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Future looks bright for solar apps in European automotive industry

The market for solar technologies is still limited to advanced roofsolutions that use solar cells to ventilate vehicle interiors, buttechnological advancements will soon shift the focus from comfort andconvenience to powertrain applications and similar domains. Intandem with expanding applications, solar cell costs are expected tofall, meaning that more average customers can look forward to a’greener,’ [...]

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Bright Week for Solar Energy around the World

This has been a very bright week indeed for solar. Not only did I witness the opening of Applied Materials’ Solar Technology Center—theworld’s largest non-governmental solar energy research facility inXi’an, China—but I was heartened to learn that halfway around theworld, in the United States, solar energy was given quite the spotlightas well. President Obama, during [...]

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Powering Up a Bright Future

Mostpeople have heard about Habitat for Humanity but not everyone is luckyenough to share the excitement of a family walking into their new homefor the first time — especially when the house is powered by the sun! On Saturday October 3, I had the opportunity to do just that when asingle woman, her two sons [...]

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Solar Bicycles are Bright Ideas

While bicycling provides an eco-friendly and healthy way to getaround, sometimes a cyclist needs a little help every now andthen. Solar bikes may be just the ticket! WinSolar Energy Bike: As part of the 13th International Bicycle Design Competition (IBDC),designers Chun-Tung Chen and Kuoh-Siang Cheng created an intelligentbicycle concept that is quite unique.  Out of 938 entries from 55countries, [...]

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Bright Light Shines On Solar ETFs

A bright spot is appearing in the alternative energy industry andsolar exchange traded funds (ETFs) could be the ones benefiting fromall the light. Why? Solar energy is becoming cheaper and more efficient to make throughadvances in solar panel technology. The industry is developing a newthin-film panel technology that will soon replace the limited capacityproduced from [...]

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