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    Wysips to turn your phone into a solar power plant

    Posted on March 29, 2011 by gavril

    French start-up firm, Wysips, is now offering to turn your mobile phone display into a portable solar panel of sorts that can bask in the glory of the sun and generate renewable energy. The firm uses transparent photovoltaic film that’s … Continue reading3 →

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    Molten salt solar power plant approved for California

    Posted on December 20, 2010 by gavril

    Solar energy generation has its fair share of problems, the main one being, no energy can be produced while the sun decides to act shy and hide away or during the night. We all know that well enough by now … Continue reading3 →

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    Obama awards $1.8 billion to raise solar power plants and green jobs too

    Posted on July 6, 2010 by gavril

    Americans are in need of employment, clean energy and a better environment too. And an answer to all this comes in form of the Department of Energy’s $1.8 billion award to Abengoa Solar and Abound Solar Manufacturing as a funding … Continue reading3 →

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    Shams 100MW concentrating solar power plant planned for Abu Dhabi

    Posted on June 10, 2010 by gavril

    Abu Dhabi is all set to exploit a major chunk of the sun’s energy. And how are they planning to do so? By building a colossal concentrating solar power plant! Christened with the Arabic term for the “sun”, the “Shams” … Continue reading3 →

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    The 10 largest solar power plants in the world

    Posted on April 28, 2010 by gavril

    Japan is all set to send out a craft in space, powered by solar power. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch the space yacht, using solar sails on 18th May. Accelerated by the sun’s radiation, the Interplanetary Kite-craft will … Continue reading3 →

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