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US Solarcell Design Hits 40 Precent Efficiency Golden CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2008 
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest confirmed efficiency of any photovoltaic device to date. The inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell was designed, fabricated a ... read moreSolving 100 Year Old Question Is A Spin Out 
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 30, 2008As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional drag that slows the car and forces the engine to work harder. The same phenomenon affects airplanes, boats, submarines, and even your golf ball. Now, in work that could lead to ways of controlling the ... more
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Toyota says curbing production in China
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. is curbing production in China as sales slow in the once-booming market, a company spokesman said Monday. "As sales growth has become slower than we projected earlier, we are adjusting output," Toyota spokesman Toshiaki Hori said, without disclosing the extent of the production cutbacks. The Nikkei economic daily reported that Toyota plans a 10-percent cut in ... more Reducing Work Commutes Not Easy In Some Cities 
Columbus, OH (SPX) Sep 30, 2008Shorter work commutes are one way to reduce gasoline consumption, but a new study finds that not all cities are equal in how easy it would be to achieve that goal. Research suggests that Atlanta and Minneapolis may be the U.S. metropolitan areas that would find it most difficult to reduce the miles that workers commute each day. Meanwhile, Las Vegas and Miami may be the metro areas where ... more Pollution trial opens in Ivory Coast 
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 29, 2008The trial opened in Ivory Coast on Monday of 12 people charged with involvement in a 2006 toxic waste scandal which killed 17 Ivorians and poisoned thousands. Nine of the 12 were in court to face a raft of charges including poisoning, complicity to poison and breaking environmental and public safety laws. The accused include the boss of the Ivorian company which dumped the waste at ... more  |
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Analysis: U.S.-European energy future
Berlin (UPI) Sep 29, 2008 Cooperation in clean technology and competition over new energy supplies will likely dominate the European-U.S. energy relationship once a new U.S. president takes office in January. In Europe, most energy experts can't wait for a new president to enter the White House. Granted, Democrats have controlled the Congress, resulting in new bills and more momentum for energy efficiency and ... more Madagascar: solar power ends dark age for rural clinics 
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 29, 2008Elisabeth's 13 children were born by candlelight. Her daughter, who has just become a mother for the first time, was more "fortunate". Now, in Antasahadinta hospital in rural Madagascar, the use of solar energy means stories like Elisabeth's have been consigned to history -- a small success for a power source so abundant yet so hard to tap on a continent fraught with poverty, lacking ... more SolFocus First To Complete CPV Installation At 3MW ISFOC Solar Power Plant 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2008SolFocus and ISFOC have announced the completion of SolFocus' concentrator PV (CPV) installation at the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaic Systems (ISFOC) 3MW municipal power production facility. SolFocus is the first of three companies to complete its contract with ISFOC in the first phase of the project. SolFocus has installed two distinct CPV power plants: 200kW at Puertollano and ... more France's Areva eyes deal to supply two reactors to India 
Paris (AFP) Sept 29, 2008French energy firm Areva hopes to profit from an expected Franco-Indian nuclear pact by supplying the Asian giant with two of the latest design of reactors, the group said Monday. An Areva spokeswoman said the company planned to ship two third-generation European Pressurised Reactors and a supply of nuclear fuel to India, which could lead to a bigger contract to supply a series of reactors. ... more |
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