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    SunPower begins work on 13.78MW solar PV power plant for US Navy

    Posted on November 16, 2011 by gavril

    The US Navy just turned a shade greener as work on a new 13.78MW solar PV power system by SunPower was recently begun at the naval air weapons station at China Lake in California. The plant will make use of … Continue reading3 →

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    Germasolar power plant feeds grid at night, using molten salt

    Posted on July 18, 2011 by gavril

    The sun don’t need to shine bright to power this one up! Nestled in Spain’s Andalucia province, the 19.9 MW Gemasolar concentrated solar power plant put up by Torresol Energy also plays home to two tanks of molten salt (MSES) … Continue reading3 →

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    Largest HIT-equipped solar power plant plugs into Italy

    Posted on July 13, 2011 by gavril

    Italy now plays home to the world’s largest HIT-equipped solar power plant, making use of Panasonic Group’s high-efficiency high-output HIT® solar modules. Located in Torre Santa Susanna, southeast Italy, the plant is capable of generating an astounding 7.567MW and houses … Continue reading3 →

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    NYC to make use of 3,000 acres worth of landfill area for solar power plants

    Posted on April 22, 2011 by gavril

    We’ve seen the City of New York indulge in a number of green initiatives before including the wind turbines planned for the city and the Urban Technology Innovation Center, making it one of the greenest cities in the United States … Continue reading3 →

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    U.S. Department of Energy loans $2.1 billion to world’s largest solar power plant

    Posted on April 20, 2011 by gavril

    The United States of America is going down hard on fossil fuels and seems desperate to make a change, brining in renewable energy on a larger scale than ever. The U.S. Department of Energy is now pumping in a whopping … Continue reading3 →

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    Google pools in sum of $168 million to develop world’s largest solar power plant in California

    Posted on April 12, 2011 by gavril

    Search-engine giants Google, has brought us some pretty green tidings recently. The company has invested a whopping $168 million in a sparkling new solar energy power plant, which is to be the biggest in the world, being developed by BrightSource … Continue reading3 →

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    Old landfill in Canton turns into solar power plant

    Posted on February 24, 2011 by gavril

    Landfills aren’t completely going to the dumps after all. Some of them are being used to generate some substantial amounts of renewable energy too. The town of Canton in Massachusetts recently joined hands with Southern Sky Renewable Energy and will … Continue reading3 →

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    A solar power plant on the moon is the Japanese dream about the green future

    Posted on June 2, 2010 by gavril

    Why build solar power plants back here on earth, when the moons unoccupied? That’s exactly what some Japanese guys at the Shimizu Corporation back here on earth thought about. And this is just one of the six megaprojects earthlings have … Continue reading3 →

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    Arizona Public Service to build largest solar power plant in the world in Pheonix

    Posted on May 31, 2010 by gavril

    Phoenix will play host to 280-megawatts of power, harnessed from none other than the ever-generous sun! The Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) announced that the world’s largest solar power plant will be built 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, in Gila … Continue reading3 →

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    Taiwan all set to build its largest solar power plant

    Posted on May 25, 2009 by anoop

    Taiwan Power Co will be building the nation’s largest solar power plant company with a capacity of 4000 kWp in Kaohsiung County. The proposed solar power plant would begin commercial operation at the end of next year with total procurement … Continue reading3 →

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