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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on November 30, 2006
Solar seems to be taking the forefront in terms of developing technologies. A new process that converts the low-energy photos into short-wave high energy photons is being developed at the Max Planck I...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on November 27, 2006
Thanks to chevron Energy Solutions, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has gotten a huge solar upgrade. It now has a solar power and energy efficiency project in its mail center in Northern Calif...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on November 27, 2006
Spain is moving up in solar energy generation activity again with Suntech Power Holdings Col, Ltd., supplying about 25 MW of energy in the Photovoltaic Grid Connection Park of Spain. This development ...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on November 24, 2006
Across the United States, gatherings between bankers, fund managers, philanthropists, and solar panel users and experts are being organized by Mr. Travis Bradford, a former fund manager, corporate buy...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on October 31, 2006
Silicon Valley was the instrumental bastion of change in America and the world just a few years ago. Business Magazine reports that it is now on its second wave of disruptive change. Their target: The...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on October 31, 2006
It looks like Italy is beefing up on its solar energy capacity, as 60 megawatts of total photovoltaic capacity is set to be available by this year. According to Gianni Silvestrini, energy adviser to I...
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by Reden Rodriguez on October 31, 2006
It is really amazing to realize the potential of every aspect of this planet. What you could think of as useless and desolate could be a powerful resource after all. Such is the case of Deserts in the...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on October 16, 2006
Internet search company Google and the Sun will join forces early next year to provide its customers with high speed internet web searches using clean and renewable energy. This is due to Google putti...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on October 16, 2006
It is never cold in the tropics but that's not any reason why we shouldn't enjoy the benefits of a quick, hot, shower. As a bargain-hunter-slash-energy-researcher-slash-technology-ethusiast, i...
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by Reden Rodriguez on September 12, 2006
Germany's biggest solar electric plant opened last September 1 in the southern German state of Bavaria. It also happens to be the world's largest solar electric plant.
With more than 1,400 m...
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by Reden Rodriguez on September 12, 2006
Sharp Corporation of Japan, the world's biggest manufacturer of solar cells said that the cost of generating solar power will decrease by half by 2010 and will be comparable to nuclear power gener...
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by Reden Rodriguez on August 21, 2006
Leave a soda bottle out to bask in the hot sun and what do you get? With a new technology that adheres both solar cells and heat pumps onto surfaces, you may soon get a cold drink instead of a hot bot...
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Solar
by Reden Rodriguez on August 21, 2006
The NREL's Solar Energy Research Facility is in the cutting edge of developing new solar lighting technology called Hybrid Solar Lighting. Hybrid solar lighting collects sunlight and routs it thro...
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by Reden Rodriguez on August 12, 2006
The state of Lagos in nigeria has recently initiated a pilot solar energy project that will affect 5,000 residents of the said state. Before this electrification project, Lagos, which is a growing com...
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by Reden Rodriguez on August 11, 2006
I used to hear that joke about solar-powered flashlights getting used during dark nights. I found an item on the Herrington Catalog that turns around and makes that joke a reality! For about $60, you ...
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by Reden Rodriguez on August 3, 2006
What has 153 washers, 148 dryers, 15 flat-screen TVs, and 36 10X4 solar panels? The World's Largest Laundromat of course! But the fact that this laundromat, owned by Tom Benson of Berwyn, Illinois...
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by Reden Rodriguez on August 2, 2006
A major deal breaker for most innovative technologies is the cost of commercial production. For example, the cost of prototype cars goes beyond several million dollars because the technological infras...
Read more of Breakthrough in Inorganic Solar Cell Production
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by Reden Rodriguez on August 1, 2006
Spray on sunscreen was the rage when it first came out several decades ago. Today, another spray-on device is set to capture the world and turn the heat from sun into productive use. Scientists have i...
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Edge Technology
, Market
, Solar
by michael on June 24, 2006
Low-E windows are the way to go if you're building a home and can afford the asset. Even if your remodeling your existing home Low-E is still the way to go.
What is a Low-E window? Well a Low-E w...
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Solar
, US
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by michael on May 17, 2006
The world's largest solar thermal power plant has been in operation for 2 decades in the California mojave desert. Nine plants with a total capacity of 350 MWe providing enough electricity to meet...
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Edge Technology
, Future
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by michael on May 15, 2006
Reported By: SassPeress.com
"The amazing thing about what's going on in the solar industry is that all kinds of new applications are surfacing, and will continue to surface for two main reas...
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Alternative Energy
, H2
, Solar
, World
by michael on May 11, 2006
Beginning in 2007, a group of Danish developers will build the worlds first hydrogen city complete with residential houses, businesses, shops, cars, and roads so that ordinary citizens may enjoy life ...
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Solar
by michael on May 6, 2006
If you're going to take a trip to the beach this summer or for that matter go out on a picnic a solar powered cooler would be just the ticket, that is if you could find one though?! I spent some t...
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Renewable Energy
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by michael on April 18, 2006
Colorado - Xcel energy... began soliciting bids for a photovoltaic (PV) solar power plant that will be located in Colorado's San Luis Valley to produce about 13,700-megawatt hours of electricity a...
