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A team from the University of New South Wales, Australia, just set a new world record for solar energy efficiency by successfully converting 40.4% of available sunlight into electricity. And what’s even more remarkable is the fact that the record was achieved by using commercially available solar cells in a new way – which means, as the team explains, “these

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Canada is infamous in environmental circles for the Alberta tar sands, a destructive and polluting oil development that’s widely seen within the country as the nation’s main economic generator. However, according to a new report from Canadian think tank Clean Energy Canada, the country’s clean energy sector now employs more people than tar sands. The Huffington Post reports jobs in

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Chinese solar module manufacturing companies continue to expand their manufacturing base to other countries in an attempt to secure market share globally and evade anti-dumping duties. Chinese solar panel manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne has announced its plan to build a new solar photovoltaic manufacturing facility in Eumseong, South Korea. The company will invest $12 million to build the new facility. The

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Figures from WeatherEnergy released by WWF Scotland have shown yet another record-breaking month for the country’s renewable energy industry, with wind turbines alone generating 107% of all Scottish household needs for the whole month! I get a real kick out of reporting on Scotland’s renewable energy industry, especially as — being stuck in Australia — I don’t have the luxury

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New analysis from Navigant Research has shown that global wind turbine manufacturing capacity has far surpassed global demand, providing flexibility, choice, and cost control. “Oversupply is allowing wind turbine manufacturers to more easily adjust what components they produce in-house, what is outsourced, and when a blend of both is advantageous for cost, technological, or geographic reasons,” says Jesse Broehl, senior

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Delhi-based financial daily Live Mint recently reported that India is working on a plan to form an association of countries with high solar potential with an aim to lower the cost of solar energy and improve the country’s standing at global climate change and environment protection discussions. The proposal is said to aim at bringing together 56 countries which receive

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Diodes Incorporated‘s AL5809, offered in a robust two-terminal PowerDI®-123 package, provides an improved accuracy, cost-effective solution for constant-current linear driving of LEDs. With its 1.2W maximum power dissipation, temperature stability of 20ppm/ degrees C and high power-supply rejection ratio, the AL5809 delivers LED currents with a ±5% tolerance over a wide temperature range, greatly simplifying the solutions for its target

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SheerWind Inc. announced the integration of three turbines in a row or series increasing the electrical power output for a single tower. SheerWind’s INVELOX system is a large funnel that captures, concentrates, and accelerates wind before delivering it to turbines safely and efficiently located at ground level. By placing three turbines in a series in an INVELOX system, additional 120%

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Tellurex Corporation‘s tPOD1™ alternative energy power generator produces electricity directly from the heat generated from a common tea candle. The thermoelectric device is about the size of a soup can and weighs approximately 11 ounces. The first in a planned family of thermoelectric Power On Demand™ power generators, the tPOD1™ is designed for off-grid campers and backpackers that need a

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Edison DC Systems, Inc. announced today that it has closed a $1.3 million Series A round of funding led by Chicago, Illinois, venture fund Energy Foundry and includes participation from a number of high net worth individual investors from Illinois, New York and Wisconsin. The funds will be channeled into accelerating the company’s development of direct-current uninterruptible power systems (DC-UPS)

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