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April 24, 2012
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Geostellar Teams with GeoEye to Map the Solar Power Potential of Every Rooftop in the United States
Herndon, VA (SPX) Apr 24, 2012
GeoEye, has announced a strategic relationship with Geostellar, an innovative technology company that is transforming the solar energy industry. Under the terms of the agreement, GeoEye will supply high-quality Earth imagery, digital surface models and other mapping data to help Geostellar dramatically expand its service. GeoEye also intends to take a small equity position in the company. Geostellar has built a breakthrough analytics platform that automatically determines how quickly a given prope ... read more

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The solar cell that also shines: Luminescent 'LED-type' design breaks efficiency record
To produce the maximum amount of energy, solar cells are designed to absorb as much light from the Sun as possible. Now researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have suggested - and ... more
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'Super-nano' plastic fibres touted for next-generation IT
Materials scientists in France said on Sunday they had made highly-conductive plastic wires on the nanoscale, an invention with potential for mobile devices, computing and solar energy. ... more
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1.5MW Solar Generation Project from Constellation Energy Dedicated in New Jersey
Constellation Energy and Middle Township Board of Education have announced the completion of an aggregate 1.5-megawatt (DC) solar generation project. Baltimore-based Constellation Energy owns and wi ... more
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La Vina Ranch and SPG Solar Install Solar to Power Cold Storage Facility
La Vina Ranch in Madera, CA and SPG Solar, a national solar energy company serving commercial solar clients, have completed a 396 kilowatt (kW) DC ground-mounted solar power system, which will provi ... more
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Opportunity Left-Front Wheel Stabilized
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 solar insolation ... more
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New Program Expands Ability to Tap into City's Abundant Sunshine
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Water and Power Commissioners have approved the creation of a Solar Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Demonstration Program for 10 megawatts (MW) of ... more
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EMCORE Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract
EMCORE has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation (BATC) to design, manufacture, test and deliver solar panels for a new spacecraft. The period ... more
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McCormick Achieves Net-Zero Energy Use with Constellation Energy
McCormick and Company and Constellation Energy have announced that McCormick's 363,000-square-foot distribution center in Belcamp, Md., now generates more electricity than it uses. The center ... more
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Surplus Supply of Polysilicon Pressures Pricing - but not all Polysilicon Prices are Equal
An ongoing surplus in the production of polysilicon-the key raw material in the photovoltaic (PV) industry-will lead to excess supply, leading to further erosion in its pricing, according to an IHS ... more
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EU: $65M for Third World green energy
The European Union said this week it will commit $65 million to a technical assistance fund for setting up sustainable energy projects in developing countries. ... more
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Solar Manufacturers No Longer Slashing Price to Bring In Orders
According to EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, slowed demand on the German market, the uncertainty towards the future market in Italy, and unclear demand in other regions has resulted ... more
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Hanwha Solar Deepens Roots in North America
Hanwha Solar has opened a state-of-the-art PV research and development (R and D) laboratory in Santa Clara, Calif. The facility will explore a variety of next-generation PV concepts for efficient, l ... more
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Ex-Im Bank Approves Export Financing for Solar Project in India
Supporting U.S. jobs at companies in eight states, the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved an $80.32 million direct loan for the purchase of conce ... more
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New Solar PV Test Kit Has Special Datalogging And Downloading Capabilities
The latest solar test kit from Seaward Solar enables contractors to meet international electrical commissioning and PV system safety requirements quickly, thoroughly and effectively. The new S ... more
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Construction Progressing on Sandy Cross Solar Farm in North Carolina
O2 Energies is harvesting something new on the grounds of a family-owned North Carolina soybean farm: 1.5-megawatts worth of electricity produced by the solar array at Sandy Cross Solar. The solar f ... more
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Energy-Efficient Lighting Company Gets Even Greener with Solar System
GeoGenix has announced that it recently completed the installation of a 133-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) generation system for Wood-Ridge, N.J.-based Starfire Lighting, a leading provide ... more
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Clean Energy Collective Launches Community Solar Garden Financing Program
Clean Energy Collective (CEC) and Sooper Credit Union (SCU) have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership whereby Sooper Credit Union will make affordable, long-term loans avail ... more
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Nanotube electrodes improve solar cells
Forests of carbon nanotubes are an efficient alternative for platinum electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), according to new research by collaborators at Rice University and Tsinghua Unive ... 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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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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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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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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Europe shows modest growth in renewables
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. ... 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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