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Spain accounted for almost half of the world’s manufacture of solar power equipment in 2008, thanks to a subsidy that is now ending. The subsidy change, combined with an increased supply of solar equipment from China and Taiwan, has crashed demand.
Tags: solar power, mw solar, China
Cleantech America, the company planning to build a solar-energy plant near Mendota, has been purchased by Meridian Energy Ltd., a New Zealand firm. The deal was announced today, but the purchase price and other details were not disclosed...Cleantech CEO...
Tags: power plant, California Public Utilities Commission, Cleantech America, solar power
India sets out ambitious solar power plan to be paid for by rich nations India plans to generate 20GW from sunlight by 2020, putting green energy targets of developed nations in the shade India has decided to push ahead with a vastly ambitious plan to...
Tags: Pakistan-India, solar power, Manmohan Singh, prime minister
Challenged to find a plane that can stay up for long periods of time to fly surveillance and communications missions - Odysseus, a completely autonomous, solar powered plane can fly for 5 years... The previous record is 9 days in the Voyager "round...
Tags: Solar Power, Autonomous flight
Students at M.I.T. have formed a company, "Raw Solar" and are working to produce a "solar Power Plant" that will produce low cost, highly efficient hot water or steam (which can be used to produce electricity...) They are using mirrored glass which is...
Tags: Solar Power, MIT, Energy
Regulators approved more than $515 million in projects Wednesday that will more than double the amount of solar power generated in New Jersey and will solidify the state's No...The state Board of Public Utilities gave the green light to proposals from...
Tags: solar power, New Jersey, electrical grid
California — in solar power generation with regulatory approval of a $515 million energy project. PSE&G, New Jersey's largest utility, was given state approval of plans to equip more than 200,000 utility poles with solar panels. The retrofitted poles...
Tags: solar power, largest utilities, power project, New Jersey, Central Vermont Public Service
The Chinese government started a pilot program on Tuesday to provide subsidies to solar-power projects to boost the solar industry as a new growth point for the country's economy. The Ministry of Finance said on its website that it will offer 50...
Tags: solar power, china, thin film solar
Sun tech Power Holdings Co Ltd said it reached agreements to develop four solar power plants in China, giving the largest Chinese solar company a strong foothold in what many believe will one day be a major solar market. Suntech said on Monday it struck...
Tags: Suntech Power Holdings Co., China Economic Review, solar power, solar projects, reached agreement
As long as the Sun exists, solar power can be generated to fulfill demands – this is no longer a myth but might become a reality soon. Ottawa is leading the way. Plans are afoot to set up a 200-acre farm with an investment of approximately $100-million...
Tags: solar power, agricultural land, solar panels, alternate energy