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With mobile networks expanding into sunnier emerging markets, solar power looks set to play an important role in mobile service provision and ABI research is projecting that 335,000 mobile base stations will include solar power by 2013. The shift towards reducing base station power consumption along with improvements in
Norwich and Peterborough Building Society
Rising energy costs are starting to hurt consumers, encouraging them to look for cheaper or more efficient methods of powering their homes. A Norwich and Peterborough Building Society survey found 69 per cent of people were more likely to install energy efficient features in their homes now compared to this
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Tech company HP is aiming to double its global purchases of renewable power from under four per cent this year to eight per cent by 2012. To help meet this new goal HP has unveiled a range of renewable energy initiatives in its facilities, research and products. HP has recently
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Despite all the doom and gloom about the current economic climate, there could be a boom in jobs in the clean tech and renewable energy sector. At the Reuters Global Environment Summit solar power company SunPower revealed it will add jobs to its US operations due to the extension in
Pope
Perhaps in an attempt to harness divine green energy from the ‘Big Man’ himself, the Pope is installing solar panels at the Vatican in Rome. The old decaying cement roof tiles on the Paul VI auditorium will be replaced by 2,700 solar panels capabile of lighting, heating and cooling
New York Times
Thanks to Greenbang contributor Rob Ashwell for tipping us off to this great article in the New York Times about the increasing popularity of solar panels – among thieves. The paper says California police are reporting a spike in thefts of solar panels, with many being sold on to homeowners over
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SolarReserve, a US developer of utility scale solar power plants has filled its boots with $140m in a second round of funding. Financing was led by Citi Alternative Investments’ renewable energy private equity group, Sustainable Development Investments and Credit Suisse’s Customized Fund Investment Group, with other investors including US
Greener Homes Price Guide
As energy bills spiral and environmental awareness grows, more householders are turning to green ways of saving money on fuel and cutting their carbon footprint. But a new Greener Homes Price Guide by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ Building Cost Information Service claims some green upgrades are better value
SAS
A bit of solar tech investment and funding news to hit Greenbang’s inbox this morning – Taiwanese polysilicon wafer manufacturer Sino-American Silicon Product (SAS), is to invest €30m in emerging Italian solar-grade polysilicon producer Silfab. Silfab says it plans to use the funds for its polysilicon manufacturing plant in Turin,
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Where’s the record-breaking, trumpet-toting Roy Castle and Norris McWhirter when you need ’em, eh? A solar powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has set a new unofficial world record for the longest unmanned aerial flight by staying up in the sky for an impressive three and a half days. The
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Greenbang’s a little confused this morning – confused by the words of Michael Bloomberg, New York’s Mayor. The fella gave a speech a couple of days ago to the National Clean Energy Summit. It sounded good. It went a bit like this: “Today, we’re taking a step that
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Greenbang has just seen possibly the most efficient thing ever – not Mary Poppins tidying up the bedrooms of parentless kids using magic, but the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory or NREL, if you will, has busted the record for photovoltaic solar cell efficiency wide open, topping