In the recent, China, India and the U.S. unveiled ambitious solar installation targets up to 100GW. China targets to install a total of 100GW of solar by 2020, India sets an 100GW goal by 2022, while Hilary Clinton, a candidate of ...
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MillerCoors, a US brewer with more than 400 years of American brewing heritage, has completed a 3.2MW capacity solar panel installation at its Irwindale, California, brewery. The new solar array is the largest installed at any brewery in ...
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Kohl’s department stores has been recognized with 2014 Sustained Excellence in Green Power Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The annual awards honour leading green power users for their commitment and ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, and Germany-based solar EPC firm BELECTRIC GmbH ...
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Iridium Communications Inc of McLean, VA, USA has completed an extensive testing program for qualification of its new solar panel design for the Iridium NEXT constellation of satellites. The array that powers the satellites contains four ...
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Napoli Foods, a US-based foodservice distributor, has completed the installation of a solar power plant at its site in Cheshire, Connecticut. The 860kW solar photovoltaic system was provided by Dynamic Energy Solutions, which managed ...
CCurrently, space based telescopes are limited by their size and weight, particularly regarding the mirror—using rockets for delivery is very restrictive—there are both size and cost issues involved. To possibly get around that ...
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One of the most ambitious missions in the history of space goes into high-risk mode on Monday when Europe rouses a comet-chasing probe from years of hibernation. "The most important alarm clock in the Solar System" will end the scout ...
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China's history making moon robots – the Chang'e-3 lander and Yutu rover – have just awoken from the forced slumber of survival during their first, long frigid lunar night and have now resumed full operations – marking a ...
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For years now, communities have been taking advantage of public lots to built community gardens, allotments, and other community spaces where those without room to garden at home can have a place to do so. These initiatives have been ...
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A group at Harvard University has created an aqueous flow battery that uses a quinone, a type of organic molecule that happens to have favorable electrochemical properties. The particular quinone they used is nearly identical to one found ...
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Not much on the Moon escapes the eyes of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and China's Chang'e-3 lander and Yutu rover are no exception! The pair touched down on the lunar surface on Dec. 14, and just over a week later on Dec. 25 LRO ...
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Trina Solar Limited has provided 1.28MW of PV modules to Solar Advanced Systems for the completion of a series of projects at ten Greggs sites across the UK. The solar arrays will cut Greggs' CO2 emissions by 600 tonnes per year, as well ...
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Wedmore's new renewable power plant built by a co-operative of local investors was completed in October. The team behind the £1.1 million project say the larger of two paddocks of solar panels has started feeding clean electricity ...
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Ikea said it will incorporate geothermal technology at its upcoming 359,000-square-foot Merriam, Kan., store, its second in the United States to use the renewable energy source to heat and cool operations. The home furnishings giant said ...
Tags: Geothermal Energy, Furniture