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 Phoenix AZ (SPX) May 26, 2009 
Arizona Public Service and Starwood Energy Group Global have announced plans for a 290-megawatt concentrating solar plant - among the largest in the world - to be built in the Harquahala Valley, 75 miles west of Phoenix. It will produce enough electricity to power more than 73,000 APS customer homes. Scheduled for completion in 2013, Starwood Solar I will be owned by an affiliate of Starwo ... read more 
Berlin (AFP) May 25, 2009Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen said on Monday that it was considering a tie-up with Chinese company BYD on hybrid or electric cars. VW said its head Martin Winterkorn and BYD chief Wang Chuanfu signed a letter of intent last week, citing possible cooperation on electric cars using lithium-ion battery technology. "Especially for the Chinese market, potential partners such as BYD cou ... more
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Moscow (AFP) May 25, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin discussed military and technical cooperation with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a telephone conversation, his spokesman told Russian news agencies Monday. The two leaders "exchanged views views on a number of subjects regarding energy, Russo-Venezuelan cooperation in the financial domain and military and technical cooperation," said Dmitry Peskov. ... more  
Rosslyn VA (SPX) May 26, 2009NEMA has joined other members of the coalition in issuing a report that focuses on federal buildings as principal targets to incorporate characteristics of high-performance buildings. Representative Russ Carnahan, (D-MO), who co-chairs the HPBCCC, requested that the coalition craft a report for Congress that will help achieve high-performance in federal buildings. This report, Produc ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) May 25, 2009The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's biggest bank by market capitalisation, said on Monday it received 219 million dollars in dividends from South Africa's Standard Bank. The Chinese lender acquired a 20-percent stake in Africa's largest lender last year and the investment has produced a 7.7-percent return so far, outperforming its overseas bonds, ICBC said in an ... more 
Temecula CA (SPX) May 26, 2009With a literal flip of a switch, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California added to its investments in solar power. Metropolitan board Chairman Timothy F. Brick flipped a switch signifying activation of a 10-acre field of solar panels at the district's Robert A. Skinner Water Treatment Plant in the Temecula Valley of southwestern Riverside County. The 1-megawatt solar installa ... more |
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Hertzlia, Israel (SPX) May 26, 2009SolarEdge Technologies has announced the company's highly anticipated PV energy harvesting system will be revealed for the first time at Intersolar Munich 2009. Leading up to the conference, SolarEdge Chairman, CEO and Founder Guy Sella will give a featured presentation on May 26 on the topic of "Breakthroughs in Distributed DC Architecture" at the PV Industry Forum. While the solar indust ... more 
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) May 26, 2009Cyrium Technologies has announced that multi-junction solar cells produced by the company now exceed the performance of all commercially manufactured solar cells. "Cyrium is pleased to set new performance standards for the solar cell suppliers to the Concentrator PhotoVoltaic (CPV) industry," said Dr. Simon Fafard, founder and CTO of Cyrium Technologies. "We believe the exceptional ... more  
Paris (AFP) May 25, 2009Ministers from economies accounting for 80 percent of the globe's greenhouse gases met here Monday and heard warnings that "the world's destiny" may lie in the outcome of a mooted climate change pact. French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo, opening the gathering of the so-called Major Economies Forum (MEF), pointed to the aim of forging a planet-wide treaty in Copenhagen in December under ... more 
Ottawa (AFP) May 25, 2009Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty on Monday to polluting Canada's wilderness in two train derailments, one of them resulting in the largest inland oil spill in Canada's history. To resolve the charges, the company agreed to pay 1.8 million Canadian dollars (1.6 million US) in fines, CN said. Most of the money is to go to support the prevention and remediation of future environmental ... more |
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