share: digg facebook twitter Beneby said that together, the companies could bring as many as 800 to 1,000 jobs to the Alamo City by 2015, in areas as diverse as LED lighting, electric vehicles, solar-panel assembly or manufacturing, cleaner-coal technology and home-area networks, which work with smart meters to reduce consumer and utility electricity demand. The formal announcement, planned for …
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Germany will drop a solar subsidy cut planned for July because of weak demand for photovoltaic panels, the Financial Times Deutschland reported today, citing an interview with a government official.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently issued its revised biological opinion for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in eastern San Bernardino County. With this opinion, the project is moving forward and providing an example of how utility-scale solar power plants can be built in an environmentally responsible way, while bringing much needed economic benefits to our state.
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Chandigarh, Jun 16 (PTI) Punjab Energy Development Agency today launched a programme to provide electricity to educational institutions through rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (SPVs) systems in the state.In the first phase SPVs systems will be installed at Central University in Bathinda, Guru Gobind Singh Educational Trust, Gian Sagar Medical College, Shivalik Public School and Shivalik Public School …
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