In a report issued today, “Electricity in Canada: Smart Investment to Power Future Competitiveness”, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce argues that, as Canada continues to define its place as a responsible energy producer, ...
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A Canadian consortium of renewable energy developers including Solexica Energy Corporation, JCM Capital and Radical Energy has signed a 20-year concession agreement with CONELEC, Ecuador’s National Electricity Board, for the purchase ...
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Suntech PV modules power Saudi Arabia’s largest solar system, a 3.5MW solar energy field in Riyadh, the company today announced. Saudi Aramco President and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih inaugurated the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and ...
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The ¥70 million (approximately US $900,000) contract from Mitsui (MES) will be to further develop the Company’s PowerBuoy technology for Japanese sea conditions. Under the contract, OPT will continue to analyse methods to ...
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University of East Anglia scientists have undertaken an £800,000 research project to artificially replicate photosynthesis - the process by which plants transform sunlight into energy to help them grow. The energy created will be ...
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Renewable energy sources including solar accounted for 49.10% of all new US electrical generating capacity installed in 2012 for a total of 12,956MW, according to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report from theFederal Energy ...
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Registration is now open for the 39th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), a technical gathering for PV scientists, engineers and stakeholders. The 2013 event will take place ...
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A study released today by the Vote Solar Initiative finds that net-metered rooftop solar will provide more than $92 million in annual benefits to ratepayers of California's three investor-owned utilities. Net metering provides rooftop ...
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Technology applied to photovoltaic systems is making great strides ahead achieving noteworthy performance levels versus the recent past. For example traditional panels will be replaced by photovoltaic facades making large architectural ...
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Electricity prices in Germany continue to be high. The country has been striving for stable electricity supply in order to maintain economic growth. Therefore, developing renewable energy has been inevitable since the country announced ...
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Baosteel Development Corporation's two circular economy projects "Baosteel blast furnace slag comprehensive utilization" and "Baosteel iron oxide red comprehensive utilization industrialization" applied in 2012 recently passes Ministry of ...
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Swiss IGBT driver manufacturer CT-Concept is to open custom design centre in Ense, Germany. It will develop semi-custom gate-drive designs based on its driver cores, and produce full-custom drivers using the firm's Scale-2 chipset for ...
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There isn't a shortage of rare earth metals in the ground, but one country, China, has managed to dominate about 95% of the market. It not only mines the metals, but it has built a supply chain to produce them. The U.S. once led global ...
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HIGH POINT — The California official heading revisions to that state's longtime flammability regulation and the scientist whose research prompted the urgent regulatory overhaul will both participate in the American Home Furnishings ...
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Google will invest $200 million in a wind farm project in west Texas, part of the Internet giant's continuing interest in funding renewable energy projects, the company said Wednesday. The equity investment is in the Spinning Spur Wind ...
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