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News for the week ending 11th July 2008


Concentrated Solar – Home Edition    Technology being developed by MIT could eventually enable you to upgrade your windows to solar concentrating energy collectors... more

Car Factory Gets Solar Power Makeover
Veolia Environnement and Clairvoyant Energy are building a solar power station with a capacity of 10 Mega Watts at GM's Zaragoza plant... more

National Semiconductor Applies Magic To Photovoltaic Market
The company says it has entered the photovoltaic market with new technology designed to increase the overall energy output of solar electric power generating systems... more

GE Has $6 Billion Target For Renewable Energy Investments
With a goal of investing $6 billion in renewable energy by 2010, GE Energy Financial Services surpassed the $4 billion mark today by investing in New York State’s three newest wind farms... more

eCommerce Goes Carbon Neutral
Guidance says it is now providing its clients with hosting solutions that are 100 percent carbon-neutral and based on energy-efficient servers and offsets... more

Climbing Aboard The Sunshine Train
By late December, everything from the lights to the ticket machines to the fare gates at one East Bay BART station will run on solar power during daylight hours... more

Wind Of Change Blowing For Oilman
According to T.Boone Pickens the United States’ wind corridor could generate enough power to provide 20 percent or more of our electricity supply... more

Zero And Low Emission Buildings

Buildings, both while they are being constructed and when they are in operations, are a major source of carbon emissions. This has made the property sector a prime target for a range of emission control initiatives and is providing an opportunity for architects and developers to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market... details

Storing Renewable Energy

Renewable energy tends to arrive in the wrong place at the wrong time. As the use of energy derived from renewable, but inherently intermittent sources, continues to grow there is a expanding market for energy storage technology... details

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101 Ways To Kick The Carbon Habit
New Ownership, Fuelling and Use Models For The Automobile Industry
Farming Renewable Energy

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