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Florida Selects SunPower To Build Largest Solar Power Plant In US San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008 
SunPower has announced that it has been selected by Florida Power and Light Company to build the largest solar photovoltaic power plant in the United States, and a second power plant at the Kennedy Space Center. Florida Power and Light Company is a subsidiary of FPL Group. The installation will include a 25-megawatt power plant in DeSoto County, Fla., and a 10-megawatt project at the Kenne ... read more
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MIT Opens New Window On Solar Energy
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow just that. The work, to be reported in the July 11 issue of Science, involves the creation of a novel "solar concentrator." "Light is collected over a large ... more Innovalight To Use Eyelit For Integrated Solarcell Manufacturing 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Eyelit has announced that Innovalight, a developer of solar module products based on silicon ink, has selected Eyelit's Enterprise Manufacturing Execution Suite (MES). The Eyelit solution will provide complete tracking of WIP, associated consumables, raw materials, inventory, experiments and tools, as well as complete product genealogy and process traceability. This infrastructure enables ... more Nitride Quantum-Dots Hold Promise For High Efficiency Solarcells 
Woburn MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Magnolia Optical Technologies announced that it is collaborating with Dr. Roger Welser of the Kopin Corporation in developing indium nitride (InN)-based quantum dot solar cells for NASA and Defense applications. "The goal of the current program is to develop high performance solar cells that are resistant to extreme conditions while achieving high solar electric power conversion efficiency ... more Why waste waste? Going green in southern Lebanon 
Aytarun, Lebanon (AFP) July 11, 2008The large building near the border with Israel was already earmarked to be a green pioneer in Lebanon when it was blown apart by two missiles during the short sharp summer war of 2006. Now the demolished building has been rebuilt -- and with it a ground-breaking environmental project has risen from its own ashes. In a country with serious waste management problems, the war-ravaged small ... more Trina Solar Renews Partnership With Enerpoint In Italy 
Changzhou, China (SPX) Jul 14, 2008Trina Solar has announced that it has entered into a renewed sales agreement with Enerpoint, a leading Italian PV distributor. Under terms of this agreement, Trina Solar will supply Enerpoint approximately 5 megawatts (MW) of PV solar modules in 2008 and between 22 and 30 MW of modules to be delivered in 2009 at agreed prices. Enerpoint is active in the design and installation of lar ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Jul 11, 2008 On July 8 Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller reported his company's plans to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He spoke about a steady, long-term growth of gas prices for all consumers, be they in Western Europe, next-door neighbors or at home. Miller specified that by the end of this year the average European price for natural gas will exceed $500 per 1,000 cubic meters, compared with the current ... more Bombardier launches 'green' aircraft programme 
Farnborough, England (AFP) July 13, 2008Canadian planemaker Bombardier announced here Sunday the launch of a series of environmentally friendly single-aisle jets, scheduled to enter service in 2013. German carrier Lufthansa had signed a letter saying it was interested in buying 30 of the CSeries jets and possibly as many as 60, Bombardier said in a statement. Lufthansa could be followed by other airlines after Bombardier said ... more Arctic gas plant resumes production: StatoilHydro 
Oslo (AFP) July 11, 2008Production from the pioneering Snoehvit gas field in the Arctic, the world's northernmost liquefied natural gas plant, has resumed after a two-month stoppage for repairs, Norwegian oil and gas company StatoilHydro said Friday. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing plant at Hammerfest, a Barents Sea port some 2,000 kilometres from the North Pole, is now operating at 60 percent of its ... more Analysis: Uzbek uranium exports increase 
Washington (UPI) Jul 10, 2008 Record-high oil prices are causing many nations to re-evaluate other energy options, especially nuclear power, despite its environmental shortcomings. As the number of nuclear plants increases, so will demand for uranium, giving producer nations increased market opportunities. Since 2001 uranium prices have increased more than 1,000 percent; seven years ago a pound of uranium sold for ... more |
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London (AFP) July 11, 2008British authorities said on Friday that a consortium of British, French and US companies was the preferred bidder for a contract to dismantle the Sellafield nuclear site in northern England. "The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has today announced that Nuclear Management Partners ... is the preferred bidder in the competition" for the Sellafield deal, the NDA said in a statement on ... more Czech power group takes step to build new nuclear capacity: company 
Prague (AFP) July 11, 2008Czech electricity giant CEZ took a first step to building new nuclear capacity on Friday by filing a demand for an environmental assessment for an extension to a plant. "CEZ wants to allow a complex evaluation of the impact of the possible completion of the Temelin power plant on the environment, that is why it today submitted a demand for an EIA (environment impact assessment) to be carried ... more Spain's Gamesa to supply 405 wind turbines to China 
Madrid (AFP) July 11, 2008Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa said on Friday it has signed a deal 200-million-euro (316-million-dollar) deal with the China Longyuan Electric Power Group. Under the contract, Gamesa will supply the Chinese group with 405 wind turbines and maintain them for two years. The turbines represent a total energy capacity of 344 MegaWatts. Gamesa will deliver the turbines throughout ... more Russia's Putin tours new rig in Arctic oil drive 
Severodvinsk, Russia (AFP) July 11, 2008Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday toured a new Arctic oil rig that is being built to boost Moscow's position in an intensifying competition for northern energy reserves. Putin also met ministers and top oil executives at the Severodvinsk shipyard to discuss prospects for developing more Arctic fields which are estimated to contain up to a quarter of Russia's oil and gas reserve ... more
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