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SOLAR Euromed, une entreprise française spécialisée dans le solaire thermodynamique à concentration a annoncé hier avoir été sélectionnée par le NERC** du Royaume de Jordanie, l'équivalent du CNRS français, pour la réalisation d'une centrale solaire thermodynamique à concentration (CSP) et d'un laboratoire de recherche. Traversant une crise énergétique causée en partie par l’arrêt des exportations de gaz Egyptien, le NERC a identifié la technologie Solaire thermodynamique à concentration comme indispensable au développement du secteur énergétique Jordanien. Validant cette orientation, la Banque Mondiale a accepté de financer 70 ME sur les 600 ME d'un futur projet de centrale CSP de 100 MW en Jordanie.
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The European Commission’s plan to slap Chinese photovoltaic modules with punitive antidumping duties could lead to a 45% surge in the average pricing for Chinese-manufactured products, result in yield reductions on some solar projects to below 7% and cost Europe some 2 GW of new solar installations, according to a report by market research group IHS.
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German solar tracking system manufacturer Degerenergie GmbH has launched the new patented tracking system »D100«. According to the company the solar tracker which is equipped with its EK-6 energy converter, has an angle of elevation ranging from 10° to 90°. The new product aims to simplify the electrical installation. The new tracking system is suited for module sizes of up to 70.6 m⊃2; and is operational with all conventional module types
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Energy Finance: German Solar Four Times Higher Than Finnish Nuclear Energy Energy Collective Germany's solar program will generate electricity at quadruple the cost of one of the most expensive nuclear power plants in the world, according to a new...
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The California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee has introduced new legislation to lower hurdles for accessing electric vehicle (EV) charging networks.Advocate group Plug In America said that the legislation also provides for pricing transparency. "This bill will ensure that plug-in drivers can charge everywhere and will know what it will cost," said Jay Friedland, Plug In America's Legislative Director. "Public charging spots must be readily accessible to the public and not constrained with access cards or network membership requirements."
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Darmstadt, Germany, May 13, 2013 – Merck announced today the start of a project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to develop high-efficiency cobalt-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). The project COBRA (organic cobalt-based low-cost printable large-area photovoltaics) will run for three years and cost a total of around EUR 3 million. Merck, the consortium leader, is participating in the research project together with 3GSolar from Jerusalem, Israel, and Colour Synthesis Solutions Ltd. (CSS) from Manchester, United Kingdom.
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The Pentagon increasingly sees its oil dependence as a weakness and aims to reduce it. The amount of fuel used per individual soldier has skyrocketed in recent years because of an increased use of aircraft and armored vehicles. In Afghanistan, that dependency has meant long and costly supply lines that are vulnerable to attack and limit the reach of American forces.
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Although photovoltaics is booming worldwide, but the situation for German manufacturer of solar cells and modules is critical. Reasons for this are global overcapacity and manufacturers from China, which have flooded the world market with modules of 15% efficiency at low prices. German and other European manufacturers can only compete if they offer higher efficiency cells and modules at competitive prices. The Institute for photovoltaic (ipv) of the University of Stuttgart has now achieved on the hunt for highest efficiency with the simplest possible production processes, a new record. In a project funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment project succeeded in producing crystalline silicon cells with almost 22% efficiency.
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Airplanes are notorious for leaving enormous carbon footprints, right? Wrong. There is now an exception to that rule, and it's name is Solar Impulse. It's a solar-powered airplane that can fly without a drop of fuel. And, in spite of the adjective "solar-powered", it doesn't require sunlight at all times. It can even fly at night.
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Power Forward, a report commissioned by Calvert Investments, Ceres, and WWF, claims that 59% of the Fortune 100 and nearly 2/3rds of the Global 100 have inv (#Solar Big Business: Embracing Clean Energy - Power Forward, a report commissioned by...
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(Reuters) - Planned European levies on Chinese solar panels will only go some way to halt a rout among equipment makers who face the paradox of a booming market but falling revenues - and could suffer even more if a trade war erupts. Huge European subsidies for solar power helped create hundreds of start-ups building solar equipment. Those subsidies are being phased out faster than expected, while greater competition within Europe and the United States as well as from China have pushed down prices and forced panel manufacturers to the wall.
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A plane powered only by the sun has completed the first leg of a journey that aims to cross the US. The plane, the first able to fly day and night, began a transcontinental journey that will reach Washington by mid-June. Solar Impulse lifted off from a World War II-era airfield in San Francisco on Friday and has room for only one person and an average cruising speed of about 69km/h. It landed in Phoenix, Arizona, some 18 hours later.
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The Solar Impulse plane, which holds records including the longest manned zero-fuel flight, begins a bid to cross the US, taking off from San Francisco.
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The miniaturization of solar cells enables the fabrication of devices with high efficiencies that consume many times less rare earth material, and are capable of operating in extreme illumination conditions. One way to increase the efficiency of a solar cell is to increase the power density of the light incident upon it. Indeed, if light is concentrated on a solar cell (e.g., via a lens), its voltage, and thus its efficiency, increases logarithmically. There are, however, limits to this efficiency increase; for example, the temperature of a device under intense light can become high enough to decrease the efficiency and eventually destroy it. Additionally, the output power for large current densities is limited by series resistance.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel must ditch coal in favor of cleaner gas power plants to protect the climate, said the co-leader of Germany’s Greens party, urging a redoubling of efforts to raise carbon prices in the world’s biggest cap-and-trade program.
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According to an analysis of national action plans by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Europe is will meet easy its target of drawing 20% of its (EU Set To Beat Its 20% Renewable Energy Targets http://t.co/QTE5lfjSy7)...
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The government of the Spanish region of Murcia has met with representatives of the Spanish solar developer Gestamp, a division of Spain's Gonvarri Steel Industries, to discuss the development of a 300 MW PV project in the municipality of Lorca outside the FIT program. The government and Gestamp’s representatives agreed to start construction in 2014. The project has already been classified as a »Strategic Project« in order to simplify the authorization process.
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The Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (YPEKA) announced on Friday the new feed-in-tariffs (FITs) for photovoltaic systems. Over 40% tariff reduction has been signed off, both for ground-mounted and roof installations.
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The Chilean Ministry of National Property will make public land available for renewable energy development through a new government plan, according to local newspaper La Tercera. The ministry has already received 230 requests for land from renewable energy developers. Together, these requests represent 35,000 hectares (86,487 acres) of public land. According to the article, the government has accepted 21 of these applications, representing 8,300 hectares. PV projects account for about a third of the approved projects, and most of the 21 projects will be located in northern Chile, in the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Antofagasta and Tarapaca.
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LONDON -- Europe's program to halt climate change is in disarray with lawmakers in the region expressing concern the drift is undermining the planet's most significant effort to combat global warming. Members of the European Parliament’s environment committee meet today for a second time to revive a plan the full assembly rejected that would have boosted the cost of greenhouse-gas emissions. The rebuff left the cost of pollution near a record low, leaving companies with less incentive to reduce emissions.
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The battle to build a better battery intensifies as the U.S., seeking to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that worsen climate change, look to expand carbon-free renewable energy like wind and solar. Batteries are key. They can directly power electric cars and buses and, indirectly, homes and big buildings by storing solar and wind power for times when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow. They balance out renewables that produce energy intermittently so consumers can power up laptops or run refrigerators 24/7.
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Researchers at the University of Georgia now developing a new technology that makes it possible to use plants to generate electricity.
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Pekin vient de lancer une enquête sur les pratiques d'importation des produits solaires de l'Union européenne, une réponse à cette dernière qui a décidé de taxer 'temporairement' mais lourdement, les importations de panneaux solaires chinois. La Commission Européenne veut taxer 'temporairement' les importations de panneaux solaires chinois à hauteur de 47 % en moyenne. Cette mesure sera soumise aux députés européens qui devraient la voter d'ici la fin du mois. En 2011, la Chine a exporté pour 21 milliards d'euros de panneaux solaires ou de composants photovoltaïques en Europe, soit 80% de la production chinoise du secteur !
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La société californienne SunPower, déjà fournisseur des cellules solaires du premier avion Solar Impulse HB-SIA, produira également les cellules solaires à couche mince pour HB-SIB, actuellement en construction. HB-SIB nécessite environ 22 000 cellules solaires SunPower. Tout comme pour le prototype, les cellules, dont le rendement est d’environ 22,7%, sont intégrées dans les ailes et l'empennage. HB-SIA comptait environ 12 000 cellules, le rendement n’a que peu été amélioré.
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University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have released results indicating that lower-quality silicon can be used the produce high efficiency solar cells. The technique has the potential to increase photovoltaic cell efficiency from 19% to between 21% and 23%.
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