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May 05, 2014

US Army Pre-Qualifies Solar Provider Team
Rockville MD (SPX) May 05, 2014
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has pre-qualified a four-company team led by TransGen Energy of Rockville, Maryland to bid for solar projects at U.S. military installations throughout the United States and its territories. The TransGen Energy team was one of 38 entities recently authorized to pursue solar power generation Task Orders under a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC). TransGen Energy, a leading provider of petroleum, natural gas, and other energy-related products and servic ... read more

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UK Government's 2020 solar targets achievable if commercial sector wakes up Trina Solar has set out that the commercial sector could drive the UK to 3GW in 2014, bolstering chances of meeting the government's goal of 20GW by 2020. Speaking at the Large Scale Solar UK event ... more		Ameren Missouri breaks ground on Missouri Investor-Owned Utility Solar Plant Construction on Missouri's largest investor-owned utility solar facility - the O'Fallon Renewable Energy Center - has begun with the ceremonial installation of the first solar panel. St. Louis ... more		Taking the lead out of a promising solar cell Northwestern University researchers are the first to develop a new solar cell with good efficiency that uses tin instead of lead perovskite as the harvester of light. The low-cost, environmentally f ... more
				National Bank of Canada backing Ontario solar facilities The National Bank of Canada is backing three solar power plants planned for Ontario with more than $100 million in construction financing, Canadian Solar said. ... more		Solar facility in Arizona can power 230,000 homes A 290-megawatt solar project in Arizona, Aqua Caliente, "raises the bar" for clean energy development in the United States, its development company said. ... more

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Schneider Electric partners with Canadian Energy to grow Canadian Off-Grid Solar and Backup Power Markets Schneider Electric Solar Business is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Canadian Energy Corp for exclusive distribution of Schneider Electric's battery-based, solar offer in Canada ... more		New study shows power prices will be lower with Renewable Energy Target A new study shows future power prices will be lower with Australia's Renewable Energy Target in place than they would be if it was removed, the Clean Energy Council said. Clean Energy Council ... more		Growing rice in the UK 'not so crazy' as climate warms UN support for Morocco's plan for Western Sahara 'historic': King Mohammed VI Camels replace cows as Kenya battles drought		New Solar Power Plant Equal to Taking 70K Cars Off Road Each Year NRG Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary NRG Solar, along with partner MidAmerican Solar have announced they have achieved substantial completion at their Agua Caliente Solar Photovoltaic Fac ... more
				In a commanding position - and now cheaper Transparent conductive films are now an integral part of our everyday lives. Whether in smartphones, tablets, laptops, flat screens or (on a larger scale) in solar cells. Yet they are expensive and ... more		GE's Energy Investing Unit Exceeds Renewable Energy Milestone GE Energy Financial Services has announced it has exceeded $10 billion in renewable energy investment commitments worldwide to become one of the industry's leading investors. The projects generate t ... more

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

ET Solar Completes PV Power Plant In Israel For EDF ET Solar has announced that its German EPC subsidiary ET Solutions AG, based in Munich, Germany has successfully engineered and commissioned a 7.8MW PV power plant in Israel for EDF Energies Nouvell ... more		OPDE finishes construction of new 12MWp solar farm in UK OPDE has recently completed a new 12MWp solar farm in Alresford, Hampshire. Commencing in February 2014, construction took only two months, and first connection to the grid was made on 23 Marc ... more		Southern Taurid meteor shower to peak this week with bright fireballs Chinese astronauts use upgraded oven to barbecue chicken wings and steaks aboard space station Florida backs space growth as FIU leads governance and security research		Newark Airport Goes Solar With Rooftop Initiative In recognition of Earth Week 2014, ConEdison Solutions and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey joined on April 24 to unveil one of four new solar installations that will reduce emissions a ... more
				Microgrid Installs Solar Array on Missouri History Museum Microgrid Solar installed a 25 kilowatt solar array on the roof of the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, as a part of an innovative program offered by Microgrid, in partnership with US Bank, t ... more		DuPont China Holding and Zhenfa New Energy Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement DuPont China Holding and Zhenfa New Energy Technology have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to collaborate on improving the performance, reliability and return on investment of solar power i ... more

Ozone levels drop 20 percent with switch from ethanol to gasoline

Study casts doubt on climate benefit of biofuels from corn residue

Rethink education to fuel bioeconomy

Stephen Hawking says threat of artificial intelligence a real concern

Programming the smart home: 'If this, then that'

MDA selected to define robotic concepts for deep-space missions

Benefits from a low-carbon economy are clear, Scotland says

LDD completes relief drilling campaign for UK offshore wind farm

E.ON anchors transformer to offshore wind farm

Life-changer or death sentence? Madrid's electric bikes

Google says driving forward on autonomous car

Carmakers promise Chinese drivers a breath of fresh air

	University of Utah Makes Solar Accessible The University of Utah is the first university in the country to sponsor a community solar program. The program offers U community members the opportunity to purchase discounted rooftop solar panels ... more		Locus Energy Named Preferred Supplier for Amicus Solar Cooperative Locus Energy, a solar monitoring and analytics company, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Amicus Solar Cooperative to be its preferred vendor of solar monitoring hardware, software ... more		Franklin's New Solar Pumping Technology Proves Itself in Africa Though the Kampani School and Clinic in the Zimbabwe's remote Tsholotsho District aren't far from the world famous Victoria Falls, it had been twenty years since either had a reliable source of fres ... more		US to Dodge Solar Shortage This Year Even Amid New Antidumping Fines on Chinese Module Suppliers A long-running battle in the global photovoltaic (PV) market between the United States and China over antidumping and subsidy charges could expand into higher solar costs, with wide-ranging ramifica ... more

BlackSky signs contract exceeding 30 million dollars to supply Gen-3 ISR for defense client

Trump says not considering US strikes on Venezuela

U.S. ordered all nonemergency personnel, family to leave Mali

The UK solar strategy lays ground for a stable future		KYOCERA Invests in Solar Projects with US Light Energy		New Zealand government to develop Samoan renewable power sector		Solar array being built at Fort Huachuca in Arizona		Solar energy gaining in U.S. energy sector
NY Gov. Cuomo praised by NRDC for solar power agenda		IPVEA To Study Global Solar PV Supply Chain		KYOCERA Provides Solar Modules and Materials to Avnet Tech Games 2014 Solar Scrimmage		US urged to drop India WTO case on solar		Like a hall of mirrors, nanostructures trap photons inside ultrathin solar cells

NREL Unlocking Secrets of New Solar Material

Atomic switcheroo explains origins of thin-film solar cell mystery

RWE to help build 37MW British solar farm

Nanoparticles Create Skinny Solar Cells

Research Underway For Companion Plants To PV

Pakistan plans huge desert solar park to fight energy crisis

China looks toward greener energy future

Obama launches measures to support solar energy in US

New 'tunable' semiconductors will allow better detectors, solar cells

Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells

Scientists open door to better solar cells, superconductors and hard-drives

Better solar cells, better LED light and vast optical possibilities

Let the Sun Shine In: Redirecting Sunlight to Urban Alleyways

Microgrid Solar Completes Largest Single-Building Solar Installation on any Missouri School

Clean Energy Collective and RGS Energy to Deploy First Community-Owned Solar Facilities in Massachusetts

Sunlight generates hydrogen in new porous silicon

Stanford scientists model a win-win situation: growing crops on photovoltaic farms

Japanese solar plant set for tsunami-damaged site

EU moves to rein in state support for renewable energy

Sun Gets to Work at the Long Beach Rescue Mission

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