Next German gov't to cut solar subsidies

Germany's next government is considering slashing subsidies to renewable energy industries, particularly solar, an energy expert with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats said Tuesday.

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Research could cut cost of energy from fuel cells

Less costly methods for producing oxygen from water have been developed by researchers in the U.S. and Australia, possibly setting the stage for more use of fuel cells to produce energy.

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Google to Convert HQ to Solar Power

Google Inc. is converting its renowned headquarters to run partly on solar power, hoping to set an example for corporate America.

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Salt River Project said Friday it will build a 20-megawatt solar power plant in the East Valley that will give its electric customers an alternative to rooftop solar panels if they wish to use renewable power.

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It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed H.R.3585, the Solar Technology Roadmap, by a vote of 310-106. Introduced by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Sept. 17 and approved by the House Science & Technology Committee Oct.

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The international image of America is a country that is constantly creating roadblocks in the way of reaching a global agreement on climate change and environmental protection. Americans are seen as totally oblivious to the issues of global warming, and energy and food crisis.

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Product should shake up the power industry and open up new era for solar

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The Spanish Government has disqualified the Israeli team from the bi-annual Solar Decathlon because the team is located in "occupied territory" - Samaria.

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September 14, 2009—A "green" technology company has developed jewel-toned solar panels that capture different parts of the sun's light spectrum and don't need direct sunlight to work, the company says.

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Why Obama's Green Policy Can't and Won't Save the World

With so much energy being invested lately in analyzing Obama's push to coerce government reform and control of health care, his other pet project, creating a Green economy to stop global warming has fallen off the radar for the moment.

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An Israeli company has developed solar energy powered battery chargers that give you the emergency power you need to recharge your mobile devices, anywhere. Out for a picnic on a sunny day and your cell phone dies? No power? No problem.

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NEW YORK (AP) -- First Solar Inc. said Tuesday it has received initial approval from the Chinese government to build what may become the largest solar field in the world.

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Israeli-Californian solar thermal energy plant developer BrightSource won both first place and the overall winner award last week in the AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 Top Private Companies list, that recognizes the top private green tech companies that are creating new business opportu …

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Solar power is discussed in this nine page article from the September 2009 issue of National Geographic.

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Solar Roadways, a project to replace over 25,000 square miles of road in the US with solar panels you can drive on, just received $100,000 in funding from the Department of Transportation for the first 12ft-by-12ft prototype panel.

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WUXI, China — President Obama wants to make the United States "the world's leading exporter of renewable energy," but in his seven months in office, it is China that has stepped on the gas in an effort to become the dominant player in green energy — especially in solar  …

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President Obama wants to make the United States "the world's leading exporter of renewable energy," but in his seven months in office, it is China that has stepped on the gas in an effort to become the dominant player in green energy — especially in solar power, and even  …

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Cleantechnica compiled a list of the greenest states in terms of green energy production and use and the winners might surprise you...

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The New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins will get a little help making beer from the sun.

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From 'green' wineries to school rooftops and African villages, Israeli solar energy company Sunday has an ambitious plan to become an international power plant provider. The 1980s pop icon Morrissey said that every day is like Sunday, silent and grey.

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"We made this proposal in good faith as a reasonable approach to provide for a fair allocation of costs and benefits between customers with solar panels and customers without solar panels", said Karen Hyde, vice president, rates and regulatory affairs for Xcel Energy in Colorado.

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Be Rho, a small town near Milan, to host the largest photovoltaic system in the world. Will be installed on the roof of the New Fair (a local Expo), and its 270,000 square meters (equivalent to 38 football fields) will develop a peak power of 18 MW. The panels will be capable o …

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Portland community center uses solar panels to be more energy efficient

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Álava, Spain-based Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica said today it has reached an agreement with China Huadian New Energy Development to jointly supply wind turbines with the capability of generating 300 megawatts.

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BusinessWeek and GreenBiz.com have assembled a list of 25 intriguing energy startups, including young companies that tap geothermal heat, turn waste into biodiesel, and more

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Renewable sources of energy are beginning to replace coal power in the U.S.:

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Two years after the installation of a solar power project funded by international aid groups, villagers in northern Ethiopia say the sun's energy has turned their lives around.

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