For a Devotee of Solar Energy, a Shot at Earning Respect
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Richard Thompson, who began powering his home with solar power in 2001, has found that power is the easy part. Generating interest takes work.
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Exotic materials and cheaper substrates could lead to better photovoltaics.
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Solar power these days comes from cells that turn light into electricity, but researchers are now working on materials that can crank out hydrogen. By John Gartner.
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Some experts say that moving solar energy from niche to mainstream is unlikely without big breakthroughs.
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A solar-powered city is about to rise in the Persian Gulf. Why not in the United States?.
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By Greg Esposito, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 24--BLACKSBURG -- When Virginia Tech junior Angella De Soto sits in her Community Renewable Energy Systems class she can't help but notice her surroundings.
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Too much sun provides a chance to put a product to the test on a mother-daughter business trip.
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Rolf Disch has harnessed the sun in his city of Freiburg, starting with his own house. It looks like an upside-down Apollo spacecraft and serves as a testing ground for ideas dreamed up by the 63-year-old solar architect. The home slowly turns with the sun to charge a billboard-sized solar panel on the roof, and the waterless toilet emits an occasional malodorous whiff.
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Some Holy See buildings will start using solar energy, reflecting Pope Benedict XVI's concern about conserving the Earth's resources, a Vatican engineer said Tuesday.
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A University of Idaho professor is devising a new form of solar cell she says could lead to a breakthrough that would make solar energy commercially feasible.
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have used spinach to harness a plant's ability to convert sunlight into energy for the first time, creating a device that may one day power laptops, mobile phones and more.
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A solar-powered hydrogen car is here, with some fine print.
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By Sarah Jane TribbleWhen Bruce Karney heard Portola Valley residents had banded together to buy home solar systems at discount prices, his first thought was to wonder why he hadn't thought of the idea. His second was to figure out a way to get in on the deal.
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Researchers have harnessed the light harvesting molecules of spinach and bacteria to make solar cells that could one day be sprayed on many surfaces.
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Solar installers look to sunny Colorado for new projects.
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A quarter of further education colleges are set to use solar panels, says a survey.
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Millions of pounds are on offer for   the person who comes up with the best way of removing large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.