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');document.write('Solar Energy International meets industry needs with curriculum update
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For 20 years, SEI has been at the forefront of solar PV training.

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');document.write('New scanning probe microscopy techniques for analyzing organic photovoltaic materials and devices
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Rajiv GiridharagopaL, Guozheng Shao, David S. Ginger, University of Washington; and Chris Groves, Durham University,discuss the experimental challenges and opportunities associated with two different AFM-based optoelectronic scanning probe techniques, photoconductive AFM (pcAFM) and time-resolved electrostatic force microscopy (trEFM), that have been used help understand how morphology impacts organic photovoltaic (OPV) performance.

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');document.write('Sandia and SunPower Researching Utility-Scale Solar Energy Integration
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Sandia National Laboratories and SunPower Corp. announced that they formalized a research agreement in which they will focus on integrating large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems into the grid.

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');document.write('Energy Storage Company Raises $29.5 M
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Xtreme Power, a provider of Dynamic Power Resources (DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage systems, announced the close of a $29.5 million financing round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, The Dow Chemical Company through its Venture Capital group and existing investor SAIL Venture Partners.

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');document.write('Maine and Nova Scotia Partner on Ocean Energy
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Northern Maine and Nova Scotia share coastline along the Bay of Fundy, a piece of ocean with the strongest tides in the world. In order to harness the powerful forces of those tides, the leaders of Maine and Nova Scotia have formed a partnership to develop ocean energy technologies in the area.

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');document.write('Securing land to develop CSP plants in the US ? Private, State or Federal?
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One of the first and critical challenges for solar developers is locating and securing the most suitable site that meets all the technical, logistic & budgetary requirements. There are only 3 options available private, state or federal with each one having separate challenges.

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');document.write('16 MW of CIS Modules Going to Asia
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The German company Sulfurcell, a producer of Copper Indium Selenide (CIS) thin-film modules, signed agreements this week to supply companies in China and India with 16 megawatts (MW) of product.

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');document.write('Lost in the Political Flood
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released details of a newly drafted energy bill yesterday. The bill is more notable for what\'s not in it, than what is in it.

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');document.write('Toronto Energy Company Scouts Rural Rooftops
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');document.write('New York\'s Solar Thermal Plans
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By unveiling a solar heating and cooling programme that could create 25,000 new green jobs, generate US$2.6 billion in revenue and see 2 GW of new solar thermal capacity installed in the state over the next decade, New York has revealed its ambition to become America?s national leader in solar heating and cooling.

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');document.write('The Climate Bill and Home Solar Energy
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');document.write('As Energy Use Goes, So Goes the Economy
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');document.write('City of Corona Turns Bus Shelter into a Mini Power Plant
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City of Corona today unveiled to the public its newly installed solar bus shelter providing comfort to its public transportation customers while being capable of generating clean, renewable energy through a roof ornamented with highly efficient solar panels. The installation marked the first grid-connected solar system for bus shelters.

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');document.write('POET: Senate Energy Bill missed an opportunity to do something about foreign oil addiction
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Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced an Energy Bill with the stated goal of lessening U.S. addiction to oil. POET CEO Jeff Broin made the following comments:

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');document.write('360+ Organizations Release Statement on Senate Inaction on Energy Bill
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Clean Energy Works, a diverse coalition of more than 80 grassroots organizations representing more than 12 million Americans emailed a statement signed by more than 360 groups bemoaning the Senate\'s failure to address a clean energy and climate policy. It follows.

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');document.write('Biomass Advancing in the Northeast
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Gestamp Biomass, a division of Gestamp Renewables with worldwide operations, and New Hampshire-based Clean Power Development announced that they plan to bring biomass energy projects to the Northeast region of the U.S.

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');document.write('The Importance of Market Access
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');document.write('OriginOil Generates Revenue
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OriginOil is ready to ship the first part of its manufacturing system ? technology that extracts renewable oil from algae ? to Australia-based MBD Energy, triggering payment under the two companies\' contract.

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');document.write('SEPA Representatives Learn about Japanese Solar
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This week 18 U.S. utility executives from Hawaii to Maine and all points in between are in Japan to see firsthand how the Japanese have worked to create a successful utility-scale solar landscape. The Solar Electric Power Association is leading the group.

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