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Building Small Prototype Homes, an Israeli Solar Experiment

Engineer Hy Brown was the chief engineer of the U.S. World Trade Center in New York City. Years after the terrorist attacks in 2001, he has found a new passion-- developing pre-fabricated solar powered houses in Israel. Ti's his way of using his skills to develop affordable and environmentally friendly housing alternatives. VOA's Paul Sisco has more in this Searching for Solutions report.

First Solar (FSLR) reiterated with a buy rating at Broadpoint Capital, price target lifted to $315 per share

Solar stocks are taking the market by storm once again this week. Many solar investors are on pins and needles ahead of Thursday's earnings reports from Cypress Semiconductor, Evergreen Solar, and Sunpower. Today, Ascent Solar (ASTI: View sentiment for ASTIsentiment, chart, options) is up more than 4% following a cooperation agreement with Icopal SAS, while Renesola (SOL: View sentiment for SOLsentiment, chart, options) has jumped some 9.5% after signing a 6-year supply agreement with Ningbo Solar and Eoplly New Energy.

Spire Receives Contract for Combined Solar Module and Cell Line in China

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2008--Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules worldwide, today announced it has won a contract in China for a combined solar module and solar cell facility. This order includes a 25-megawatt (MW) module factory and an adjacent 25MW solar cell factory designed to produce high efficiency multi-crystalline cells.

Nanotechnology packaging improves lifetime of organic solar cells

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanotechnology is already part of the process through which silicon-based photovoltaic solar cells - which make up some 95 percent of the solar cell market today - produce electricity. Nanotechnology is also the focus of research and development of a new generation of solar power technology that includes organic and inorganic solar cells derived from nanocrystals that can convert sunlight into electricity at a fraction of the cost of silicon solar cells.

MIT Building Low-Cost Solar Concentrator

A team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students are building a prototype power concentrator that they say might revolutionize the solar energy field.

MIT building low-cost solar concentrator

A team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students is building a prototype power concentrator with a goal of revolutionizing the solar energy field.

Popcorn-Ball Design Doubles Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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Top Ten Reasons for Learning Damn Small Linux

Damn Small Linux is almost as small as they get for operating systems. At under 50mb, it really is Damn Small. We give an introduction to the world of Damn Small Linux.

DOE Shines $14M on Solar Energy Research

coondoggie writes "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."

Spin-Stabilized Microsatellites With Solar Concentrators

A document proposes the development of spin-stabilized microsatellites powered by solar photovoltaic cells aided by solar concentrators. Each such satellite would have a cylindrical or other axisymmetric main body with solar cells mounted in a circumferential beltlike array on its exterior surface. The solar concentrator would be a halo-like outrigger cylindrical Fresnel lens array that would be deployed from and would surround the main body, connected to the main body via spokes or similar structural members.

DES Architects+Engineers Designed Leed Life Science Research Building

DES Architects + Engineers designed Roche Molecular Diagnostics (RMD) 'Green' Research Building targeted to be LEED Silver certified whose grand opening ceremony took place on April 3rd. The 135,000 square feet building on RMD's campus in Pleasanton establishes a strong connection between research and the adjacent development and pilot manufacturing buildings. The building represents another example of DES ongoing success with sustainable life science facilities. A former project, LEED Gold certified SUGEN, won the AIA San Mateo Green Building Award.

DES Architects+Engineers Designed Leed Life Science Research Building

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DES Architects + Engineers designed Roche Molecular Diagnostics (RMD) 'Green' Research Building targeted to be LEED Silver certified whose grand opening ceremony took place on April 3rd. The 135,000 square feet building on RMD's campus in Pleasanton establishes a strong connection between research and the adjacent development and pilot manufacturing buildings. The building represents another example of DES ongoing success with sustainable life science facilities. A former project, LEED Gold certified SUGEN, won the AIA San Mateo Green Building Award.

U.S. Department of Energy to Invest up to $13.7 Million for Breakthrough Solar Energy Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that DOE will invest up to $13.7 million, over three years (Fiscal Years 2008 - 2010), for 11 university-led projects that will focus on developing advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) technology manufacturing processes and products. These projects are integral to President Bush's Solar America Initiative, which aims to make solar energy cost-competitive with conventional forms of electricity by 2015. Increasing the use of solar energy is also critical to diversifying our nation's energy sources in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on foreign oil. Combined with a minimum university and industry cost share of 20%, up to $17.4 million will be invested in these projects.

Electric Solar Wind Sail Could Power Future Space Travel In Solar System

The electric solar wind sail developed at the Finnish Meteorological Institute two years ago has moved rapidly from invention towards implementation. Electric sail propulsion might have a large impact on space research and space travel throughout the solar system.

The 1st solar PV building: main structure completed

The main structure of the 25-storeyed mansion, China's first solar PV (photovoltaic) building, was lately completed in the city of Baoding in China's northern Hebei Province.

As National Small Business Week Begins, WaMu Launches Industry-First Instant Online Paperless Account Openings for Small Business

SEATTLE - WaMu (NYSE:WM) announced today that it has introduced the banking industry’s first truly instant online paperless small business account opening process for small business owners. The new function gives sole proprietors the ability to open an

NTU wins Saudi award with solar building technology research plan

Taipei, May 1 (CNA) National Taiwan University (NTU) has won a Global Research Partnership (GRP) award worth more than NT$150 million from a Saudi Arabian university with a visionary solar building technology research project, school authorities said Thursday.

Need an Idea for a Solar System School Project? Build a Scale Model of the Solar System

Everyone seemed to enjoy the answer to my daughter's question, "what's the biggest star?", so I thought I'd give you another insight into space science at the Cain household. A couple of months ago, we built a scaled map of the Solar System. I thought I'd share my process and resources with you, and throw in a few cute pictures of the kids. So come on, let's build a solar system in your neighborhood.

The New Children's Museum Opens in San Diego with 96.4-Kilowatt Solar Electric System Using Kyocera Solar Modules

The New Children’s Museum Opens in San Diego with 96.4-Kilowatt Solar Electric System Using Kyocera Solar Modules

Small Businesses Grow Big Environmental Technologies

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a "small" program with tremendous success stories. EPA today announced $1.75 million in SBIR contracts to 25 small businesses to research and develop new environmental technologies. As one example of previous SBIR success, Edenspace Systems developed plants that effectively extract arsenic from soil, avoiding digging up large tracts of residential properties. The plants were used by the U.S. Army to clean up contaminated areas of Spring Valley in Washington, D.C., a process that is called phytoremediation.

Small Takes: Zeuxis

First Street Gallery is pleased to host Small Takes, an exhibition of work by the still life painters comprising the group Zeuxis. The theme of the exhibition is smallness; often vast dimensions arenít sufficient to make a painting feel large, while a diminutive scale can sometimes feel monumental. The 27 artists of Zeuxis pursue a variety of personal styles, but for Small Takes each has produced one small painting with especially intimate dimensions. The group Zeuxis has organized numerous exhibitions of still life paintings in galleries and museums across the United States since 1994. Previous Zeuxis exhibitions have included paintings by such renowned guest artists as Wayne Thiebaud, Nell Blaine, Paul Resika, and Gabriel Laderman. Exhibitions have been favorably mentioned in many publications including The New York Times, The New

Solar flares set the Sun quaking

Data from the ESA/NASA spacecraft SOHO shows clearly that powerful starquakes ripple around the Sun in the wake of mighty solar flares that explode above its surface. The observations give solar physicists new insight into a long-running solar mystery and may even provide a way of studying other stars.

Solar Flares Set The Sun Quaking

Data from the ESA/NASA spacecraft SOHO shows clearly that powerful starquakes ripple around the Sun in the wake of mighty solar flares that explode above its surface. The observations give solar physicists new insight into a long-running solar mystery and may even provide a way of studying other stars.

Solar flares set the Sun quaking

Data from the ESA/NASA spacecraft SOHO shows clearly that powerful starquakes ripple around the Sun in the wake of mighty solar flares that explode above its surface. The observations give solar physicists new insight into a long-running solar mystery and may even provide a way of studying other stars.

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