Laying the foundation Stone for the Fourth Spanish Parabolic Solar Power Plant

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Villanueva de la Serena/Madrid. At a festive celebration, María Dolores Aguilar, Vice President of the Junta de Extremadura (local government), José Luis Navarro Ribera, Minister of Industry, Energy and Environment of the Junta de Extremadura and Miguel Ángel Gallardo Miranda, the mayor of the city of Villanueva de la Serena today laid the foundation stone [...]

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New Solar Thermal Energy System that Delivers Twice the Energy of a Basic Solar Electric (PV) System

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FREMONT, CA- Earlier this month EchoFirst™ Inc. (formerly PVT Solar) the creator of Echo®, a revolutionary new solar energy system that delivers twice the energy of a basic solar electric (PV) system, announced it has officially changed its name to EchoFirst Inc. The name change more accurately reflects the company’s core business: the design, manufacture, [...]

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Low Carbon Earth Summit-2011 Dalian, China

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GDT Tek’s President Invited to Speak in China at the “Low Carbon Earth Summit-2011″ ORLANDO, FL– GDT TEK  today announced that GDT Tek’s President Bo Linton has received an invitation to speak at the Low Carbon Earth Summit-2011 (LCES-2011), with a theme of “Leading Green Economy, Returning to the Harmony Nature,” which will be held [...]

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Waste Heat Recovery Research.Bosch, Stanford University and the University of South Florida

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Bosch, Stanford University and the University of South Florida receive $1.2 million grant from National Science Foundation PALO ALTO, Calif.- Bosch has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation, under the joint National Science Foundation and Department of Energy partnership on Thermoelectric Devices for Vehicle Applications.

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Which Real Estate Company is the Greenest ?

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HOUSTON-Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that it has received top honors in Commercial Property Executive’s ranking of “Greenest Companies” in their March 2011 issue.

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Home Energy Report Helps Customers Track Energy Use, Save Money, Protect the Environment

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NIPSCO Uses New Innovation to Help Customers Become More Energy Efficient Approximately 150,000 NIPSCO customers will take part in an innovative energy-efficiency program – the NIPSCO Home Energy Report – that provides gas and electric customers essential information about their energy usage, ultimately helping to save energy, money and protect the environment.

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SkyFuel’s Parabolic Trough a Fit for India’s Solar Mission

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ARVADA, CO. – SkyFuel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) regarding the use of its parabolic trough collector in concentrating solar power (CSP) projects. MEIL’s bid to build, own and operate a 50MW solar thermal power plant, through its wholly owned subsidiary MEIL Green Power Limited, in [...]

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Has the EPA Failed to Protect the U.S. Public?

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Court Orders Hold on Permit for New Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine Challenged by Community Groups Charleston, West Virginia – In response to a legal challenge by a coalition of groups, a federal judge recently ordered a halt to mining operations at a new mountaintop removal coal mine. Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had previously indicated [...]

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Ultracapacitor Manufacturer Opens Office in Hong Kong

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ONEONTA, N.Y.-Ioxus, Inc., a manufacturer of premium performance ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer product markets, today announced its new entity in Hong Kong, Ioxus Asia Limited, to increase its presence in China where wind turbine and hybrid bus markets are driving demand for higher capacity and greater power density ultracapacitors.

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A Million Dollars for Oil Spill Response Radar, More Money We Could Use for Solar

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ST. JOHN’S, NL, Canada. – Rutter Inc. (TSX: RUT), today is announcing an order for its Oil Spill Response Radar (OSSR) with a total value of just under $USD 1,000,000. This most recent purchase, expected to be delivered in spring 2011, builds upon the momentum of global interest in the Sigma S6 system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists Call for Pain at the Gas Pumps!

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Gas Prices Demand a Receipt Revolution! – From the Union of Concerned Scientists Dear UCS Supporter, I’ll bet you’ve noticed that gas prices are once again hitting us hard, endangering America’s economic recovery. In his national news conference on gas prices, President Obama said that a long-term solution to this problem “cannot wait for the [...]

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Research and Development of Concentrated Solar Power Technology as Baseload Energy

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The potential of solar power as a baseload energy source received a boost today when the Australian Solar Institute (ASI) announced a research and development partnership with leading European solar research body, Deutches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) to develop concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies.

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NASA’s Most Extensive Arctic Ice Survey to Understand the Effects of Climate Change

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Wheels Up.- Researchers and flight crew arrived in Thule, Greenland, on Monday, March 14, for the start of NASA’s 2011 Operation IceBridge, an airborne mission to study changes in Arctic polar ice. This year’s plans include surveys of Canadian ice caps and expanded international collaboration.

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