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  1. US firm supplies Chinese rail with solar power

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    Mon, 21 May 2012

    Radiant Enterprise and Third Railway Survey and the Design Institute Group Corporation (TSDI) to promote the use of solar technology in Chinese public transport. Photovoltaic (PV) panels supplied by Ascent will be added to existing and future

  2. Walmart reaches milestone in on-site power installations

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    Thu, 12 Apr 2012

    Multinational US retailer Walmart (NYSE: WMT ) has completed its 100th solar technology installation with the addition of six stores in Colorado, integrated and managed by SolarCity. Collectively, the installations

  1. ABB investing in solar start-up

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    Wed, 21 Dec 2011

    is investing $20m in the concentrating photovoltaics (CPV) start-up GreenVolts , furthering its interest in solar technology after it bought a share of Fresnel mirror firm Novatec Solar earlier this year. ABB’s latest investment, though

  2. Solar, coal-fired power plant begins operations

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    Wed, 30 Jun 2010

    operating a hybrid solar-coal power plant at its Cameo Generating Station in Colorado. The plant uses parabolic trough solar technology integrated with a coal-fired power plant. The plant is designed to increase plant efficiency, decrease the use

  3. Trigeneration undercuts conventional energy with PV for carbon emissions

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    Fri, 1 Jul 2011

    implemented. In many cases, trigeneration will unquestionably be the better solution. Perhaps future advances in solar technology will result in mass produced, inexpensive solar cells, solar mounts, inverters, and energy storage. But we cannot

  4. On-site solar system installed at Masdar City

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    Mon, 6 Dec 2010

    significantly less energy and water than a conventional, comparatively sized campus. SunPower has more than 1 GW of solar technology installed on homes, businesses and power plants worldwide.

  5. Solar for on-site power and rural electrification

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    Sat, 1 Jan 2011

    leading choice for off-grid power generation. There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly, its versatility; solar technology can be installed in almost any location - including mountains, deserts, jungles and off-shore locations - and

  6. No-capital solar power systems offered to UK schools

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    Tue, 13 Jul 2010

    full feed-in tariff payments from year 15 to 25 of the scheme. GE says it will pay the cost of installing the solar technology , starting at £16,000, with either local authorities or schools typically funding a small initial deposit. The

  7. From the Editor

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    Tue, 1 Sep 2009

    with land available adjacent to manufacturing plants are putting wind turbines to work – and there is room for solar technology on most buildings and sites. And, where fossil-fuelled on-site cogeneration delivers a host of economic, environmental

  8. Jobs potential from renewable heat

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    Wed, 25 Mar 2009

    IPA Economics, reports that a massive growth in the installation of technologies like wood fuel, heat pumps and solar technology will be required to meet Scottish government 2020 heat energy targets. It concludes that investment would need to