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Renewable energy costs falling: agencyAbu Dhabi (AFP) June 6, 2012 Power from renewable energy sources is getting cheaper every year, according to a study released Wednesday, challenging long-standing myths that clean energy technology is too expensive to adopt. According to the study by the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency, the costs associated with extracting power from solar panels has fallen as much as 60 percent in just the past few years. The price of generating power from other renewables, including wind, hydro power, concentrating s ... read more |
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 Trina Solar brings clean solar energy to Lotus F1 Team headquarters Trina Solar has announced the completed installation of a new photovoltaic system at the headquarters of the Lotus F1 Team in Enstone, Oxfordshire, England. The rooftop system provides clean solar e ... more | .. |
 Renusol America Supporting Solar Training Labs Renusol America has announced its participation in three solar training programs that are helping solar installers keep up to date with the latest solar energy technology. The company has donated it ... more | .. |
 SolarCity Provides Bayer Healthcare with Berkeley's Largest Solar Electricity Installation SolarCity and Bayer Healthcare has announced a 1,000-panel solar installation - the largest in the city of Berkeley[1] - to help power Bayer's manufacturing facilities here. The project was financed ... more | .. |
 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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 Eco Environments delivers biggest solar PV project in the North of England A leading renewable energy company has completed the biggest roof-based solar PV project in the North of England. The 1077 Hyundai solar panels were installed by Liverpool-based Eco Environments at ... more | .. |
 AREVA Solar's Kimberlina Power Plant awarded POWER Magazine's 'Top Plant' AREVA Solar has announced that POWER Magazine, considered the definitive information source for the power generation market, named the company's Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Station as one of the ... more | .. |
 Q.CELLS Finalizes Construction of 69MW Project in North America Q.CELLS North America, a subsidiary of Q-Cells SE and global leader in designing, building and managing financially sustainable solar photovoltaic (PV) solutions, has successfully completed the fina ... more | .. |
  Geoengineering could lead to a whiter sky One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from the Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar ... more |
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 US Antidumping Tariffs Impact Solar Module Shipments to North America U.S. government antidumping penalties on imports of photovoltaic (PV) cells from China could suspend nearly half of solar module shipments to North America this year, impacting pricing, inventories ... more | .. |
  Exotic particles, chilled and trapped, form giant matter wave Physicists have trapped and cooled exotic particles called excitons so effectively that they condensed and cohered to form a giant matter wave. This feat will allow scientists to better study the ph ... more | .. |
 High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis. Plants convert sunlight to chemical energy in the form of biomass, while releasing ... more | .. |
 University of Florida physicists set new record for graphene solar cell efficiency Doping may be a no-no for athletes, but researchers in the University of Florida's physics department say it was key in getting unprecedented power conversion efficiency from a new graphene solar ce ... more |
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 Sting in the tail as Government announces new solar PV tariffs The Government has left consumers with a "sting in the tail" after unveiling its latest set of feed-in-tariff rates for solar PV. Ministers had initially planned to reduce the FIT rate to as low as ... more | .. |
 New Solar PV Test Kit Has Special Datalogging Capabilities Solar PV electrical test and measurement specialist Seaward Solar will be using Intersolar Europe to unveil its latest all in one specialist PV test kit that enables contractors to install new solar ... more | .. |
  SEIA Statement on Chinese Ruling Against US Renewable Energy Programs Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), released the following statement in response to reports that China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has preliminarily ... more | .. |
 China says US violates WTO on renewable energy China said Thursday that several US policies supporting the American renewable energy industries violate World Trade Organization rules. ... more |
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Europe plans satellite powerhouse to rival Musk's Starlink
Precision laser links overcome turbulence for better satellite communications
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 Taking solar technology up a notch The limitations of conventional and current solar cells include high production cost, low operating efficiency and durability, and many cells rely on toxic and scarce materials. Northwestern Univers ... more | .. |
 Solantro Semiconductor Secures Financing for Rollout of Chipsets for Solar PV Module Integrated Electronics Solantro Semiconductor has announced the completion of its Series A Financing in the amount of $10 Million. This funding was led by Black Coral Capital, and included participation from Presidio Vent ... more | .. |
 Solis Partners Completes First Business Solar PV Installation In New Jersey Solis Partners has announced that it has completed the installation of a 243- kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Riephoff Sawmill. Located in Monmouth County in the borough of Upper Freehold ... more | .. |
 SEIA Seeks Mutually-Satisfactory Resolution of Growing US-China Solar Trade Conflict Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released the following statement in the wake of the decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose additio ... more |
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 Great Park Accepts Grant from US DoE for Solar Decathlon 2013 and XPO At their meeting on May 17, 2012, The Orange County Great Park Corporation Board approved an agreement with the United States Department of Energy that provides a $1 million grant to host the Solar ... more | .. |
 Motech Provides Solar Cell Certificate of Origin for Motech Modules Imported into US Motech Industries has announced that it will provide all customers which import laminates, panels and/or modules (collectively, "Modules") into the United States with a "Solar Cell Certificate of Or ... more | .. |
 ABC Solar Targets Japan Expansion Through Okinawa ABC Solar Japan celebrates ground-breaking at its new headquarters for solar market development located in Okinawa, Japan. This beautiful and strategic island was chosen because ABC Solar Japan sees ... more | .. |
 Australia establishes green energy funding Australia has passed legislation establishing the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corp. to provide grants and government investment to green projects. ... more |
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Venezuela's Maduro to US: 'No crazy war, please!'
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 Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector It may not be intuitive, but a coating of reflective metal can actually make something less visible, engineers at Stanford and UPenn have shown. They have created an invisible, light-detecting devic ... more | .. |
 China criticizes solar anti-dumping ruling China has called "unfair" the U.S. anti-dumping ruling against Chinese solar power equipment. ... more | .. |
 Hanwha Solar Launches Three New Modules at SNEC Power Expo 2012 Hanwha Solar, a global provider of total solar energy solutions and a leading manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers, and photovoltaic cells and modules, has launched three new solar photovoltaic (P ... more | .. |
 First Light Technologies launches WLB Series Solar LED Bollard First Light Technologies is pleased to announce the launch of its WLB Series Solar LED Bollard for low-level architectural, commercial way finding, and landscaping applications. "With this off ... more |
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 Westinghouse Solar and CBD Energy Sign Definitive Merger Agreement Westinghouse Solar and CBD Energy have jointly announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement. The merger has been approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies and consummation is t ... more | .. |
 US DoD Takes Aggressive Lead as Early Adopters of Solar Energy Principal Solar has announced the release of its White Paper, "Navigating by the Sun: U.S. Department of Defense Takes Aggressive Lead as Early Adopters of Solar Energy." Authored by Michael Gorton, ... more | .. |
 New DuPont Solamet PV51G Provides Better Adhesion DuPont Microcircuit Materials has launched its next-generation back side silver material for high-efficiency solar cells. DuPont Solamet PV51G photovoltaic metallization decreases dependence on silv ... more | .. |
 EU solar boom sees doubling of capacity Europe's photovoltaic market continued to boom in 2011, with installed capacity doubling across the 27 EU member countries, new research indicates. ... more |
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