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Distant Planets With Water That Could Sustain Life Could Be Found With New Technique

A team of astronomers and astrobiologists has devised a technique to tell whether small Earth-like planets orbiting other suns harbor liquid water, which in turn could tell whether they might be able to support life

27 May 2009

Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant Built in Record Time by ABB

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has completed delivery and commissioning of the 1-megawatt (MW) Totana photovoltaic power plant located in the region of Murcia in Spain

27 May 2009

Thin Film Solar Panels To Be Used in 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicle'

Ascent Solar Technologies, announced that its state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules will be designed into the development of a hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (H-UAV) called the Silent Sentinel developed by Bye Aerospace, Inc

27 May 2009

GT Solar Announces Turnkey Solar Cell Fabrication Plant for Greece

GT Solar, announced that it has received final acceptance for the design, installation and commissioning of the first integrated photovoltaic (PV) solar wafer and cell turnkey fabrication line in Greece

27 May 2009

QD Soleil Signs License On Nanotechnology Solar Power Technology

QD Soleil, a division of Nanosys Inc. focused on the use of proprietary nanotechnology in solar panel cell designs, today announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Starfire Electronic Development and Marketing Corporation for patents covering the work of nanotechnology pioneer Dr. Avery Goldstein

27 May 2009

Thin Film Solar Technology Demonstrated by Xunlight

Xunlight Corporation successfully demonstrates its high-throughput, wide-web, roll-to-roll photovoltaic manufacturing process for the production of high-efficiency thin-film silicon PV modules

27 May 2009

Airtricity Orders 80 Wind Turbines From Siemens for Offshore Windfarm

Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy SSE), signed an agreement with Siemens Energy for the delivery of 80 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind farm in the German North Sea

25 May 2009

How U.S. Renewable Energy Policies Can Drive Solar Growth To Be The Subjuect of Industry Discussion

In conjunction with the Intersolar 2009 tradeshow being held in Munich from May 27-29, Applied Materials is hosting a press event with solar industry experts to discuss how proposed new policies will shape the future of solar power and open new markets, including the vast and fragmented American utility market

25 May 2009

Climate Change Wins as Clean Energy Act Is Passed

Taking the first step toward meeting President Obama’s call for comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year, today the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the American Clean Energy Act by a 33 to 25 bipartisan vote

24 May 2009