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400,000 Square Foot ONE Greenville Development in South Carolina Targets LEED...

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Greece Installed 300MW of Solar PV in January Alone!

Even during an economic and political crisis, Greece has reason to boast. The country installed an amazing 300 MW of solar PV in the month of January alone, a third more than was installed last year...

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SolSource Air: One Earth Designs Taps Google Glass Creator to Launch...

Read the rest of SolSource Air: One Earth Designs Taps Google Glass Creator to Launch Portable, Affordable Solar Stove Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: carbon emissions, cooking,...

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Brooks+Scarpa Unveil Los Angeles High School Clad With 650 Solar Panels

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12-Year-Old Sicily Kolbeck is Building Her Very Own Solar-Powered Tiny House

When most grade school students embark on a construction project, it’s not usually on quite the scale of a fully-functional residence—but that’s exactly what 12-year-old Sicily Kolbeck has taken on....

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Mumbai’s Namaste Tower Resembles Two Henna-Covered Hands Clasped Together

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Man Transforms Old TV Screen into 2000 Degree Fahrenheit Solar Death Ray That...

DIY expert Grant Thompson has a use for those heavy old rear-projection televisions that have been collecting dust in your basement—he transforms them into solar-powered death rays! Thompson takes...

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Former TEPCO Executive Builds a Solar-Agriculture Park Near Fukushima

Former Tepco executive Eiju Hangai, who quit the company a few months before the 2011 devastating tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, has built a solar agricultural park near the power plant....

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Reflective Predator-Like Armor Clads the Cairns Botanical Gardens Visitor...

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University of Michigan Announces 4-Wheeled Sun-Powered Car for the 2013 World...

The University of Michigan just announced that its 2013 World Solar Challenge vehicle will look more like a regular car than any of its past cars. Called “Generation,” the new vehicle will buck the...

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Polar Umbrella: Ice Sheet Regenerating Skyscraper Wins the 2013 eVolo...

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Australian Solar Power Production Expected to Reach 10 GW by 2017

Australia is surging ahead on photovoltaic installations and is projected to hit a whopping 10,000 MW of solar power capacity in a few years. A new report by market analysts Sunwiz and Solar Business...

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New Bio-Solar Panels Are Made from Cotton and Castor Beans

A new type of solar panel component, developed by California-based solar company BioSolar, is made from a material derived from cotton and castor beans. Called BioSolar Backsheets, these products are...

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Secretary Salazar Approves 900 MW of New Solar Energy Developments in California

Photo via Shutterstock California is already leading the way in the US in terms of solar power, with over 1 gigawatt of solar energy generation already at work in the state. Now, California has...

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Coastal Solar-Powered Villa F Prefab Soaks Up the Sun in Greece

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World’s Largest Solar Tower Power Plant to Be Built in California

Concentrating solar power companies Abengoa and BrightSource Energy will soon team up to build the world’s largest solar tower facility in Southern California. The new solar development will be...

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World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant Switches On in Abu Dhabi

It might seem ironic that the oil-rich Middle East also holds nearly half of the world’s renewable energy potential – but yesterday the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed...

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6 Ways Copenhagen Plans to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2025

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Elementary School Students Crowd-Source Solar Panels to Take Their Classroom...

In elementary school, we are taught to work together, share, and dream big. Students from a fourth grade class in Durham, North Carolina took these lessons to heart when they decided to make their...

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World’s Largest Solar Panel Manufacturer Suntech Declares Bankruptcy in China

Suntech was once the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels – but the company was just pushed into bankruptcy after defaulting on $541 million in bond payments. The company was a powerful force...

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