NanoSolar Rakes in Another $50 Million

Nanosolar just can’t stop making news! After completing it’s $100M manufacturing plant, and starting up the manufacture of nearly 500 megawatts of solar generating capacity per year, NanoSolar is taking yet more investment.

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Radio provides wireless Internet streams away from computer

Internet radios are kind of like the Jerry Lewis of consumer electronics–apparently they’re really big in Europe, but you don’t hear much about them in the states.read more | digg story

First Footage of a Solar “Tsunami”

Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar “tsunami” hurtling through the Sun’s atmosphere at over a million kilometres per hour. The event was captured by Nasa’s twin Stereo spacecraft designed to make 3D images of our parent star.

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The Six Biggest Solar Power Megaplant Projects

Record-breaking oil prices, soaring greenhouse-gas emissions, and the rise of carbon trading all add up to one thing: a new dawn for solar power. From New Mexico to Australia, governments and businesses are collaborating to create enormous plants that will each bring clean electricity to tens of thousands.

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Algae: ‘The ultimate in renewable energy’

Texas may be best known for “Big Oil.” But the oil that could some day make a dent in the country’s use of fossil fuels is small. Microscopic, in fact: algae. Literally and figuratively, this is green fuel.

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