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The state-run power major NTPC today said it will invest about Rs 3,000 crore in solar energy to add over 300 Mw of generation capacity by March 2014.

Nearly 200 years after their invention, and decades after first being proposed as a method of harnessing solar energy, 60 sun-powered Stirling engines are about to begin generating electricity outside Phoenix, Ariz., for the first time. Such engines, which harness heat to expand a gas and drive pistons, are not used widely today other than in pacemakers and long-distance robotic spacecraft . The 1.5 megawatt (MW) demonstration site, known as Maricopa Solar, is set to begin operations early January 2010, with units provided by the Arizona-based Stirling Energy Systems (SES)

New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) The state-run power major NTPC today said it will invest about Rs 3,000 crore in solar energy to add over 300 mw of generation capacity by March 2014.

The global management consulting firm says solar power can create 100,000 jobs in the region.

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Taiwan set minimum wholesale prices for electricity generated by solar panels and wind turbines at levels higher than for power from fossil fuels to spur production of renewable energy.

EASTHAM — When the Christmas snow finally melted off the roof at Eastham Elementary School Monday, workers from Alteris Renewables scrambled to install large grids of solar panels before the next storm.

GREENVILLE, Maine — If the funding falls into place, the Greenville Municipal Building could be powered by a wind generator and its water heated by solar panels, likely making it the first town …

by Stacy Feldman Solar power technologies could generate 15 percent of America’s power in 10 years, but only if Washington levels the playing field on subsidies, a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) says. That means either rolling back fossil fuel subsidies, as President Obama proposed earlier this year, or increasing subsidies for clean energy, the association says. read …

Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Abengoa SA , Spain’s largest developer of solar-thermal power plants, is considering selling as much as 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of bonds to finance more installations and reduce its dependence on banks.

Researchers have unveiled super-small solar cells no bigger than the pieces of glitter on your holiday ornaments and cards. These highly efficient photovoltaics could be game-changers in the burgeoning field of solar power, allowing arrays of microcells to be placed on bendable or curved surfaces and even woven into clothing.