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ATK... Flexing Their MegaFlex™ (Solar Array) 4 Jun 2013 | 12:52 am
[SatNews] ATK's (NYSE: ATK) MegaFlex™ solar array was recently selected by... ...NASA's Space Technology Program under a Game Changing Technology competition for development of the promising lightwei...
San Francisco invites Chinese solar companies as U.S. companies fail 2 Jun 2013 | 10:00 pm
San Francisco is rapidly becoming, as the Office of the Mayor's website has touted, the "premier gateway" for mainland Chinese investment into the United States. If the city's successful wooing of Chi...
Cheaper Solar Panels Opportunity for Singapore, World Bank Says 1 Jun 2013 | 10:00 pm
Falling prices for solar panels present an opportunity for Singapore to invest more in renewable energy, according to a World Bank official. The city-state may focus more on solar spending given the ...
The Big Solar Sell-Off: Siemens Puts Solel On The Block 31 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
German industrial giant Siemens on Monday said it has put its solar assets up for sale, including Solel, the Israel solar thermal power plant builder it acquired just three years ago for $418 million....
UPDATE 1-IKEA to Move to Clean Energy by 2020, Protect Forests 30 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
IKEA, the world's largest furniture retailer, will shift to renewable energy by 2020 and grow more trees than it uses under a plan to safeguard nature that has won support from environmentalists. The...
Masdar To Develop 15 MW Solar Plant In Mauritania 29 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
Masdar announced today the development of a 15-megawatt solar power project in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The plant will deliver 10 per cent of electricity cap...
California Array Is Navy’s New Top Solar Gun 28 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
The Navy has a new 13.78 megawatt solar power plant in the high desert of California — the service’s biggest solar project yet — and it didn’t even have to pay for it. SunPower Solar Tracker Like te...
Westport Solar Panels to charge cars at RR station 27 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
Westport is set to install solar panels that will charge commuters' electric cars at a local railroad station. The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/S9F43Z ) that Encon, a Stratford energy comp...
Solar Geoengineering 'could be safe' 26 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
Solar geoengineering can be safely tailored to manage specific risks like the loss of Arctic sea ice, says a group of researchers keen to persuade the world that such techniques aren't necessarily a d...
Siemens Exits Solar, Desertec in Green Portfolio Setback 25 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
Siemens AG (SIE) plans to give up its unprofitable solar-energy business after failing to turn the unit around, in a blow to the German engineering company’s effort to win more revenue from its so-cal...
