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USDA Funding for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects

Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that 639 individuals and businesses in 43 states and the Virgin Islands have been selected to receive $35 million in grants and loan guarantees for renewable energy systems or to improve energy efficiency in farm and business operations

1 Sep 2008

IMEC and Plextronics to Team and Develop High Efficiency Organic Solar Cells

IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics research institute and Plextronics, Inc., an international technology company specializing in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics, signed an agreement to collaborate on state-of-the-art materials and inks for organic solar cells

1 Sep 2008

Quantumatica and Bandera Use Nanotechnology to Develop New Materials for Extruded Plastic Photovoltaic Panels

Quantumatica and Bandera in a joint effort to develop new materials suitable for the creation of plastic photovoltaic solar panel via extrusion technology

31 Aug 2008

Sea Level Now Expected to Rise Faster Than Previously Predicted

If the lessons being learned by scientists about the demise of the last great North American ice sheet are correct, estimates of global sea level rise from a melting Greenland ice sheet may be seriously underestimated

31 Aug 2008

Center's Key Goals is to Enhance U.S. Economic Competitiveness in Solar-Based Energy

With the assistance of a five-year $20 million award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Chemical Bonding Center (CBC) project, called "Powering the Planet," will increase the number of its collaborators to fulfill its goal of efficiently and economically converting solar energy and water into hydrogen and oxygen fuels.

28 Aug 2008

Solar Power System Manufacturer Offers Turnkey Electricity Solution

Project Financing Partnership to Fuel Growth in Deployment of Leading Solar Power Generation Products

28 Aug 2008

Solar Hot Water Pioneer, Heliodyne Revamps Itself

Heliodyne, the longest-established U.S. solar thermal manufacturer, announced today its new corporate image along with a newly developed line of products. To help with the introduction of its new product line, the company has implemented an all new Sales & Marketing program. “With demand in solar energy at an all time high, it was the right time for us to reinvigorate the market with a unique and innovative product line,” said Ole Pilgaard, President of Heliodyne

28 Aug 2008