Financing for the second phase of the street lighting project on St. Kitts has been handed over to St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas by Resident Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan), His ...
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How tall?17 feet tall!Luke Jerram's 17 feet tall chandelier consists of 665 flickering glass radiometers.How does it work?When the glass radiometers of Luke Jerram's Solar Chandelier are exposed to light the vanes rotate,the more light the ...
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During the formal opening of the solar-powered charging station at Shelby Farms Park on Wednesday,a half-dozen shiny new electric vehicles–most with the sales pitch"98 mpg"painted on their windshields–filled the stalls of ...
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Chinese solar companies have begun a round of belt-tightening as they struggle to maintain operations and pay down looming debt obligations,but layoffs might impede their ability to build market share if global demand for solar-powered ...
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Digitimes Research: June solar installations surge to 1.69GW in Germany Press release[Friday 14 September 2012] Solar installations usually increase significantly before the effective date of solar incentive cuts. New solar installations ...
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China's National Energy Administration recently disclosed that its target for new solar-powered plants during the 12th Five-Year Plan period is 10GW. The government also set its target for individual installations at 10GW. Additionally, the ...
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Ethiopian football and athletics fans will have a new FIFA and Olympic-standard 60,000 seat stadium in Addis Ababa thanks to a competition winning design combining local identity with new technology. LAVA and Designsport,in collaboration ...
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When I first approached this feature I thought that a test of several power options would be the right way to deliver some useful verdicts on performance and value. Then the reality sunk in about the vast range of options available and the ...
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The nearside of the Moon will never resemble your Granddad's back forty, but agriculture remains the key to living and working off-world. All the mineral ore in the solar system can't replace the fact that for extended periods on the Moon ...
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Philips to install 100 solar-powered lighting centers across Africa 20 Aug 2012 By 2015,Philips plans to have installed 100 lighting centers across Africa,which will bring evening sport,education,healthcare and commerce to off-grid ...
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Philips has committed an investment of€1.2m to the development of 100 solar-powered LED'light centres',each the size of a small football pitch,across rural African communities who live without electricity. The initiative comes as ...
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Philips to install 100 solar-powered lighting centers across Africa 20 Aug 2012 By 2015, Philips plans to have installed 100 lighting centers across Africa, which will bring evening sport, education, healthcare and commerce to off-grid ...
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At the concluding leg of its third consecutive Cairo to Cape Town road show 2012,Philips has announced to launch a new initiative,which will see the installation of 100"light centers"across rural Africa by 2015. These are areas of ...
LED lighting plays prominent role in Olympic Games 13 Aug 2012 LED lighting played a major role in the London 2012 Olympics, particularly in the celebrations surrounding the Opening and Closing ceremonies. Many of the events at the Olympic ...
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Ascent launches EnerPlex solar-powered charger for Samsung Galaxy S III Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible ...
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