News tagged with solar projects
Facebook, Greenpeace in truce over data centers
(AP) -- Facebook and Greenpeace have called a truce over a clean energy feud that had the environmental group using the social network's own platform to campaign against it.
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Dec 15, 2011 |
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U.S. announces desert 'solar energy zones'
The Obama administration on Thursday announced its plan for solar energy development, directing large-scale industrial projects to 285,000 acres of desert in the Western U.S. while opening 20 million acres of the Mojave for ...
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Oct 28, 2011 |
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Now you can determine the solar efficiency of your roof
It is becoming more and more common to install solar panels on roofs in order to obtain green electricity, but not all roofs are equally suitable. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have ...
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Oct 17, 2011 |
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Powered by the sun, Stanford ingenuity
On Thursday, Aug. 11, the Stanford Solar Car Project officially unveils Xenith, a solar-powered vehicle two years in the making that boasts several industry-leading technological innovations. The team will ...
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Aug 12, 2011 |
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Solar loan guarantees announced
(AP) -- The Department of Energy has announced nearly $4.5 billion in conditional commitments for loan guarantees for three California solar projects, the agency said.
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Jun 30, 2011 |
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Solar water heaters offer relief to S.Africans
For years the only hot water in Zoleka Mali's home came out of a pot on her paraffin stove.
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Jun 26, 2011 |
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Australia picks Areva for solar energy project
French state-owned energy group Areva announced Tuesday that it had won a bid to participate in an Australian solar energy programme.
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Jun 21, 2011 |
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One million Bangladesh homes on solar power
The number of households in electricity-starved Bangladesh using solar panels has crossed the one million mark -- the fastest expansion of solar use in the world, officials said Wednesday.
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Jun 15, 2011 |
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Google invests $280 million to spur home solar
(AP) -- Google is investing $280 million to help private homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops. It's Google's latest - and largest - investment in clean energy.
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Jun 14, 2011 |
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Construction to resume on parts of solar project
(AP) -- Construction can resume on a massive Southern California solar energy project after wildlife officials determined it will not jeopardize the threatened desert tortoise, federal officials said Friday.
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Jun 11, 2011 |
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UQ solar array reaches milestone
The University of Queensland's $7.75 million solar power system at St Lucia in Brisbane has reached a milestone, with installation completed on one of the project's most visible components.
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Apr 07, 2011 |
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Obama's clean-tech vision meets with skepticism
President Barack Obama has grand plans for a green nation - 1 million electric vehicles on the road within four years and clean power sources providing 80 percent of the nation's energy by 2035.
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Jan 28, 2011 |
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Sahara desert project aims to power half the world by 2050
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint project by universities in Algeria and Japan is planning to turn the Sahara desert, the largest desert in the world, into a breeding ground for solar power plants that could supply ...
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Dec 02, 2010 |
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S.Africa solar plan draws interest: government
South Africa's plan to build what could become the world's biggest solar project has drawn keen interest from investors even though it is still in its infancy, an official said Friday.
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Oct 29, 2010 |
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Wind power on a smaller scale carries potential
If Abigail Stutzman has anything to say about it, small wind turbines will someday dot backyards across the Midwest.
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Jul 13, 2010 |
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