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March 03, 2014

Australian Solar Industry Ready For Review
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2014
The renewable energy industry in Australia has welcomed the start of the Federal Government's review of the Renewable Energy Target, saying the scheme's low cost and massive benefits could now be decisively demonstrated and critics' misleading claims debunked. "The clean energy industry is keen to show the huge positive impact of a stable target, delivering 41,000 gigawatt hours of large-scale renewable energy and millions more solar households and businesses by 2020," Clean Energy Council Chief E ... read more

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Centrosolar America To Deploy TSMC Solar CIGS Technology In North America Centrosolar America and TSMC Solar have announced an agreement for the deployment of TSMC Solar's CIGS solar modules across North America. The territory covered by the agreement includes solar energ ... more		Superabsorbing Design May Lower Manufacturing Cost of Thin Film Solar Cells Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a "superabsorbing" design that may significantly improve the light absorption efficiency of thin film solar cells and drive down manuf ... more		SMA Solar Uses Technology Tie-Up To Meet Growing Industry Challenges The announcement that Danfoss would sell its entire solar inverter business line to SMA and in return acquire a 20% share of SMA for just over euro 300m highlights the on-going consolidation of the ... more
				A Rise in Solar Powered Farms Shines Light on Need for Security Measures Last week, the United States Department of the Interior approved two additional solar projects in the Ivanpah Valley area of the Mojave Desert. These two projects together will occupy over six squar ... more		Power Electronics PV Plant Takes Chile To 10MW Power Electronics has successfully completed the supply and commissioning of PV Plant Los Puquios 3MW in Tarapaca- the first 3MW in Chile and a first for Power Electronics. Up until January 2014, th ... more

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Kyocera Modules Get The Thumbs Up At Europe's Largest Solar Research Institute Kyocera has announced that its solar modules installed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) have been independently tested and their performance levels verified, showing an exc ... more		JA Solar Breaks Own Mono Crystalline Conversion Record JA Solar Holdings has announced that its multi-crystalline silicon ("multi-Si") solar cells have surpassed 19% conversion efficiency. This latest improvement in efficiency, achieved using adva ... more		Earth-Based 3D Printing Technology Offers New Path to Affordable Housing in Australia Drones measure wastewater treatment plants greenhouse emissions at greater levels than official estimates Protein Production Tested in Microgravity for Sustainable Space Missions		Locus Energy Offers Monitoring System For Commercial and Utility-Scale Solar Locus Energy has launched the LGate 360, its next-generation control panel designed specifically for plug-and-play performance data acquisition for commercial and utility-scale solar photovoltaic (P ... more
				Canadian Solar To Supply Hitachi Project In Japan Canadian Solar has announced that it has been awarded a module supply agreement to provide 18MW of photovoltaic modules to Hitachi for a solar power project in Japan. The project is owned by Eurus E ... more		Ailing German PV panel maker SolarWorld completes restructuring Ailing German solar panel manufacturer SolarWorld AG completed a financial restructuring this week as prospects for foreign demand seemed to be brightening. ... more

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining Current Systems; IDGA�s Military Radar Summit - April 2014

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

SolarBuzz Reveals Half Of Projects In Leading Countries Are Below 5MW Solar photovoltaic (PV) projects between 250kW and 5MW now account for almost half of the yet-to-be-completed 4,300 commercial and utility projects within leading PV countries, according to the new ... more		Soitec Reveals New Off Grid CPV Product Soitec has introduced the Plug&Sun+, a new version of its off-grid concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) product. The new Plug&Sun+ can be coupled with batteries and/or a diesel generator to provide elect ... more		SpaceX to Acquire EchoStar AWS-3 Spectrum Licenses in $2.6 Billion Stock Deal Student CubeSat set for launch to support NASA IMAP mission with space weather data collection Austrian PRETTY CubeSat joins ESA OPS-SAT Space Lab under Graz leadership		Fraunhofer ISE And REC To Collaborate On Future Mono PV REC is teaming up with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE to develop high-efficiency solar cells based on n-type monocrystalline wafers. n-Type solar cells have a higher eff ... more
				First Utility Scale PV Plant For East Africa Scatec Solar, in partnership with Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries and Dutch developer Gigawatt Global Cooperatief, successfully closed on $23.7 million in financing o ... more		Indian PV Forecast Raised To 1GW Indian solar installations are forecast to be approximately 1,000 MW in 2014, according to Mercom Capital Group. Solar installations in India totaled 1,004 MW in 2013 compared to 986 MW in 2012. ... more

Team converts sugarcane to a cold-tolerant, oil-producing crop

Pond-dwelling powerhouse's genome points to its biofuel potential

Sustainable use of energy wood resources shows potential in North-West Russia

Kinshasa co-op hopes to conquer the world with traffic robots

Touchy-feely joystick heading to ISS

NVision Introduces RoboScanner

Draft report finds no reliable link between wind farms and health effects

Wind farms can tame hurricanes: scientists

Czech wind power generation up 'disappointing' 15 percent in 2013

Tesla unveils 'Gigafactory' to ramp up mass-market car

Special air filter blocks small particles called UFPs from getting inside cars

Charge 'sharing' by electric cars could ease strain on power grid

	JA Solar Multi-Si Solar Cells Surpass 19% Conversion Efficiency JA Solar Holdings has announced that its multi-crystalline silicon ("multi-Si") solar cells have surpassed 19% conversion efficiency. This latest improvement in efficiency, achieved using adva ... more		Unique process to recycle rare metals Midsummer has developed a unique process to recover leftover rare metals such as indium and gallium when manufacturing thin film CIGS solar cells. The unique process will extensively reduce thin fil ... more		Power Module Design for an Ultra Efficient Three-Level Utility Grid Solar Inverter The race to achieve highest efficiency had engineers turning to innovative topologies and new components such as SiC to take the lead. In parallel, after years of dormancy, old but very innovative i ... more		SunEdison Interconnects Solar Power Plant For Davis-Monathan AFB SunEdison and MIC Solar Energy Holdings have announced the completion of a 16.4 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant located outside Tucson, Arizona on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB ... more

Experts warn explosive nuclear testing would trigger escalation

STAR OS provides unified architecture for integrating AI systems across defense domains

Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers

Student-Built Solar, Wind-Powered Vehicles Deliver Imagination, Innovation		The Alliance for Solar Choice Questions Motive of Northeast Utilities System		Sun shines on New York solar energy boom		Solar-induced hybrid fuel cell produces electricity directly from biomass		Artificial leaf jumps developmental hurdle
NMSU engineers install photovoltaic power, data acquisition system		Harvesting light, the single-molecule way		Australia to investigate renewable energy target		Next Generation of Solar Energy Storage Advances as Nevada Project Begins Commissioning		Stanford scientist to unveil 50-state plan to transform US to renewable energy

Renewable energy review called, as US urges stronger investment

KYOCERA Solar Modules Independently Tested Show Excellent Performance After 10 Years of Operation

JinkoSolar Supplies Modules to CSEM-uae for Solar Outdoor Laboratory

Light-induced degradation in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells

Sparq, Nautilus and City of Lordsburg Announce Solar Project

Moventas wins several WinWind turbine service projects

CCL Components joins Trina Solar's UK distributor network

Flat-pack lens boosts solar power

SunEdison Builds Solar Parking Canopy Whole Foods In Brooklyn

SunEdison Team Advances Solar Energy Industry In Saudi Arabia

Siva Power Approaches 19% Efficiency in Record Time

Solis Partners Installs Solar Power at Bristol-Myers Squibb

India's national solar plan a WTO issue

Vernier and KidWind Bring Sensor Technology to Turbines and Panel Kits

Sunpreme Double Glass demonstrate extreme ruggedness in Antarctica tests

St. Thomas University celebrates completion of major solar energy project in Haiti

Sunrun Acquires REC Solar's Residential Division, AEE Solar and SnapNrack

Housing Authority adds 16 solar units to elderly living complex

TAQNIA Acquires 50% of SUN and LIFE, Regional Leader in Solar Energy

KYOCERA Solar Helps ABB Australia Reduce its Environmental Impact

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