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August 17, 2012
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Bill Gates Names Winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge
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Bill Gates has announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge-an effort to develop "next-generation" toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people worldwide who don't have it. The awards recognize researchers from leading universities who are developing innovative ways to manage human waste, which will help improve the health and lives of people around the world. California Institute of Technology in the United States received the $100,000 first pr ... read more

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SOLON Accelerates Shipping Innovative Solquick Rooftop Solution To Solar Installers
SOLON Corporation has announced it has accelerated shipping its award winning SOLquickTM commercial rooftop system to the U.S. market. SOLquick's innovative design integrates a frameless solar modul ... more
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KYOCERA to Supply 405KW of Renewable Solar Energy to Remote Villages of Fiji
Kyocera Solar has announced that its solar energy systems will power over 2000 homes in the Fiji Islands. The solar projects are in partnership with Fiji's Department of Energy and the Fifth Pacific ... more
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Constellation To Develop 4.35MW Solar Generation Project
Constellation has announced the development of an aggregate 4.35-megawatt (DC) solar generation project for the Casa Grande Union High School District in Casa Grande, Ariz. Constellation will financ ... more
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Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet

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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Saint Theresa's Looks to the Sun For Big Energy Savings
The Parish of Saint Theresa announces the completion of a rooftop solar power system that is hosted on its Faith Formation Center at 450 Radio Road in Little Egg Harbor, N.J. Saint Theresa 's Church ... more
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University of Houston researcher develops solar panel coating
A University of Houston researcher has developed a nanoparticle coating for solar panels that makes it easier to keep the panels clean, maintaining their efficiency for longer and reducing the maint ... more
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Here Comes the Sun: NASA Picks Solar Array System Development Proposals
NASA's Space Technology Program has selected Deployable Space Systems (DSS) of Goleta, Calif. and ATK Space Systems Inc., of Commerce, Calif., for contract negotiation to develop advanced solar arra ... more
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Lockheed Martin to Integrate Fuel Cells, Solar Power for Military Apps
Lockheed Martin secured a contract with the Office of Naval Research for the design and development of solid oxide fuel cell generator sets as an alternative to traditional battlefield power generat ... more
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A new analysis could map the ancient history of Earth's surface
Eagleview launches innovation center to expand AI-driven geospatial intelligence
Geologists discover the first evidence of 4.5-billion-year-old "proto Earth"
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Hanwha Solar Launches Project Development Business in North America
Hanwha SolarOne has launched Hanwha SolarEnergy America (HSEA), expanding the company's North American capabilities downstream with project financing, development, engineering, procurement, construc ... more
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SPI Solar Completes Two Major Projects in Greece
SPI Solar has announced that it has completed construction and successfully interconnected two large-scale solar energy facility ("SEF") projects in Greece. A 2-megawatt development in Evros a ... more
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University of Michigan Team Wins Record-Breaking 2012 American Solar Challenge
Despite being challenged by bad weather conditions along the way, the University of Michigan Solar Car Team won the 2012 American Solar Challenge with their car Quantum for a fourth consecutive Amer ... more
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Wright-Hennepin Launches Minnesota's First Solar Community Project
Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association (WH), Rockford, MN and the Clean Energy Collective (CEC), Carbondale, CO, have entered into an agreement to launch Minnesota's first solar community. ... more
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China the next solar market for China?
Despite uncertainty in export markets due to trade disputes, the prospects are still good for China's domestic solar market, experts say. ... more
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SolarCraft Brings Solar to Altamont Apartments
The project consists of 509 SunTech 240-watt solar panels spanning 9,043 square feet of roof tops on multiple buildings. The total system is expected to generate approximately 189,760 kilowatt hours ... more
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Walmart Unveils 100th Solar Installation in California
Walmart's College Avenue store in San Diego was unveiled as the 100th California Walmart store now using rooftop solar panels to generate power, contributing to the company's broader goal of being s ... more
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Tecta Solar Completes Solar Photovoltaic Installation at Augustine Casino
Tecta Solar, a division of Tecta America Corp., recently completed the installation of a 2,248 kWp solar photovoltaic system in Coachella, California. The ground-mounted project, located on the Augu ... more
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REC rolls out its industry-leading certification program for solar installers in the US
Renewable Energy Corporation (REC), a leading global manufacturer of solar modules, is rolling out its successful REC Solar Professional Program for installers in the US. Since its recent launch in ... more
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Transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity
Scientists are reporting development of a new transparent solar cell, an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Breaking the barriers for low-cost energy storage
A team of researchers has developed a cheap, rechargeable and eco-friendly battery that could be used to store energy at solar power plants for a rainy day. Led by Sri Narayan, professor of chemistr ... more
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Boeing Subsidiary Spectrolab Names Troy Dawson as President
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab has named Troy Dawson - a leader with more than 25 years of satellite project management, engineering, and development experience - as president of the solar cell and pa ... more
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California on course for renewable energy
California's utilities have surpassed the state's goal of 20 percent of energy from renewable sources, state regulators said. ... more
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Japan increasingly turning to solar power
Many Japanese municipalities are turning their backs on nuclear power and Japan could soon become one of the world's biggest solar power nations, experts say. ... more
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China solar industry group denies dumping, subsidies
A Chinese industry group on Thursday denied accusations solar manufacturers used state subsidies to sell products below cost in Europe, and urged Brussels not to launch an investigation. ... more
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Governor Christie Signs Legislation to Stabilize New Jersey Solar Market
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) has signed legislation into law that allows the state's solar energy market to continue growing and creating good jobs in N.J. over the next several years. The ... more
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Zelensky urges allies against appeasing Russia after US trip
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar talks
Gaza reports 45 dead in Israeli strikes as truce breaches by both sides increase
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OCI Solar Power Partner with CPS Energy for Largest US Utility Solar Project
OCI Solar Power has signed a deal with CPS Energy in San Antonio, Texas, to develop, own and operate the largest municipal utility solar project in the country. The groundbreaking sustainable energy ... more
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Breakthrough leads to record efficiency for next-gen solar cells
Researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have made a breakthrough in the development of colloidal quantum dot (CQD) films, l ... more
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Sportsmen's Coalition Applauds Solar Energy Plan
A federal plan that outlines utility-scale solar energy development on public lands is drawing praise from the Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development coalition due to its "smart from the start ... more
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Speeding up the profitability of flat-roof solar installations
Ecolibrium Solar modernized the flat-roof mounting industry with the launch of the Ecofoot in 2010. Recent usage of the Ecofoot mounting system includes the installation of a 127.5kW solar PV system ... more
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Code Environmental Completes Rooftop Solar System Installation
Code Environmental Services has announced that it has completed the installation of a 220-kilowatt rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) system. Designed, engineered and constructed by Manasquan, N. ... more
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China denies EU solar dumping
A Chinese government official has denounced a complaint filed with the European Commission by European solar panel makers, led by Germany's SolarWorld, seeking import tariffs on Chinese-made solar products. ... more
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NIST measurement advance could speed innovation in solar devices
A new versatile measurement system devised by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) accurately and quickly measures the electric power output of solar energy devic ... more
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Photovoltaics from any semiconductor
A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s ... more
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