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solar power stories: 31 news summaries

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Solar-Powered Billboard to Light Up Times Square

Power will be generated by solar panels and wind turbines on site

Jul 2, 08 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Times Square will get its first solar-powered billboard in December, LiveScience reports. The "eco-friendly" Ricoh advertisement will generate its own power from solar panels and wind turbines on site. On days without sun and wind, the sign just won't light up. "If the floodlights aren't on, you'll be... More »

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solar power • Times Square • billboards

 Apple Eyes
 Solar-Powered
 Gadgets 

iPods and iPhones could soon harness sun's power with new patent

May 27, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple is seeking a different kind of moment in the sun, reports Forbes, as the behemoth has filed a patent that would integrate solar cells with its iPods and iPhones. The technology would boost the amount of area available for cells, paving the way for truly mobile gadgets free totally... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Apple • iPod • solar energy • solar power • solar cells • patent

OPINION

 Is There a Solar Bubble?

Parallels with now-depressed ethanol stocks sure to scare investors

May 22, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks in solar-energy outfits are enjoying a sustained rally, but investors should remember the lesson of ethanol, Mark Gongloff writes in the Wall Street Journal. Once-loved ethanol stocks are now widely scorned—mainly because the energy source will never be viable without government subsidies. Still, despite solar’s advantages, shares... More »

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ethanol • alternative energy • solar energy • solar power • solar cells • stock price • speculation

 Solar Panels Trump Trees 

Calif. man forced to cut down redwoods so neighbor can tap sun's energy

Mar 26, 08 5:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A dispute between California neighbors pitting trees against solar panels has gone to the panels, KGO-TV reports. Following a seven-year battle over whether one should have to cut down trees in his backyard that shade the other’s solar panels, Richard Treanor today chopped two redwoods after he was found... More »

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California • Silicon Valley • trees • environmentalism • solar power • U.S. environmental laws • solar panel

Future Sunny for Solar Power

Tech leap will enable replacement of fossil fuels in 20 years: panel

Feb 20, 08 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Don’t sweat the energy crisis, say scientist Ray Kurzweil and Google co-founder Larry Page, who predict that within 20 years we’ll be getting 100% of our energy from the sun, based on current solar technology and growth trends. Kurzweil’s fortune-telling record is pretty good: He foresaw the... More »

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Google • Larry Page • solar power • solar cells • predicting the future • solar panel • Energy crisis • Ray Kurzweil

Molten Salt Key to New Solar Power Project

Aerospace supplier teams with clean-fuel company on new plants

Jan 2, 08 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A unit of United Technologies will join with clean-fuel firm US Renewables to store solar power in molten salt—enabling the sun’s rays to provide electricity even at night. Hamilton Sundstrand, best known as an aerospace-components supplier, says rising fossil-fuel prices have made a plan first hatched in the... More »

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United Technologies • solar power • molten salt • clean fuel

Google Searches Green Energy

Company pledges to spend hundreds of millions on renewable energy initiative

Nov 27, 07 5:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is making a huge financial push to replace coal with cleaner, cheaper renewable energy. The company says it will invest "tens of millions" in the search next year, starting with solar, wind, and geothermal technology, and hundreds of millions more in subsequent years, MarketWatch reports. The company says... More »

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Google • Larry Page • Sergey Brin • coal • solar power • renewable resources

Repairs Throw Wrench Into Spacewalk Plan

Ripped solar wing affects space station, shuttle schedules

Oct 31, 07 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A ripped solar wing on the international space station has fouled NASA's spacewalk plans for the crew of its shuttle Discovery—and could send ripples through schedules for future shuttle missions and hinder station construction. Today's scheduled spacewalk has been canceled; one scheduled for Thursday to inspect a broken rotary... More »

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NASA • International Space Station • solar power • Discovery space shuttle

Real, Fake TV Moguls to Star at Solar Conference

Turner, Hagman will keynote industry event

Sep 24, 07 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 2007 gathering of the solar industry this week in Long Beach, Calif., will feature plenty of new technology demonstrations, hot VC action, and speeches, CNET reports. Hotly anticipated talks include those by media mogul and environmental activist Ted Turner and actor Larry Hagman, famous for his roles in "... More »

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California • solar energy • solar power • photovoltaic • green construction • venture capitalists

Solar Plane Beats World Record

Aviation officials absent for the Zephyr's 54-hr flight

Sep 10, 07 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A lightweight, solar-powered plane has broken the world record for the longest unmanned flight by a whole day. The Zephyr, built by a British security firm, flew for 54 hours during a test flight, beating the US Air Force's record for a similar vehicle by 24 hours. But it's not... More »

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environmentalism • plane • solar energy • solar power • solar • Zephyr • airplane

Sunny Days Here for Green Homeowners

Thanks to subsidies and surplus, going green is paying off

Sep 8, 07 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sunny days are here to stay for solar homes with roof-top panels, Forbes reports. Such green abodes can cover electricity costs in warm months and store enough to sell solar power to the grid for profit. Installation is expensive but viable thanks to government subsidies, especially in California, New Jersey... More »

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energy • environmentalism • alternative energy • solar energy • homeownership • clean energy • solar power • Tennessee Valley Authority • homeowners

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