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All solar power technology is limited by one pesky little constant: the maximum amount of solar energy striking any representative section of the planet is generally about one kilowatt per square meter. Yanko's photos seem to show a photovoltaic surface about ...

solar1 Valley fever has struck 28 workers at two solar power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. [LATimes]. Staff from the California Department of Public Health, investigators from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and San ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Philips, the Dutch healthcare, lighting and consumer appliances group, reported better-than-expected first-quarter results as two years of restructuring - including job cuts, divestments, and a focus on core activities - paid off. Related Stories ABB to buy solar power firm Power-One for $1 billion Union starts strike at Lufthansa, hits 1,700 flights Informa revenue falls

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LONDON (Reuters) - Reckitt Benckiser reported a strong start to 2013 as the maker of Strepsils lozenges and Mucinex decongestant continued to benefit from a severe United States cold and flu season. Related Stories ABB to buy solar power firm Power-One for $1 billion Union starts strike at Lufthansa, hits 1,700 flights Informa revenue falls as early Easter holiday hurts events unit Gambling firm

Published: Friday, April 19, 2013 at 00:07 AM. An F-15E Strike Eagle drops through the sky on a low-level training mission and encounters — a wind turbine.

A 74-year old Inuit elder has ended a hunger strike and been released from jail after being arrested along with seven others protesting the controversial Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam on the Churchill River in Labrador. But another of the arrestees says the ...

Todd Russell, president of the NunatuKavutCommunity Council, says James Learning has been released from police custody on an undertaking. Learning, who has cancer, was protesting the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in central ...

Both the Navy and the Air Force have established goals to use a 50/50 blend of biofuel and petroleum-based fuel for planes and ships. Navy plans call for establishment of a “Green Strike Group” task force by 2016, fueled by the biofuel blend, and for ...

Construction of Africa's largest geothermal power plant was disrupted when workers in one of the companies in Olkaria Naivasha went on strike. The more than 300 workers from Chinese Company Sinopec downed tools over poor working conditions and low ...

Feb. 15 (BusinessDesk) - State-owned electricity company MightyRiverPower is dissolving a five-year-old investment partnership in American and German geothermal developments, taking 100 percent control ...

8 (UPI) -- The British government said Friday it gave green energy company Ecotricity permission to build a 66-megawatt wind farm while also solar alternatives. Ecotricity plans to install 22 wind turbines in northeast Lincolnshire in east-central England.

The best course of action would be to remove mandates like the one for cellulosic biofuels and ethanol, as well as the energy-specific tax credits, and allow the market's consumers to do what they do best—pick the most effective energy source. For more ...

Solar power generation is fascinating technology. After traveling 93 million miles, sunlight strikes a photovoltaic panel. A portion of it is absorbed into the panel's semiconductor material where it converts almost instantly to electricity—with no toxic emissions, ...