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February 04, 2015

Clean technology can partially make up for weak CO2 pricing
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 2015
Clean technology support can to some extent make up for weak CO2 pricing and hence help keep the two degrees target within reach, a new study shows. Even if the world climate summit in Paris later this year is successful in striking a climate deal, it might not bring about sharp greenhouse-gas cuts in the near-term. However, emission targets could be strengthened by complementary policies. The complementary policies could be support for renewables, a ban on new coal-fired power plants, and an init ... read more

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Energy boss overtakes IT mogul as China's richest: survey A Chinese solar energy tycoon has replaced e-commerce giant Alibaba's founder Jack Ma as the country's richest man with a fortune of $26 billion, a wealth survey showed Tuesday. ... more		NRG Renew and SunShare form strategic alliance NRG Renew and SunShare are partnering to finance and build 8.2 megawatts (MWac) of community solar projects along the Front Range of Colorado (including Colorado Springs and Denver), which is enough ... more		DOE selects for Solar Energy International for military base training The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is piloting an intensive solar workforce training program-Reach for the Sun-to provide transitioning military personnel the highest quality professional skills to ... more
				Gardner Capital Develops Six Solar Projects in North Carolina Gardner Capital provided tax equity financing for six solar utility-scale photovoltaic power generation systems totaling 37.5 MW located on rural property throughout North Carolina, it was announced ... more		Canadian Solar to Acquire Recurrent Energy from Sharp Canadian Solar has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Sharp Corporation to acquire Recurrent Energy for approximately $265 million. Once completed, the acquisition ... more

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Natcore Makes Back-Contact Solar Cell Using Laser Processing Three months ago, Natcore Technology has announced that its scientists had created an all-low-temperature, laser-processed solar cell. Now Natcore's scientists have taken a step further, with an adv ... more		BioSolar Plans To Lower The Cost Of Solar With Energy Storage Technology BioSolar, Inc believes that the company's polymer-based supercapacitor technology currently under development could help reduce the cost of solar energy storage. According to the Solar Energy ... more		Solar geoengineering faces daunting practical and political challenges Greenland shrinks slightly and is slowly drifting northwest Are US strikes hurting Latin America's drug trade?		Pinholes are pitfalls for high performance solar cells The most popular next-generation solar cells under development may have a problem - the top layer is full of tiny pinholes, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Un ... more
				Los Alamos develops new technique for growing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells This week in the journal Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers reveal a new solution-based hot-casting technique that allows growth of highly efficient and reproducible solar cells fro ... more		Apple to open $2 bn solar-powered Arizona data center Apple unveiled plans Monday to pump $2 billion over the coming decade into a data center "global command" facility in the southwest state of Arizona. ... more

U.S. beer maker boasts of solar power capacity Beer maker MillerCoors said it installed a solar array at its California brewery, which the company said is the largest of its kind for any U.S. brewer. ... more		New light-converting materials over cheap, efficient solar power University of Toronto engineers study first single crystal perovskites for new applications Engineers have shone new light on an emerging family of solar-absorbing materials that could clear the way ... more		Europe plans satellite powerhouse to rival Musk's Starlink Precision laser links overcome turbulence for better satellite communications Neutrino partnerships bridge Pacific to probe cosmic mysteries		NREL examines trade-offs of owning versus leasing a solar PV systems Two new reports from the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examine the economic options customers face when deciding how to finance commercial or residential solar ener ... more
Research pinpoints new technique for producing cheaper solar energy Pioneering new research could pave the way for solar energy to be converted into household electricity more cheaply than ever before. A team of experts from the University of Exeter has examined new ... more		New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials A research team led by North Carolina State University has developed a new technique for determining the role that a material's structure has on the efficiency of organic solar cells, which are cand ... more		Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have discovered that the insulation plastic used in high-voltage cables can withstand a 26 per cent higher voltage if nanometer-sized carbon balls ar ... more		Demystifying nanocrystal solar cells Scientists are focusing on nanometre-sized crystals for the next generation of solar cells. These nanocrystals have excellent optical properties. Compared with silicon in today's solar cells, nanocr ... more

	Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a new tool to help plot the future of solar fuels. In a paper recently published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, a ... more		Prologis Completes 4.2 Megawatt Solar Project with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Prologis has announced the completion of four new solar projects in Los Angeles. Some 1.1 million square feet of Prologis rooftop space will feed a combined 4.2 megawatts of power directly into the ... more

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SunEdison Applauds Governor Cuomo's Support For Solar In New York		Forever 21 powers-up LA County's largest single-rooftop solar system		Duke Energy to build 13-megawatt solar facility at Camp Lejeune		US duties on solar products will cause 'serious harm': China		Oil-price slows diffusion of solar-diesel-hybrid systems in the mining industry

US panel clears way for duties on Chinese solar products

PROINSO supplies in Barbados a PV-DIESEL hybrid system

Abu Dhabi fund offers $57 mn loans for clean energy

Hanwha powers up self-funded 24MW PV Japan plant

ADB backs India's solar power ambitions

UAE says falling oil prices will not impact clean energy

Glass for battery electrodes

Imec Demonstrates n-PERT Solar Cell with a Record 22 Percent Efficiency

Schneider Electric launches Conext Insight

Perovskites provide big boost to silicon solar cells

Better solar panels and printed electronics with new material discovery

Solar cell polymers with multiplied electrical output

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GraphExeter defies the Achilles heel of 'wonder material' graphene

India gets $4 billion solar energy promise

SAfrica awards solar thermal power project to consortium

Geronimo Energy Fulfills Community Solar Garden Subscriptions

Sunrun and Investec Close Financing for US Residential Solar Projects

JA Solar ships over 100MW of PV panels across UK in 2014

Canadian Solar completes sale of Sparklelight plant to Bluearth

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