Archive for March, 2007
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007Physorg.com reports that researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have develped a new nanotech material that virtually eliminates the reflection of light. This could lead to much more efficient solar cells because all of the light hitting the surface of the solar cell will actually get through to the photovoltaic portion of the solar [...]
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Maryland Wind Power Proposal Attacked
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007A Maryland environmental group is criticizing a bill that would make it easier to build large wind power projects in Maryland. The president of the Maryland Alliance for Greenway Improvement and Conservation, Bob DeGroot, says that the bill would lessen environmental rights and would negate the concept of public involvement in the [...]
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The Energy Blog: Why Both Biofuels and Battery Based Vehicles are Necessary
Friday, March 2nd, 2007Over at TheEnergyBlog, Jim lays out the reasons why both a robust biofuel program and new battery based vehicles are both necessary. Some people think that we should not focus on biofuels and instead put everything into batteries. Jim makes a convincing arguement as to why both are necessary. So [...]
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Germany’s Solarworld AG to Double Solar Cell Production
Friday, March 2nd, 2007Germany’s Solarwold AG is investing $397 million in a newly bought factory in Hillboro, Oregon that will double the company’s solar cell and wafer production by 2010. That would make the factory the largest solar cell and wafer factory in the US. The plant is expected to come online by the [...]
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