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June 14, 2013

Goal Zero and In-Q-Tel Sign Strategic Agreement to Develop Deployable Power Systems
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jun 13, 2013
Goal Zero has announced a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel (IQT). IQT is a non-profit, strategic investor that identifies, adapts, and delivers innovative technology solutions to support the missions of the U.S Intelligence Community. "We've championed a new approach to the way consumers charge their essential devices," said Joe Atkin, President and CEO of Goal Zero. "Being able to develop those same, easy-to-use solutions for IQT's government customers ... read more

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MECASOLAR leads a European R and D project The European Union has launched a new research project called OPTIMUS, part of the EUREKA Technology Cooperation Program, which over the next three years will focus on the research and development o ... more		1.3GW of PV Installations Eliminated by EU Anti-Dumping Duties in 2013 European photovoltaic (PV) installations are forecast to fall by more than 6 gigawatts (GW) in 2013, with 1.3 GW of this decline attributed to incoming EU anti-dumping duties on Chinese modules acco ... more		DLR and CIEMAT commission a meteorological station for solar power plants How much solar energy reaches a power plant? Is the Sun often obscured by dust or other atmospheric particles? Power station operators need a great deal of meteorological data before deciding on the ... more
				Testing Artificial Photosynthesis With the daily mean concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide having reached 400 parts-per-million for the first time in human history, the need for carbon-neutral alternatives to fossil fuel ene ... more		Brill Install First Micro Inverted PV Systems In The North Of England Brill Energy, one of the North West's foremost installers of Solar PV Systems has announced the successful completion of the installation of a 28.5 Kilowatt Enphase Microinverter System at STM Power ... more

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DuPont and Yingli Green Energy Sign Expanded Strategic Agreement DuPont and Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited (Yingli China), a wholly owned subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (Yingli Green Energy), have signed a new one year, $100 mill ... more		Clean Energy Collective Awarded Three Additional Solar Gardens National leading solar garden developer Clean Energy Collective has announced it has been awarded three new community solar garden projects through Xcel Energy's Solar*Rewards Community program, bri ... more		CO2 soon to be buried under North Sea oil platform From farms to court, climate-hit communities take on big polluters From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze		Chinese Antidumping Duties to Drive up Solar Polysilicon Devices China's pending move to slap antidumping tariffs on imported solar polysilicon from key countries will generate a surge in pricing for this key raw material in June and July-but the magnitude of the ... more
				ET Solar Modules Installed in the Third Largest Commercial PV Plant in Chile ET Solar Group has announced that it has supplied 3.3 MW high quality modules to the third largest commercial PV plant project undertaken by Perihelio y Afelio , a local EPC company in Chile. ... more		US DoI Approves SolarReserve's 100 MW Arizona Solar Power Project U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the approval of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Quartzsite Solar Energy Project located in La Paz County, Ariz. With this authorization, So ... more

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Growing Demand for New Production Homes with Solar Based on data provided by the California Solar Initiative (CSI), sales of new production homes with rooftop solar power systems nearly doubled from 2011 to 2012, signaling increasing home buyer dema ... more		Greenwood Biosar Commences Construction of One of Vermont's Largest Solar Arrays Greenwood Biosar has announced that it has commenced construction on one of Vermont's largest solar photovoltaic power plants, a 2.4MWp system, approximately 35 miles north of Burlington. "Gre ... more		AI systems proposed to boost launch cadence reliability and traffic management China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun		BluEarth Renewables to Purchase Four Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants From Canadian Solar Canadian Solar has announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions, has entered into a sales agreement with a BluEarth Renewables subsidiary, whereby BluEarth will acquire from Canadian Sola ... more
				Solar plane on cross-country trek lands in St. Louis The Solar Impulse solar plane landed in St. Louis early Tuesday, completing the third leg of a planned five-flight trek from San Francisco to New York. ... more		CTRL+P: Printing Australia's largest solar cells Scientists have produced the largest flexible, plastic solar cells in Australia - 10 times the size of what they were previously able to - thanks to a new solar cell printer that has been installed ... more

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Britain rolls out offshore wind power investment stimulation plan

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Quantum To Buy 10 Megawatt Trout Creek Wind Farm

EU takes Germany to task over new auto coolant rules

Study finds speech-to-text risks behind the wheel

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	Recurrent Announces Commercial Operation of PV Projects in Ontario Recurrent Energy has announced the commercial operation of six photovoltaic (PV) projects, providing a total of 70 megawatts peak (MWp)/ 52 megawatts AC (MWac) of clean solar electricity for two com ... more		Verengo Announces 8,000th Solar Home Installation Verengo Inc reports it has installed its 8,000th home solar system. Verengo is the first residential solar specialist to reach this milestone and has accomplished this growth in less than five years ... more		Trina Solar supplies 10.5MW to Prosolia Energia Trina Solar Limited (TSL) has announced that it has recently supplied 10.5MW of photovoltaic modules to Prosolia Energia, a leading company offering energetic services and dedicated to the installat ... more		Japan Set to Become World's Largest Solar Revenue Market in 2013 Japan's solar installations surged by a stunning 270 percent (in gigawatts (GW)) in the first quarter of 2013, positioning the country to surpass Germany to become the world's largest photovoltaics ... more

China announces 'major' military drills around Taiwan

Israeli air force deploys first laser interception system

Iran says launches three satellites into space from Russia

Renewable energy project in Arizona, Nevada get U.S. approval		GreenLancer.com Launches "Virtual Engineering Center" Online Resource		EU defies Beijing, Berlin to impose levies on Chinese solar panels		EU faces tough decision on China solar panels		Organic polymers show sunny potential
MECASOLAR presents horizontal tracker		KYOCERA Solar Modules Power San Diego County's First Net-Zero Energy Apartments		Tenaska Sends First Energy from Large-scale Solar Project in the Imperial Valley		Aid project in Liberia		Yingli Green Energy Joins SolarAid to Spread Light for Learning in Africa

SolarCity and Goldman Sachs Create Largest US Rooftop Solar Lease Financing Platform

Canadian Solar Donates PV Modules to Power the OrcaLab Whale Research Centre

GaAs Nanowires Harvest Solar Power

Romano Wins Eskom Rooftop Project In Johannesburg

Yingli Supplies Modules for Largest Single PV Site In Malaysia

Merkel, Li urge dialogue to defuse EU-China trade spats

EU warns on China influence, offers opening on solar dispute

Trina Solar Modules Provide Solar Energy for the Bavarian State Chancellery

ConEdison Solutions delivers 3,900-panel solar rooftop for Boston Scientific

tenKsolar Announces General Availability of Industry Leading Rooftop Solar Solution

First Four-Junction Solar Cell for Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems

SolarEdge Unveils New Line Of Products

Solar Industry Capital Spending Hits Seven-Year Low in 2013

Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays

Sempra U.S. Gas and Power, Consolidated Edison Development announce solar partnership

DuPont Solamet Photovoltaic Metallizations Boost Power in New JA Solar Cypress Panels

Walmart Announces Completion of Eight New Solar Arrays in Massachusetts

ProtekPark Solar Launches REVIVE Line for Quick and Efficient Solar Parking and EV Charging Integration

Owens Corning Selects Constellation to Develop Solar Project for DelMar N.Y. Facility

Empower Energies Completes Four Solar Projects for General Motors

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