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Business / In Brief • February 7, 2012
HONOLULU – Hawaiian Electric Co. announced it is starting a program that will help it add more solar, wind and other renewable energy to the grid while also saving business customers some money. The utility said it will award credits to commercial and …
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Solar Space Tugboat Considered By NASA Crowd
by Steve Duda, February 7th, 2012 We recently reported on Elon Musk's (of Tesla Motors fame) and his commercial rocket/space vehicle company's use of solar power in its spacecraft. That mission, which used solar panels and battery storage to power …
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Abound Solar Produces 82.8W Module
LOVELAND, Colo., Feb 06, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Abound Solar, a leading manufacturer of next-generation thin-film cadmium telluride photovoltaic modules, today announced the production of 82.8W modules at their Longmont, Colorado, USA factory.
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