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• PV Industry Value Chain

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  The Photovoltaic (PV) market and industry can be broken down into one complete process from the first production steps for metallurgical silicon to the ready turn-key system at the end customer, including all services linked to such systems. There is a need to differentiate the various technologies within the European ...
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• ATHLET – Thin-Film Technologies Research Project

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  ATHLET -  Advanced thin-film technologies for cost effective photovoltaics. The project aims to accelerate the decrease in the cost/efficiency ratio for thin-fi lm photovoltaic modules. It focuses on technologies based on amorphous, micro- and polycrystalline silicon as well as on I-III-VI2- chalcopyrite compound ...
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• UPP-Sol – Polygeneration With Solar Energy

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  Urban photovoltaics: polygeneration with solar energyThe cost of the electricity produced by photovoltaic technology is higher than that from conventional fuels. This is a major obstacle for sustained long-term growth of solar technologies, and currently requires massive governmental support to create artificial ...
  19 hours ago

• Amonix Raises $40M For Concentrating Solar

  
  socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech News — Authority: 491
  Torrance-based Amonix , a developer of concentrating photovoltaic solar systems, has raised $40M in a funding round, according to a filing by the firm Monday. The filing indicates the fundraising is part of a $98.23M funding effort being spearheaded by Lazard Freres & Company. Ben Kortland of Kleiner Perkins ...
  23 hours ago

• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
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• Mongolia on Its Way to Becoming a Solar Power Giant

  
  Solar Power Updates & News — Authority: 104
  Great things are happening in Inner Mongolia when it comes to solar power. This Mongol autonomous region located in northern China is becoming a powerful player in the alternative energy sector, and as such China wants to use the region to house various solar farms.This post was originally published on Solar Power ...
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• SELFLEX – In Search Of FLEXible Solar Cells Manufacturing Technology

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  The SELFLEX project aims to demonstrate at industrial scale cost-effective manufacturing technology for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells based on self-formation, a highly innovative manufacturing concept. Self-formation has proven itself proposing industrially feasible technological solutions for c-Si solar ...
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• First Solar Sells California Solar Power Project to NRG

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  21 Megawatt Blythe Project is California’s Largest Photovoltaic FacilityTEMPE, Ariz., Nov 23, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR), today announced the sale of the 21 megawatt (MW) AC solar energy project it has developed and constructed in Blythe, Calif., to NRG Energy, Inc. Located in Riverside ...
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• Solar mission to start with 1,300 MW, reach 20,000 by 2022

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) India’s solar mission will set up, in its first phase, 1,100 MW of solar power through the electricity grid and 200 MW off the grid, with the objective of making solar power as cheap as power from coal by the end of the mission, Minister for New and Renewable Energy [...]
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• PV-MIPS – PV Module with Integrated Power Conversion and Interconnection System

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  Together with eleven European partners the Kassel-based research institute ISET has launched the research project PV-MIPS to develop a solar module with an integrated inverter that can feed solar electricity directly into the grid. With this new product, the partners aim to reduce the total costs of a PV system to 3 ...
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• List Of Possible Occupations in the Photovoltaic Sector

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  The photovoltaic sector is particularly promising in terms of job and local wealth creation; whether these are direct or indirect occupations.Direct occupations: Jobs created in the production, installation and maintenance of photovoltaics:Solar silicon, ingots and wafer producersSolar cell and module ...
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• Qualification Profiles Of The Photovoltaic Industry Workforce

  
  Renewable Energy Sources — Authority: 145
  The qualification profiles of the people involved in the Solar Energy industry will differ depending on their areas of activity within the PV sector value chain. The workforce needed to satisfy this future demand for highly qualified personnel will partly consist of persons explicitly specialised in photovoltaics, ...
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• China Solar Photovoltaic And Stand-By Europe Ink Partnership Deal

  
  China Sourcing News — Authority: 125
  China Solar Photovoltaic SA subsidiary CNPV Dongying Photovoltaic Power Company has entered into a long-term strategic partnership sales agreement with Stand-By Europe, a Czech project development and distribution company.Under the terms of this strategic agreement, CNPV will supply Stand-By Europe with a total of 100 ...
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• Futuristic Bionic Transportation for the year 2030

  
  FreshGIZMOS in touch with tomorrow — Authority: 147
  The radial aerodynamic design of the stylish Bionic concept car perfectly demonstrates a token of functional values and innovative natural aesthetics. This car has an optimized and advance automobile...
  3 days ago

• London Mayor inaugurates a green building neighboring Victoria Station

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 443
  The Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the official opening of a new commercial office and retail building situated adjacent to the mid 19th century rail station. Dubbed as ‘The Peak’, the 11,280 sq m structure designed by Sheppard Robson has been build keeping in mind the architecture and charm of ...
  3 days ago

• Will solar thermal heat up again?

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 437
  Image via Wikipedia It used to be that the term “solar panel” connoted a solar thermal panel, which uses sunlight to heat your house or tap water, as opposed to a photovoltaic (PV) panel, which produces electric power. These days, though, attention (not to mention sunlight) focuses on PV. Many people assume ...
  3 days ago

• Battery breakthroughs, grains of salt

  
  Raising Islands--Hawai'i science and environment — Authority: 112
  Battery technologies are the great holy quest of the energy world, and there is, thankfully, movement in the field. But most of the real advance is incremental, not breakthrough stuff. (Image: Lithium Ion batteries are researched at the Argonne National Laboratory. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy.) ...
  4 days ago

• Al Gore Visits 30 Rock, Cleans Up Environment

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  As I pointed out yesterday, last night Al Gore was on a special green episode of 30 Rock !  His cameo comes late in the show but as usual the entire show is funny and it is totally worth it to wait a little while to see Al Gore interact with Kenneth. Beyond the Gore cameo the show showcased (and admittedly made fun ...
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• Greentech VC Nancy Floyd: U.S. cleantech firms must go global to thrive

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Technology , Green Nancy Floyd was early to the greentech investing game. A prominent venture capitalist, she founded and remains the managing director of Nth Power , an early-stage venture capital fund based in San Francisco. Nth Power, a $180 million fund, has seen a number of successful exits, ...
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• Flux Power Launches Lithium Battery Technology

  
  socalTECH.com - Southern California High Tech News — Authority: 491
  San Diego-based Flux Power , a developer of lithium batteries and charging systems, said late last night that it has introduced a new family of products aimed at the industrial, solar, EV, wind, and peak-shaving power markets. The firm--which spun out of LHV Power last month and is headed by former Aptera co-founder ...
  4 days ago

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