Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report (AFP)
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AFP - The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels. ...

2. Qatar, Germany set up solar power joint venture (AP)
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AP - A state-run foundation in the natural gas-rich state of Qatar says it is setting up a joint venture plant with Germany's SolarWorld to produce the main ingredient in solar panels. ...

3. OPEL Solar, Inc. Receives 2010 Connecticut Green Business Award for Solar Innovation
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Shelton, CT and Toronto, ON, February 25, 2010 – OPEL Solar, Inc., a leading global developer and supplier of high concentration photovoltaic ("HCPV") solar panels and other solar products, including ...

4. Berlin wants to cut solar power subsidies: lawmaker (AFP)
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AFP - The German government wants to slash its support to the solar energy industry to prevent the market from overheating, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party said Tuesday.  ...

5. Intel Sets Up Plan to Install 2.5 MW Worth of Solar Rooftop Systems
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"Intel Corp. plans to install rooftop solar panels at its Chandler complexes as part of a companywide solar power initiative. ...

6. China Seizes Lead in Alternative Energy
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The Chinese have leapt past Western competitors in the race for alternative energy, becoming the world's largest makers of wind turbines and solar panels. And they're not done yet. —JCL ...

7. Powering cube satellites
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... are used for tasks that don’t require precise orbit control, to travel great distances and perform more serious tasks, such as searching for planets outside our solar system. The technology, which is based ...

8. Solar Power Is Now an Option for Even the Most Cash-Strapped Suburbanites
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Residential solar leases offer a no-money-down, low-monthly plan that makes solar electricity cheaper than the stuff we get by wire -- and you don't have to buy the panels. ...

9. New CEO says Solaria now shipping solar panels
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Former exec from SunPower and PowerLight takes the helm as concentrated solar startup moves from product development into commercial sales. ...

10. A Once-Dark Polaroid Factory Goes Green
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A shut-down Polaroid film factory in Massachusetts has gotten new life manufacturing flexible solar panels. It's just one example of a green industry that advocates say could use government support to ...

11. China Solar Energy Technology and Investment Congress
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China is the world's largest manufacturer of solar photovoltaic panels, providing roughly 40 percent of the global market share in 2008. China's domestic solar market is on the cusp of a boom thanks to ...

12. Nano-Material May Revolutionize Solar Panels and Batteries
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... trying to apprehend the future problems related with clean and green fuels, for example, cleaning of windows and solar panels and expanded battery [...] Posted in: Batteries, Electric Cars, Solar Power  ...

13. The Future of Energy Storage: Printable, Moldable Batteries Made From Paper
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

... into computers, cell phones or solar panels. ...

14. The Green Rush Is On In China
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China has emerged as the world's top producer of solar panels, and Western companies are eager to cash in on the country's urgent drive for renewable energy resources. It has the Obama administration  ...

15. The Future of Energy Storage: Printable, Moldable Batteries Made From Paper
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... into computers, cell phones or solar panels. ...

16. You May Never Have to Wash Windows Again
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It’s cleaning up space junk, and is giving us lab-on-chip biofilters for detecting contamination. Now nanotechnology has produced a coating for windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt. Expanded ...

17. Solarmer Energy hits 7.9% efficiency with plastic solar cells
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Surpassing its own record and receiving NREL certification, the California startup is looking to bring its plastic solar panels to the market in 2010. ...

18. Greek solar panel company plans Pa. facility (AP)
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AP - Gov. Ed Rendell says a Greek company that makes solar panels will open a new manufacturing facility along the Philadelphia waterfront. ...

19. Crews Begin Hanging Panels on Largest Solar Array in Martin County
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Crews from Abundant Energy Inc. began hanging solar panels on the largest privately owned solar panel array in Martin County and quite possibly the largest to date in all of South Florida. The solar energy ...

20. Fiber Optics Could Provide New Options For Photovoltaics
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When we think about going solar we make a mental picture of large heavy panels adorning one’s rooftop. But researchers are trying to get rid of bulky solar panels. They are aiming to achieve this feat ...

21. Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Solar cells based on fool's gold may one day be as efficient as silicon panels, but also much thinner and cheaper, says a Discovery News report. Researchers at the Univ. of ...

22. Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar Panels - A Shocking Statistic
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It takes 17 times more land to feed American pets than would be required by solar farms producing enough electricity to meet all the demand in the United States. ...

23. SEPA Commends Florida Power & Light for Largest US Solar Facility
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Washington, DC – The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) commends Florida Power & Light (FPL) and SunPower for the completion of the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida. ...

24. China 2009 "CleanTech: Transfer & Innovations & Investments & Manufacturing"
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Panels: Solar Industry, Wind & Geothermal Industry, Low-carbon Vehicles, Alternative Fuel Sector, Zero-carbon buildings, Waste Management, Education ...

25. Largest solar panel plant in US rises in Fla. (AP)
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AP - Greg Bove steps into his pickup truck and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands ...

26. The easy way to go green
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... Power company. "I want to let people know that solar energy is practical and affordable today, with normal construction," he told one of the many Energy Night guests who stopped to chat with him. The ...

27. Thinking solar power? It's never been cheaper (AP)
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AP - Jillian Lung says she's no environmentalist. Still, she couldn't pass up a chance to install a carpet of solar panels atop her co-op in Queens.  ...

28. China 2009 "CleanTech: Transfer & Innovations & Investments & Manufacturing"
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Panels: Solar Industry, Wind & Geothermal Industry, Low-carbon Vehicles, Alternative Fuel Sector, Zero-carbon buildings, Waste Management, Education ...

29. Schools Go For Gold At Solar Decathlon
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Recycled blue jeans, solar panels and smart phones all helped make homes more energy efficient in this year's Solar Decathlon. Twenty teams are in the nation's capital, vying for the top prize in architecture, ...

30. Introducing the Most Efficient Solar Power in the World
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In 1986 solar panels were literally ripped from the White House roof. But political will and financial incentives have reignited the search for efficient, affordable ways to harness the sun's energy. ...