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Iowa State University Introduces Solar Trash Compactors to Reduce Expenditure on Trash Collection

Trash clearance at the Iowa State University has become green energy-friendly with the installation of solar-powered compactors.

8 Sep 2010

Record-Breaking Conversion Efficiency for Silicon-Tandem Photovoltaic Cell

Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and Oerlikon Solar (SIX: OERL) announced today that they have achieved a record-breaking 11.9 percent stabilized conversion efficiency in a silicon-tandem, research-size photovoltaic cell. Results were confirmed by the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

7 Sep 2010

Governor of Pennsylvania Reiterates the Need to Implement Solar Projects

Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania, has recently made an announcement about the availability of $20.5 million in state and federal funding.

7 Sep 2010

Monson to Introduce Bylaw Amendments to Permit Commercial Solar Generation

The Town Planning Board of Monson Massachusetts is planning a public hearing on 21st September at its office building on Main Street to discuss a new zoning bylaw that will allow commercial solar production installations in certain areas of the town.

7 Sep 2010

SoloPower Receives UL Certification for Solar Module

SoloPower has announced that its CIGS solar modules have received UL certification.

7 Sep 2010

Yingli Partners with Cegelec for Supply of PV Solar Modules

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (Yingli), a solar energy firm and a vertically integrated PV manufacturer that markets its products through the "Yingli Solar" brand, has inked a PV module sales contract for a capacity of 7.9MW with French PV system integrator Cegelec.

7 Sep 2010

MIT Finds Self Assembling Synthetic Chloroplast to be Used as Solar Cells

Emulating the efforts of the plants in converting light into energy, a team of scientists from MIT deemed to have produced a synthetic chloroplast that can be separated and reassembled a number of times to repair the sun dented solar cells.

7 Sep 2010

Noveda Technologies to Extend its Web Monitoring Feature to PSE&G Solar Installations

Noveda Technologies, a company providing web based solar power monitoring systems, has declared that it is chosen by Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), New Jersey’s gas and electric utility company, to provide hosting and monitoring services for the solar programs of PSE&G.

7 Sep 2010

Solar Power Producers at New Delhi Look for a Tariff Policy with Subsidy

The solar segment of the India is waiting for a fillip under its recently announced Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission that has set a target of 20,000 MW solar power productions by the year 2022. The city of New Delhi is set to meet 5% of its total power demand through solar energy by the year 2012.

7 Sep 2010

ComEd Launches 'Smart Grid Innovation Corridor to Assess Residential Solar Program

ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation and an energy delivering company, has announced the setting up of ComEd Smart Grid Innovation Corridor, a large assemblage of Smart Grid pilots.

7 Sep 2010