All Posts Tagged With: "Solar Power"

Solar Energy Achieving Parity By 2010?

Solar power, after years on the fringe of society, is beginning to enter the mainstream, and may become competitive as soon as 2010. Is the industry ready?

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The Daily Five: Saturday, 31 May, 2008

Climate scientists reconcile a long-standing challenge to global warming predictions; space energy gets dragged out of the realm of sci-fi; and the ethanol industry pays the price for its own success.

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Solar Power Company Ponies Up $161 Million

It’s on! Big business stocks its solar energy warchest as SunEdison socks away $160 million for unspecified investments.

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High-Tech Solar Sailboats Ahoy!

Bon voyage! A new generation of yacht casts off old fuel-hogging ways for high-tech sails covered with solar panels.

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Hairy Solar Cells Could Mean Higher Efficiency

A new process mating nanowires with solar cells could dramatically boost the efficiency of sun power. Is “hairy” solar the next big thing?

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The Daily Five: Sunday, 18 May, 2008

European utilities look to get their nuclear power game on; Congress passes a farm bill loaded with alternative fuel incentives; and let’s melt down that junker computer of yours and pour it into your gas tank.

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The Daily Five: Saturday, 17 May, 2008

Get set for even higher crude oil prices; a renewable energy bill is headed for consideration by the U.S. House next week; and do you Twitter?

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The Solio Classic Hybrid Charger

The Solio Hybrid Charger, the perfect accessory for all the other green gadgets in your life, for less than a case of wine.

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The Daily Five: Sunday, 11 May, 2008

Farewell to the full-sized SUV; hypermilers drag 100 miles per gallon out of family vehicles; and Brazil raises a ruckus over proposed EU biofuel restrictions.

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The Daily Five: Saturday, 3 May, 2008

GM buys another stake in the development cellulosic ethanol ; Sony shows-off a new, hand-sized fuel cell; and eight things which might cloud the future of solar energy.

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