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Eight Innovations that Will Change Your Future - Kiplinger.com

No personal jet packs at the big-box store just yet, but we foresee technological breakthroughs that will make a real difference. read more »
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Solar, the Emerging Power

The Solyndra scandal in the USA has given some doubts as to the viability of solar power. But prospects for solar power look brighter than ever, mos[...] read more »
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Is the Sun Setting on Solar Power in Spain?

On the outskirts of Seville, Spain, 600 rotating mirrors send shafts of light to a collector atop a soaring 380-foot- (115-meter-) tall tower. Its sc[...] read more »
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How long does it take to for solar to start generating income?

Time is money. We have added solar power generation to our income streams. Let's look at long does it take for the investment to start generating [...] read more »
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Tough Winter to Make Solar Money

Just how dismal has this winter been for making money from solar power? Consider the performance of our solar panels so far. They began operation Nov[...] read more »
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3…2…1… You Are Now Feeding the Grid!

Today, our installers arrived to “flick the switch”. That is the moment that we start feeding the Ontario electrical grid, that we start earning mone[...] read more »
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Intel Jumps Head First into Solar 8 with New Power Plants

The world's largest chip maker, Intel Corp. (NSDQ: INTC), today made another incursion into renewable energy with the announcement that contracts ar[...] read more »
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Home Solar Power: Cost v. Savings

Is it worth it to go green? Find out if your personal finances can handle going solar. read more »
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XsunX thin film solar plant closer to commercial production

Thin-film- solar startup XsunX, Inc. is moving forward on building out its 25 megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar module manufacturing plant[...] read more »
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Greening the Lunch Truck, Hold the Greenwash

What's for lunch? It's a universal question that many of us working stiffs have to figure out every day. You have a finite amount of time, and don[...] read more »
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From The Mailbag: Barron’s And Solar

Barron's published a discouraging article on solar energy and in particular some of the low cost producers of solar panels. The article had some log[...] read more »
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Indian solar cooling outfit shows prototype, lands funding

"The funding, finalized Thursday, will allow the company to build another prototype which it hopes to test in India next year, according to the CEO.[...] read more »
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Solar Stocks Very Low Despite Obama Victory

Solar stocks must be sky high at the moment, right? Wrong. If you look at the values of most stocks around election day, they did increase. This peak[...] read more »
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Renesola Breaks Out - Entire Sector Showing Life

ReneSola Ltd. (SOL) has rallied sharply above the $5 mark. It looks like institutional investors are building positions. Multiple expansion coupled w[...] read more »
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LDK Rides Solar Wave - Up 21% Wednesday

LDK Solar was up 21% on Wednesday after announcing progress on its polysilicon production plant. Solar stocks are sharply higher due to government st[...] read more »
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