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A new solar mobile charger is ready to add hours and hours for more people especially travelers to charge their mobile when they need it most.
Source: PRLog (Press Release), Oct 21, 2008
http://www.prlog.org/10131154-solar-mobile-charger-available-to-end-users-in-malaysia.html

Malaysia Keep in Touch (M) Sdn Bhd (http://www.keepeshop.com) has made it even easier and convenient for end users to purchase their products via their easy-to-use website by adding e-commerce functionality, which will be launched next month, the company has announced.  The technical innovation provides the ultimate in ease for those seeking for solar mobile phone charger, digital camera, camera accessories, memory card & readers at a wide range in Malaysia, saving users’ valuable time, says Managing Director Ben Cheong.
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Lakewood, Colo., Oct. 22, 2008
Source: PRNewswire

Continuum Lakewood Development Company, in association with MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (Pink Sheets: MMAB), Oak Leaf Energy Partners and SunPower Corporation , is dedicating today a 1.75-megawatt solar power system that has been constructed on three parking garages at the Belmar mixed-use development in Lakewood, Colo. It is one of the largest solar parking structures in the Western U.S. (more…)

With waning subsidies and other attractive markets, can Spain maintain its lead in solar tech?
By Carolyn Whelan, October 20, 2008
Source: Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=is-the-sun-setting-on-solar-power-in-spain

On the outskirts of Seville, Spain, 600 rotating mirrors send shafts of light to a collector atop a soaring 380-foot- (115-meter-) tall tower. Its scalding 480-degree-Fahrenheit (250-degree-Celsius) steam drives a turbine generating a peak capacity of 11 megawatts (MW) of electricity for the national grid. This “power tower” is the first of nine to be built by Spanish engineering giant Abengoa Solar, which all told will produce enough electricity for 153,000 homes by 2013. (more…)

Source. DEAdirect.com, 23.10.2008
http://www.deadirect.co.uk/News/Micro-Generation/October-2008/
Village-hall-gets-photovoltaic-solar-panels?id=1260

A village community hall in the Lake District has been equipped with a photovoltaic roof as part of a £100,000 refurbishment.  The new roof has been paid for through donations and grants including the Lake District National Park and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.  Based on silicon, the photovoltaic solar panels convert the sun’s light into energy, which could be used to power the Lowick Community Hall directly or be fed into the national grid. (more…)

By Vanessa Ebbeling, Staff Writer, October 23, 2008
Source: PressConnects.com
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20081023/NEWS01/810230359/1001

Binghamton University researchers will use $4 million in federal money to develop cheap solar power technology that’s capable of producing and storing large amounts of energy.  The initiative — made possible by funds secured by U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey — will propel BU to the forefront of solar-energy research and could attract businesses to the area, officials said at a news conference Wednesday. (more…)

Builders find the savings from cheap power is making solar homes more attractive
By Adam Aston, BusinessWeek Magazine, October 23, 2008
Source: BusinessWeek
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_44/
b4106088155598.htm?chan=rss_topEmailedStories_ssi_5

As global financial markets melted down in October, Congress handed a gift to America’s green energy industry: It renewed and broadened a set of tax credits for wind and solar power, geothermal, tidal energy, and more. The move did little to prop up eco-energy stocks, which have followed oil prices down. But the news did send a positive jolt to one of the economy’s darkest sectors: homebuilding. Or, more specifically, solar-powered homes. Consumers recognize that green homes “save money month in, month out,” says Rick Andreen, president of Shea Homes Active Lifestyles Communities in Scottsdale, Ariz. (more…)

by Zoe Sinclair, Dubai, 25 October 2008
Source: Khaleejtimes
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?
xfile=data/theuae/2008/October/theuae_October578.xml&section=theuae

The Middle East’s largest photo-voltaic manufacturing plant will be set up in Dubai’s Technopark, it was announced on Friday evening at the opening of Green Dubai World Forum 2008.  The construction of the plant will begin next month and production is expected to start in the last quarter of 2010.
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By Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2008
Source: Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/
la-mew-solar23-2008oct23,0,1453462.story

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced a private-public partnership to bring solar power to 15 California State University campuses and the system’s Long Beach headquarters.  “California is going green and we are doing it first and we are doing it fast,” Schwarzenegger said this week at a news conference at Cal State Dominguez Hills, according to a statement released by his office. “This partnership is a good deal for the state, the planet and our economy — all at no cost to taxpayers.” (more…)

Hong Kong , 25 October 2008
Source: News24.com
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2415709,00.html

A solar-powered lamp, which is as thin as a magazine cover and sticks onto most surfaces has been developed by a Hong Kong inventor, a media report said.  The lamp won designer Keikko Lee, 26, the gold price in South Korea’s first international design competition held in October, the South China Morning Post said.  Lee said the lamp has electroluminescent material on one side and solar panels and sensors on the other. (more…)

Seoul, Oct 21, 2008
Source: Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/
rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSSEO33745420081021

LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday it would set up two solar cell production lines at the site of its suspended plasma panel plant, as the company seeks to find a new growth engine in the renewable energy business.  LG, which acquired a solar cell business from LG Chem Ltd (051910.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) in June, said it would spend 220 billion won ($168 million) on the two solar cell lines, which will start mass production in early 2010 and early 2011, respectively. (more…)