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Solar Energy News Sunday October 21st 2007



Solar Energy Week starts tomorrowSolar Energy Week starts tomorrow
(San Diego Union-Tribune: Sat, 20 Oct) DEL MAR: The California Center for Sustainable Energy will kick off its third annual Solar Energy Week tomorrow with a free family-oriented event at San Dieguito County Park.


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wins Market Viability Contest at Department of Energy's Solar DecathlonUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wins Market Viability Contest at Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon
(BuildingOnline: Fri, 19 Oct) WASHINGTON, DC – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today won the market viability contest in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition on the National Mall today.


Schools explore solar powerSchools explore solar power
(Daily Herald: Sun, 21 Oct) Rudimentary science class experiments just got a lot more sophisticated. The Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation and ComEd have teamed to dole out more than $200,000 for solar power and renewable energy education programs at 14 Chicago-area schools.


Germans win international competition to design solar houseGermans win international competition to design solar house
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Fri, 19 Oct) A German university team was named on Friday the winner of the 2007 Solar Decathlon, a competition to design, build and run the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered home.



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Solar team's edgeSolar team's edge
(Adelaide Now: Sat, 20 Oct) TAFE SA's World Solar Challenge team hope their knowledge of solar energy science will power them to victory.


German team wins competition for efficient solar energyGerman team wins competition for efficient solar energy
(Lawrence Journal-World: Sat, 20 Oct) A team of students from Germany’s Technische Universitat Darmstadt won a weeklong competition Friday on the National Mall for the best, most efficient and well designed and engineered solar home.


Clooney to help manage energy companyClooney to help manage energy company
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Sat, 20 Oct) George Clooney will become an executive board member of a new Swiss energy company that will develop environmentally friendly techniques for car motors and other devices, the billionaire who is setting up the firm said Saturday. The new company will have different branches doing research and development in the clean production of hydrogen, solar energy and fuel cells, said Nicolas Hayek, ...


Solar cars race from Australia's top to bottomSolar cars race from Australia's top to bottom
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Sun, 21 Oct) Sun-powered-car enthusiasts from around the world raced into the Australia outback on Sunday at speeds nearing 100 kilometres-per-hour at the start of the World Solar Challenge.


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