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- Solar future brightens as oil soars
  Posted by Jeff from Guardian UK
  Science & environment: World's biggest producer of panels doubles output as nearly half a million houses now fitted with them
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- Solar powered refrigerator
  Posted by Jeff from Environmental News Network
  Getting away from it all doesn’t have to mean leaving your frosty cold-ones behind. These SunDanzer energy efficient DC refrigerators can keep your vitals cold while maintaining the off-the-grid status of your mountaintop yoga studio.
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- Arizona's Solar Aspirations in Peril
  Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner
  Faye Bowers writes for The Christian Science Monitor: "The sun shines 325 days a year in Arizona, on average, and some here see that as the state's biggest energy asset. But fledgling efforts to turn Arizona into the solar capital of the world depend on making the initial investment in new energy plants affordable - something that could become much more difficult, perhaps even impossible, if a federal tax credit for solar projects expires at the end of the year as scheduled."
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- DOE Shines $14M on Solar Energy Research
  Posted by Jeff from Slashdot
  $14M seems like a sad joke. Billions daily to Iraq. Millions to energy independent technology investments: Eleven university solar research projects aimed at developing advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) technology manufacturing processes and products got a $14 million boost today from the Dept. of Energy. Photovoltaic-based solar cells convert sunlight directly into electricity, and are made of semiconductor materials similar to those used in computer chips. When sunlight is absorbed by these materials, the solar energy knocks electrons loose from their atoms, allowing the electrons to flow through the material to produce electricity.
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- Solar Panels, Biofuel and Tidal Turbines in Bloomberg Plans
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  On Monday, the mayor made the latest in a series of proposals intended to help the city cope in an environmentally sound way with the one million new residents expected by 2030.
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- 40% Efficiency Solar Cells Developed
  Posted by Jeff from Slashdot
  gtada writes "A story published at Physorg.com discusses recently published research into the fabrication of solar cells that surpass the 40% efficiency milestone. Such devices would be the high water-mark to date, and hint at the possibility of even more effective technology. 'In the design, multijunction cells divide the broad solar spectrum into three smaller sections by using three subcell band gaps. Each of the subcells can capture a different wavelength range of light, enabling each subce...
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- The Walled City of Sustainability
  Posted by Jeff from World Changing
  Sarah Rich: A couple of months ago, we wrote about Abu Dhabi's Future Energy Company and their plans to build a huge solar power plant as part...
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