Mirrors
Guardian Industries has announced that the company's EcoGuard Solar Boost mirrors are being installed at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California's Mojave Desert. The ... more
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Titan Energy Systems and Ortiz Energia offer Power Plant Development in India
India's leading and well established solar PV module manufacturer and solar power plant EPC provider, Hyderabad-based Titan Energy Systems Ltd. (TESL) partners with Ortiz Energia, a subsidiary of Gr ... more
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DuPont Microcircuit Materials Introduces Solamet PV416 Photovoltaic Metallization
DuPont Microcircuit Materials (MCM) has introduced DuPont Solamet PV416 photovoltaic metallization, a new frontside silver paste material used to raise the efficiency of thin film photovoltaic cells ... more
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Ultra-thin solar cells developed
Japanese and European researchers say they've developed solar cells thinner than a thread of spider silk and flexible enough to be wrapped around a human hair. ... more
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Centrosolar Canada Unveils T-Series
Centrosolar Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of CENTROSOLAR Group AG, headquartered in Munich, Germany announces the release of the new T-Series photovoltaic modules, now available to Canadian solar ... more
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DUNMORE Backsheets to Protect and Insulate PV Modules
DUNMORE Corporation is providing solar module backsheets to Advanced Solar Photonics (ASP) - one of the largest manufacturers of crystalline silicon PV modules in the U.S. with 100 megawatts (MW) of ... more
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Germany not buying Greek solar project
Despite support from the European Union, a massive Greek solar energy proposal isn't a priority for its would-be German customers, a Berlin energy official says. ... 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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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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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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