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General Motors to Build Solar Roof on Production Plant

General Motors is set to take a big step towards a more sustainable manufacturing environment by out fitting a production plant roof with solar panels

14 Jul 2008

Offices, Workshops and Dealership for Volvo Trucks Now Environmentally Sustainable and Climate Neutral With Solar Power

Last month Volvo Trucks inaugurated its first climate-neutral dealership facility. The inauguration took place in Verona, Italy. With the help of solar cells on the building’s roof, more energy will be produced than is needed to heat up the offices and workshops

14 Jul 2008

Thames Gateway Plan for Clean Water to be Built by Interserve Consortium

Interserve, in consortium with the Spanish company Acciona and Atkins Water, has won the contract to build the Thames Gateway Water Treatment Plant for Thames Water

14 Jul 2008

Solar Power Laboratory for Arizona State University

Arizona State University is strengthening its commitment to boost Arizonas economic development prospects in the renewable energy industry by establishing the Solar Power Laboratory to advance solar energy research, education and technology

14 Jul 2008

Environmentally Sustainable Cooling With Greenhouse Gas and Ozone Friendly Solar Air Conditioning

New environmentally friendly cooling technology developed that does not harm the ozone layer reduces the use of greenhouse gases by using solar energy

14 Jul 2008

Cheaper Ultra Thin Silicon Solar Cells on the Way Due to New Manufacturing Method from IMEC

Adding an ultra-thin wafer or foil of active silicon on top of a low-cost substrate is a promising solution to reduce the amount of high-grade silicon used in solar cells. IMEC is pursuing different paths to produce such foils of crystalline Si at an acceptable cost

14 Jul 2008

NASA Satellite Maps Point to Ideal Sites For Wind Energy Farms

Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool. Global satellite maps from NASA.

13 Jul 2008

New Clean Technology Venture Capital Fund and New Carbon Fund Launched by ArcelorMittal

ArcelorMittal Launches new Clean Technology Venture Capital Fund and new Carbon Fund

13 Jul 2008

New Type of Window Also Generates Electricity

Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of

10 Jul 2008

Equipment Breakthrough Leads to Fabrication Productivity Boost for Solar Cells

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced its Applied E3 advanced equipment and process control solution, a comprehensive factory automation (FA) software package for improving the productivity and reducing the costs of semiconductor, flat panel display and photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing

10 Jul 2008