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A National Energy Tax Will Cap Your Smile We've all experienced hard times and disappointments at one time or another. Usually when it happens, a friend or business associate will inevitably tell us to smile, things could be worse. So, we smile and sure enough... continue reading

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Renewable Electricity Standard Could Create 850,000 Manufacturing Jobs Across the United States More than 850,000 manufacturing jobs at firms already in existence across all 50 states could be created with the enactment of a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) of 25% by 2025, according to a report issued by the Blue Green Alliance. continue reading

Boosting Solar Cell Power Source: Alternative Energy News Scientists are continuously improving the existing solar cells. Now they are taking the help of computer simulations and real lab testing. A group of physicists and engineers at MIT have discovered new methods to make the existing solar cells more efficient by 50%. continue reading

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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces Engineering Centre of Excellence for Oil & Gas and Safety
UK-based facility to develop and test complete solutions based on GE's best of breed products

25th Anniversary of Record-Setting Solar Car
Solar-powered cars are just now making news, but 25 years ago, solar pioneers Greg Johanson and Joel Davidson set a Guinness world record for the fastest "Solely Solar Powered Vehicle."

New Perlast Fluoroelastomer for Vacuum Deposition Processes at Intersolar North America
Leading semicon equipment seals company, Perlast Ltd is launching its latest 'clean', high performance fluoroelastomer (FKM) material for solar panel manufacture, at Intersolar North America (Booth no. 7128).

25th Anniversary of Record-Setting Solar Car
Solar-powered cars are just now making news, but 25 years ago, solar pioneers Greg Johanson and Joel Davidson set a Guinness world record for the fastest "Solely Solar Powered Vehicle." On July 1, 1984 the Sunrunner achieved 24.7 mph in Bellflower California, and a final top speed of 41 mph in the Mojave Desert.

Vanguard Energy Partners Helps Quick Chek Launch Its First Solar Electric Array
Vanguard's 110 kW Solar Electric Installation at Quick Chek's Customer Support Center Launches Chain-wide Renewable Energy Initiative

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Solar Mounting Solutions Allied Tube & Conduit A line of galvanized steel tubing for mounting use in the solar thermal and photovoltaic power marketplace delivers advantages to solar power suppliers. continue reading

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