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Solar Energy News Wednesday January 2nd 2008



Australia falls behind in switch to solar energyAustralia falls behind in switch to solar energy
(Tenterfield Star: Tue, 01 Jan) CANBERRA: Solar energy is the world's fastest-growing energy source, with production of photovoltaics, or solar cells, doubling every two years, a new report says.


Suntech Rides Solar Energy MomentumSuntech Rides Solar Energy Momentum
(Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News: Mon, 31 Dec) Sunlight powers solar arrays. But government subsidies power the solar industry.


Sun shining on Montague solar energy companySun shining on Montague solar energy company
(The White Lake Beacon: Mon, 31 Dec) From left, engineer John Klimsza, and technicians Jeff Schmitt and Dan Lohman, work at PrimeStar Solar’s Montague facility. "We are part of the world's energy solution," says former Whitehall resident Brian Murphy, CEO of PrimeStar Solar, Inc. (


Asphalt hot as solar-energy sourceAsphalt hot as solar-energy source
(Orlando Sentinel: Tue, 01 Jan) If you've ever blistered your bare feet on a hot road, you know that asphalt absorbs the sun's energy. A Dutch company is now siphoning heat from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices.



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Solar Technology Finds New Way To Harness Sun's Energy: PavementSolar Technology Finds New Way To Harness Sun's Energy: Pavement
(New London Day: Tue, 01 Jan) Scharwoude, Netherlands — If you've ever blistered your bare feet on a hot road you know that asphalt absorbs the sun's energy. A Dutch company


Solar energy 'revolution' brings green power closerSolar 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.


IIM-A, MNRE announce awards for Solar innovationIIM-A, MNRE announce awards for Solar innovation
(Business Standard India: Tue, 01 Jan) The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM Ahmedabad and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has announced an award for Solar Innovation Programme.


Nano flakes to promise improved solar energy efficiencyNano 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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