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	<title>ThinkGreenResources.com &#187; Solar Energy</title>
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		<title>Unmanned Solar-Powered Aircraft Soars Nonstop for 14 Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Zephyr, an unmanned solar-powered aircraft, landed safely on July 23 after flying nonstop for 14 days, unofficially smashing long-standing world records, according to its manufacturer QinetiQ.]]></description>
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		<title>California Team to Receive award for Energy Innovation Hub to Develop Method to Produce Fuels from Sunlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of a broad effort to achieve breakthrough innovations in energy production, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today announced an award of up to $122 million over five years to a multidisciplinary team of top scientists to establish an Energy Innovation Hub aimed at developing revolutionary methods to generate fuels directly from sunlight.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy 101: Concentrating Solar Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From towers to dishes to linear mirrors to troughs, concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies reflect and collect solar heat to generate electricity. A single CSP plant can generate enough power for about 90,000 homes. This video explains what CSP is, how it works, and how systems like parabolic troughs produce renewable power.]]></description>
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		<title>DOE and DOI Announce Site for Solar Energy Demonstration Projects in the Nevada Desert</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/07/doe-and-doi-announce-site-for-solar-energy-demonstration-projects-in-the-nevada-desert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced today the site of the new Solar Demonstration Zone to demonstrate cutting-edge solar energy technologies. ]]></description>
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		<title>Solar powered plane completes historic voyage</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/07/solar-powered-plane-completes-historic-voyage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning the first solar powered plane to complete a 26 hour long flight has landed safely near the Swiss capital of Bern. Today’s successful flight marks the next step in what this team hopes will lead to their goal of flying the plane named solar impulse around the world on solar energy alone]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Announces $1.45 Billion Conditional Commitment Offer for Abengoa Solar Inc.</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/07/president-obama-announces-1-45-billion-conditional-commitment-offer-for-abengoa-solar-inc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington D.C. --- In his weekly video address, President Obama announced today the offer of a conditional commitment to Abengoa Solar Inc. for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to finance the construction and start-up of a concentrating solar power generating facility.]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama Announces $400 Million Conditional Commitment Offer to Support Solar Panel Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/07/president-obama-announces-400-million-conditional-commitment-offer-to-support-solar-panel-manufacturing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his weekly video address, President Obama today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of $400 million to Abound Solar Manufacturing, LLC to manufacture state-of-the-art thin-film solar panels.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Successfully Deploys a Solar Sail in Space</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/06/japan-successfully-deploys-a-solar-sail-in-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully deployed a solar sail in outer space. While solar energy has successfully powered small cars and airplanes, nobody has yet managed to use the sun's energy to propel a spacecraft, although that goal is now within reach of JAXA.]]></description>
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		<title>NREL Launches Partnership with Solarmer Energy to Extend Lifetime of Plastic Solar Cells</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/06/nrel-launches-partnership-with-solarmer-energy-to-extend-lifetime-of-plastic-solar-cells/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/06/nrel-launches-partnership-with-solarmer-energy-to-extend-lifetime-of-plastic-solar-cells/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Solarmer Energy, Inc., have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to collaborate on improving  the lifetime of plastic solar cells, a promising new solar conversion technology.]]></description>
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		<title>School of Illinois Experts Present Us Little Known Approaches to Produce More Efficient Photovoltaic panels</title>
		<link>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/06/school-of-illinois-experts-present-us-little-known-approaches-to-produce-more-efficient-photovoltaic-panels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thinkgreenresources.com/blog/2010/06/school-of-illinois-experts-present-us-little-known-approaches-to-produce-more-efficient-photovoltaic-panels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dlally</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While silicon is the industry common semiconductor in almost all electrical products, which includes the solar cells that solar panels use to convert sun rays into power, it is not really the most effective product available.]]></description>
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