Colleges switch on to solar power
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A quarter of further education colleges are set to use solar panels, says a survey.
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MADRID, Nov 15 (IPS) - The use of solar energy that has been declared   compulsory for new buildings by the Spanish government as of  next year will  not only save consumers money, but will also cut  the burning of fossil fuels  and reduce air pollution.
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Photovoltaics made of nanowires could power small devices and lead to cheaper solar panels.
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A new jacket with built-in solar modules can charge the batteries of mobile devices while on the go.
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Going Green: One professor is rallying college kids to pay attention to global warming. After all, it's their world we're messing with
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By Pete Bosak, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun.
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Besides bringing a new method of operation to the men's basketball team at Columbia, Coach Joe Jones has also sought to energize the students, faculty and alumni.
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Artificial photosynthesis may be the key to harnessing energy directly from the sun and creating a limitless renewable energy source, experts say.
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By Tim Thornton tim.thornton@roanoke.com 381-1669  Biodiesel in buses. Grass on roofs. Organic food in cafeterias. Renewable electricity in the wall sockets.  America's colleges are turning greener faster than a chemically  fertilized lawn in spring.
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Faced with power cuts stretching into the next decade, South Africa is slowly switching its focus to alternative energy sources in a country blessed with bountiful sunshine and a lengthy coastline.
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Sun has a laudable vision of the future of utility computing, where organisations with extra processing power can sell it back to a computing grid in the same manner that homes with solar panels can sell power back to the electrical power grid.
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A few universities might offer cut-price courses in an effort to woo students, it has emerged.
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By Chris Gosier, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 8--STAMFORD -- The city's next magnet school will have solar panels, a wind turbine, a garden on the roof and wetlands on the property where students can watch the plant life undergo seasonal changes.
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A company is set up to encourage students to be entrepreneurs when they leave university.
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Some of the regionâs best minds are captivated by the challenge of solar power and hope to put the development of solar technologies on a faster track.
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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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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light, at a cost competitive with other power sources. Now they are close, using the sunâs heat instead.