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Growth Potential in Tidal Power Says Atlantis Resources

Marine power technology company Atlantis Resources Corp. sees strong growth possibilities ahead, and is banking on this so-far underdeveloped area becoming a big renewable energy growth sector worldwide

20 Apr 2009

Campus Trees Mean Big Emissions Reductions for the University of California San Diego

The University of California San Diego, one of the nation’s greenest universities, discovered that the total effect of its 200,000 trees was a reduction of nearly 10,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, or 5 percent of its annual emissions

20 Apr 2009

Vatican Goes Solar Powered With Europe's Largest Solar Electricity Plant

The world’s smallest state, the Vatican, is set to spend 500 million euros ($660 million) building the biggest solar plant in Europe near the medieval village of Santa Maria di Galeria

20 Apr 2009

Solar Power Could Be Diminished by Global Warming Atmospheric Engineering Scheme

A widely discussed "atmospheric engineering" scheme intended to combat global warming could have unanticipated consequences in reducing the effectiveness of certain kinds of solar power around the Earth

20 Apr 2009

Environmentally Friendly Car Achieves 2,757.1 MPG at 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas

Distance, not speed, was the goal this weekend on the track at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a challenge for students to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel

20 Apr 2009

Answer Given To Question About How Nanotubes Work as Catalysts

Cornell researchers have answered an important question about how carbon nanotubes work as catalysts by pinpointing unique sites where the reactions take place on single-walled nanotubes

17 Apr 2009

Applied Materials SunFab To Be Used in Largest Solar Panels Made in Taiwan

Green Energy Technology has certified its SunFab Thin Film Line, supplied by Applied Materials, Inc., for the production of Taiwan’s largest solar photovoltaic panels

16 Apr 2009

Evergreen Solar Photovoltaic Panels Provide Power For Electric Car Recharging

Evergreen Solar has announced that its panels are being used to provide the electricity for a new electric vehicle battery recharging station in a high-traffic area in Frankfurt, Germany

16 Apr 2009

First Solar to Build 48 Megawatt Photovoltaic Power Plant

First Solar announced it has executed an agreement to build a 48 megawatt (MW) AC ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) power plant for Sempra Generation

16 Apr 2009

Veeco Experts to Appear at Solar Industry Events and Tradeshows

Veeco Instruments announced today that three of its technology experts will make presentations at worldwide solar industry events and tradeshows in May 2009

15 Apr 2009