| Solar-power industry remains hot in California | Despite the turbulent economy, or perhaps because of it, solar energy remains a growth industry in California. More green: Energy | Living |
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| Solar energy, immigration top congresswoman's priorities | In a visit to Southern Arizona recently, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said her major priorities in the new two-year term are solar energy, immigration reform and providing support to the military troops and veterans. |
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| Report: Toyota secretly developing green car to be powered solely by solar energy | TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top business daily reported Thursday. |
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| New options emerge for tapping into solar energy | Although sunshine is free, a rooftop a solar system can cost $30,000 to $50,000 -- enough to discourage even ardent environmentalists when financing is hard to find and households are holding tight to their cash to weather a recession. |
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| 'Solar' ship unveiled | KOBE (Kyodo) The world's first large ship to use the sun to help power engine-related devices was unveiled Friday in Kobe, with a ceremony to turn on the flow of energy from solar panels installed on deck. The ceremony for the Auriga Leader, a car freighte |
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| Solar Power International, Organizers Announce 2009 Date and Location Change | WASHINGTON----Solar Power International today announced that the event will be held in Anaheim, California, October 27-29, 2009 to accommodate the event’s rapid growth. Attendance at what was already the industry’s largest solar conference and expo in Nor |
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| Solar demand to drive Hemlock output up 100% | Hemlock Semiconductor, a US-based company that is the world’s biggest maker of high-purity crystalline silicon for solar cells and electronic chips, is to spend $2.2bn on doubling its output in a development driven mainly by increasing demand for solar ene |
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| The cost of solar cells [video] | At the Always On Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., a panel of solar energy executives debates whether or not silicon prices will fall as the industry matures. While they all think margins will narrow, they disagree on whether there will be an indust |
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| The Energy Debates: Solar Energy at Home | Editor's Note: "The Energy Debates" is a LiveScience series about the pros, cons, policy debates, myths and facts related to various alternative energy ideas. We invite you to join the debate by commenting directly on each article. The Facts Imagine never |
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| Homeowners Warming Up to Solar Water Heating | (ARA) - As fuel prices fluctuate and consumers struggle to cope with the rising costs of operating their homes, green-minded homeowners are turning to the sky for solutions. |
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| More solar energy on the way for Yuma? | As everyone knows, Yuma is famous for being one of the sunniest places on Earth. So why isn't Yuma the solar power capital of the world? Why isn't every business and home in the Yuma area powered by the sun? |
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| Live Earth concert in Mumbai cancelled: organisers | Live Earth India, a concert scheduled for December 7 in Mumbai to raise money for solar energy projects, has been cancelled due to the terror attacks in the city, organisers said Saturday. |
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| Vatican unveils ambitious solar energy plans | And then there was light-and it was powered by the sun. The Vatican on Wednesday activated a new solar energy system and announced an ambitious plan that could one day make it an alternative energy exporter. |
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| SoCal Edison to build $875 million solar energy installation | Southern California Edison Co. plans to build the nation's largest solar energy installation - an array of collector cells covering two square miles of rooftops that could power about 162,000 homes, the utility announced Thursday. |
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| AES, Private-Equity Firm Join To Build Solar-Energy Farms | AES, a worldwide power-plant developer based in Arlington, announced yesterday that it will partner with private-equity firm Riverstone Holdings to invest up to $1 billion in solar energy projects around the world. |
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| PSE&G to offer solar energy loans | Public Service Electric & Gas, the state's largest utility, may soon be in the business of financing the installation of solar panels for homes and businesses. |
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| Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China | GAOLONG, China -- The first time Li Gengxuan saw the dump trucks from the nearby factory pull into his village, he couldn't believe what happened. Stopping between the cornfields and the primary school playground, the workers dumped buckets of bubbling whi |
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| Solar farm to rise over 3 square miles in Ariz. | PHOENIX - A Spanish company is planning to take 3 square miles of desert southwest of Phoenix and turn them into one of the largest solar power plants in the world. |
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| Arizona to become 'Persian Gulf' of solar energy | PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- A Spanish company is planning to take 3 square miles of desert southwest of Phoenix and turn them into one of the largest solar power plants in the world. |
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| Fueling the Solar Energy Boom - Applied Materials | Applied Materials, a leader in chipmaking equipment, is ramping up on solar-panel machines and planning major growth in Solar. |
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