Energy geeks compete for coolest solar home (CNET: Fri, 10 Aug) Upcoming Solar Decathlon contest will judge 20 solar-powered homes built by college students. MIT's entry is already under construction. Photos: MIT's solar house
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SPX to Design and Manufacture State-of-the-Art Equipment for Solar Energy Market (ThomasNet: Thu, 09 Aug) Contract with NorSun Valued at $40 Million CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 30 /-- SPX Corporation (NYSE:SPW) today announced its Kayex business was awarded a contract to design and manufacture state-of-the-art crystal growing equipment to support the rapid growth of the silicon-based solar energy market. The contract is with NorSun AS, a producer of mono crystalline ingots and wafers for the international ...
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Solar-powered homes to save energy (The Sacramento Bee: Thu, 09 Aug) More than 450 solar-powered, super energy-efficient homes will be built in the Sacramento area in agreements between Sacramento Municipal Utility District and two home builders, including 50 houses in Elk Grove.
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Nigeria: Solar Energy And Competitive Advantage (AllAfrica.com: Wed, 08 Aug) Solar electric power systems are an effective energy conservation programme because they conserve costly conventional power for urban areas and town market centres including industrial, commercial and private uses.
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Region's congressmen split votes on energy (The Record: Fri, 10 Aug) North Jersey's congressmen split their votes last week on legislation that would dramatically increase wind, solar and other renewable energy supplies in the United States while hiking taxes on oil companies by $16 billion.
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