 Go Solar, Wind Or Geothermal If You Want Renewable Energy With Life-cycle Efficiency
(Science Daily: Mon, 13 Aug) Do the overall efficiencies of renewable energy sources add up in terms of their complete life cycle from materials sourcing, manufacture, running, and decommissioning? Using these criteria, researchers have identified the three viable renewable energy resources as solar energy, wind power and geothermal energy.
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 German solar firms boost capacity to meet demand
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Tue, 14 Aug) Germany's solar companies are driving up capacity to meet strong demand for renewable energy, while access to silicon remained the make-or-break factor for their second-quarter results on Tuesday.
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 ersol Solar Energy downgraded to "add"
(New Ratings: Mon, 13 Aug) LONDON, August 13 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Dexia Securities downgrade ersol Solar Energy (ticker: ES6) to "add." The target price is set to €70.
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 Sector Snap: Solar Stocks Off
(AP via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 14 Aug) Solar stocks took a hit on Tuesday afternoon, along with the broader market, as investors watched for news on a possible White House veto of a Democratic energy bill that would favor alternative energy.
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 Canadian Solar Swings to 2Q Loss
(AP via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 14 Aug) Canadian Solar Inc. said Tuesday it swung to a loss in the second quarter as the solar-energy products supplier spent heavily to expand production, offsetting a threefold increase in sales.
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 Big Sun starts solar cell volume production
(Digi Times: Wed, 15 Aug) Taiwan-based Big Sun Energy Technology, currently with an annual solar cell capacity of 30MW, has started volume production in the third quarter, and has plans to ramp up capacity to 90MW by the third quarter next year, according to company chairman Summer Lo.
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Solar Energy Advocate Joins SF Utilities Comm.
Algeria aims to tap vast sunbelt to export solar energy to Europeans
