 Solar energy 'revolution' brings green power closer
(Environmental News Network: Sun, 30 Dec) The holy grail of renewable energy came a step closer yesterday as thousands of mass-produced wafer-thin solar cells printed on aluminium film rolled off a production line in California, heralding what British scientists called "a revolution" in generating electricity.
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 Nano flakes to promise improved solar energy efficiency
(ANI via Yahoo! India News: Sun, 30 Dec) London, Dec 30 (ANI): A nanophysicist has paved the way for a revolution in the transformation of solar energy to electricity, by discovering a new material, called nano flakes. Martin Aagesen reckons that the nano flakes are capable enough to transform 30 per cent of the solar energy into electricity, which is double the amount that is converted today. "I discovered a perfect crystalline ...
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 Conway Utility Allows For Solar Power
(KTHV Little Rock: Sun, 30 Dec) A Conway electric utility is allowing for the use of solar technology at one couple's home and has changed its power grid to do the same for others who use the alternative energy source.
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 GE Energy Solar Technology to Help Light Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
(ThomasNet: Fri, 28 Dec) ATLANTA, GA. - NOVEMBER 28, 2007-GE Energy has supplied 363 roof-mounted solar panels at the top of 45 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City that will help generate electricity for the first solar powered Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The Christmas tree is decorated with 30,000 new energy-efficient LED lights, on five miles of wire, which will help illuminate Rockefeller Center with a cleaner ...
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 Harness solar energy from hot tarmac
(The Times of India: Mon, 31 Dec) SCHARWOUDE: If you have ever blistered your bare feet on a hot road you know how asphalt absorbs the sun's rays. Now, a Dutch company is siphoning the heat from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices.
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 Here comes the sun. Lower energy bills could follow
(The Record: Sun, 30 Dec) WAYNE -- Solar panels will go up next spring at two school buildings as the first phase of a groundbreaking project that will use a mix of alternative energy sources projected to save millions in utility costs.
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31.12.2007: Meldung: Solar Night Industries Solves Solar Thermal Installation
Ohio development chief predicts area can be solar-energy capital
