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With oil over $90 per bbl., First Solar is in vogue...
...WAIT UNTIL JANUARY? The shuttle impedes the station's movement when attached. At certain points in the year, this makes it difficult to capture solar energy or maintain temperature, factors NASA considers for launch timing...
...Europe may be ahead on clean tech itself, thanks largely to the kind of generous government subsidies that have yet to be enacted in Washington. The enormous capital expenditure required to compete in the energy market makes government support all the more important. Many of the world's top solar and wind companies - like Germany's Q-Cells and Spain's Iberdrola - are based in the E.U., and with the region set to enact even stricter caps on carbon emissions, this head start is unlikely to disappear soon. "Europe is the clear leader in clean tech, from a market side...
...biggest challenge to green tech and its biggest opportunity, and venture capitalists are staking their claim, with their investments in green companies in China rising by 147% to $420 million between 2005 and 2006. Much of that money is being channeled into meeting China's ravenous energy needs - especially solar, which already has a homegrown success story in billionaire Shi Zhengrong, founder of Suntech Power. Water conservation and filtering is a growing field, too - a reminder that clean tech is about more than just carbon emissions. Another difference is the faster payoff for green investment in China, driven by lower...
...said McEachern. “It’s where African Union troops do not have control and women risk their lives collecting firewood because they could be abducted, raped and even killed by Janjaweed militia.” The money also provides alternative energy sources such as solar-powered cookers to reduce the need to search for firewood. The campaign leaves some perplexed: A student attracted by bell ringing and shouting volunteers outside the Science Center yesterday didn’t know if he should actually fast. “It has been the source of some confusion...