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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Award-Winning SolarFrameWorks BIPV CoolPly System Completed At New England Patriot Place
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Golden CO (SPX) Aug 31, 2010
SolarFrameWorks has announced the largest BIPV CoolPly system in the state of Massachusetts has been completed by Constellation Energy Projects and Services Group. The 525 kilowatt, state-of-the-art BIPV CoolPly commercial roofing system is providing clean, renewable energy to the Kraft Group's Patriot Place Complex, adjacent to Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
The Associati
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Can The World Be Powered Mainly By Solar And Wind Energy?
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Boston MA (SPX) Aug 30, 2010
Continuous research and development of alternative energy could soon lead to a new era in human history in which two renewable sources - solar and wind - will become Earth's dominant contributor of energy, a Nobel laureate said here at a special symposium at the American Chemical Society's 240th National Meeting.
Walter Kohn, Ph.D., who shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, noted that
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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California To Launch Next-Generation Feed-In Tariff For Solar Energy
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San Francisco CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2010
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has issued a proposed decision to launch a new renewable incentive program designed to drive mid-sized renewable energy development. This next-generation feed-in tariff program will require investor-owned California utilities to purchase electricity from renewable energy systems between 1 and 20 MW in size.
Advocates at the Vote Solar Initi
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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New Photovoltaic Solutions At European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference
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Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 30, 2010
The Dow Chemical Company will showcase its new solutions designed for photovoltaic manufacturers at this year's 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC) in Valencia, Spain (stand L3/H4/B4, Hall 4, Feria Valencia).
Dow's photovoltaic solutions can help increase solar cell efficiency and solar module durability, improve device performance at lower cost, and e
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Carmanah Solar Rooftop PV Grid-Tied System Ready For 500 Dr. David Suzuki Public School Students This Fall
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Victoria, British Columbia (SPX) Aug 30, 2010
Installation is complete for the 38 kW solar grid-tied photovoltaic system designed for the newly constructed Dr. David Suzuki Public School.
The new solar system was engineered and installed by Canadian-based solar integrator, Carmanah Technologies for the Greater Essex County District School Board of Windsor, Ontario, who received funding for the solar project through the Government of O
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Solar power moves ahead in California
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Sacramento (UPI) Aug 27, 2010
The California Energy Commission gave the go-ahead for a 250-megawatt solar-thermal project, in what could be a string of more approvals of large-scale solar projects in the state before the end of the year.
The Beacon Solar Energy project, to be built on the western edge of the Mojave Desert, will rely on long rows of curved mirrors that will collect energy from the sun and heat tubes
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Creation Of Glass That Optimizes Use Of Solar Energy
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Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Aug 27, 2010
The Construction Unit at Tecnalia (in conjunction with the University of Cantabria) has taken part in the Sunglass project, the aim of which is to develop a new building product. This involves a glass that augments the efficiency of photovoltaic solar systems, in such a manner that it boosts having more renewable energy in the construction sector.
The term "photovoltaic" literally means "l
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Unveil New Mexico's Largest Solar Array At The Bell Group Headquarters
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Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 26, 2010
SCHOTT Solar PV, VE Group and Affordable Solar Group has unveiled New Mexico's largest solar array (1.1MW) on The Bell Group's headquarters' parking structure in Albuquerque, NM. The project uses over 5,000 locally-made solar modules by SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing, with US headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The installation covers 5
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Scientist: Wind, solar energy is future
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Boston (UPI) Aug 24, 2010
A Nobel Prize-winning U.S. scientist says the world could soon enter an era where renewable wind and solar power will be the globe's main sources of energy.
Walter Kohn, who shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, told a meeting of the American Chemical Society that total oil and natural gas production, which today provides about 60 percent of global energy consumption, is expected to
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Dedicate Ohio's Largest Solar Farm
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Upper Sandusky OH (SPX) Aug 24, 2010
The Public Service Enterprise Group hosted Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and other government officials at an event dedicating the PSEG Wyandot Solar Farm, in Wyandot County, Ohio. The 12-megawatt facility is the largest solar installation operating in Ohio.
Owned by PSEG Solar Source, the solar farm is an outstanding example of Ohio's burgeoning clean-energy economy at work. It was built b
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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FPL Changes Space Coast Skyline To Add New, Clean Energy Center
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Brevard County FL (SPX) Aug 24, 2010
Florida Power and Light Company changed the Space Coast skyline by demolishing the most visible structures at its 42-acre, 45-year-old Cape Canaveral Power Plant, as it prepares to build the Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center, which will open in 2013.
FPL's Next Generation Clean Energy Center will use about 33 percent less fuel per megawatt of power generated with advanced
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Self-Cleaning Technology From Mars Can Keep Terrestrial Solar Panels Dust Free
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Boston MA (SPX) Aug 24, 2010
Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That's the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power installations, and scientists presented the development of one solution - self-dusting solar panels ? based on technology developed for space mis
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Major Hurdle Cleared For Organic Solar Cells
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College Park MD (SPX) Aug 20, 2010
Solar energy is an environmentally-friendly way of producing electricity and is considered to be one of the most appealing options for the future.
The basis for solar energy is absorbing light and then effectively disassociating electrical charges. As Yana Vaynzof, a University of Cambridge researcher, reports in the American Institute of Physics' Applied Physics Letters, conjugated polyme
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Carmanah Provides Solar LED Lighting For Bridge Lighting Project
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (SPX) Aug 20, 2010
Carmanah Technologies Corporation is providing 26 EverGEN 1710 solar LED lighting units to illuminate the Selkirk Trestle Bridge in Victoria, BC. The units will run the length of the 300 meter long railway trestle bridge and will provide illumination for pedestrians and cyclists who use this significant commuter corridor.
The EverGEN 1710 units (http://bit.ly/bPmeFp) will incorporate Advan
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12/31/1969 04:00 PM
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Bring Solar Energy To University Of Delaware
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Newark DE (SPX) Aug 20, 2010
Standard Solar, Inc. has announced that it will install solar power at the University of Delaware (UD). The array will be installed by Standard Solar and jointly developed, owned and operated with its joint venture partner Perpetual Energy Systems LLC (PES), a comprehensive financier of solar powered renewable energy systems.
UD's initial solar array will include more than 2000 panels to y
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