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First Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed on Largest Solar Project in the World
18 May 2012 8:05 PM | No CommentsDES MOINES, Iowa–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Less than two weeks after its official groundbreaking ceremony, MidAmerican Solar and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) marked another milestone at Topaz Solar Farms, located in San Luis...
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EnergySource’s First Geothermal Plant in Imperial Valley Lauded for Creating Jobs, Boosting the Economy, Delivering Clean Energy to 50,000 Homes; Second Plant to Follow
18 May 2012 6:30 PM | No CommentsCALIPATRIA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EnergySource, an independent renewable energy generation company that develops utility scale geothermal power plants, today hosted a dedication ceremony in Imperial County...
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Counting Down to Eclipse Live from FUJIYAMA by Panasonic’s Solar Power
18 May 2012 5:00 PM | No CommentsOSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It’s only days away from a rare solar eclipse and Panasonic is counting down to the special day!http://news.panasonic.net/archives/2012/0419_10352.html For the residents of the main “Honshu”...
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GT Advanced Technologies Announces Orders Totaling $8 Million for DSS™450 MonoCast™ Upgrades and DSS™450HP Furnaces to Taiwan-based Utech Solar Corporation
17 May 2012 9:44 PM | No CommentsNASHUA, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GT Advanced Technologies Inc., (NASDAQ: GTAT), today announced that it has received two orders totaling $8 million from Taiwan-based wafer manufacturer UTECH Solar. One order is for its new...
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Dow Corning and Hemlock Semiconductor Reaction to Preliminary U.S. Department of Commerce Determination Regarding Solar Tariffs
17 May 2012 8:29 PM | No CommentsMIDLAND, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EDITOR’S NOTE: The following statement can be attributed to Robert D. Hansen, president and CEO, Dow Corning Corporation & Andrew E. Tometich, president, Hemlock Semiconductor Group. ...
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First Photovoltaic Solar Panel Installed on Largest Solar Project in the World
Carbon Credits Archive
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Carbon offsetting through the CDM delivers only one-third of buyers’ money to environmental projects
Posted on December 7, 2009 | No CommentsNew research shows that most of the money spent on carbon offsetting through the Clean Development Mechanism is lost to investors, brokers and other actors, rather than being spent on environmental projects.The CDM is a large scale UN programme through which projects such as wind farms and hydroelectric dams are built in poor countries. Buyers in rich countries fund the projects by paying for carbon credits, which are used to offset their carbon footprint. But. -
Is the UK ready for carbon credits, and will they work?
Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments-eWEEK Europe UK webinar debates ‘Carbon Credits, Copenhagen and UK IT’- eWEEK Europe UK, www.eweekeurope.co.uk, is exploring the technology impact of the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme in its new live events channel. The online publication designed for the new era of IT is...