Tag: News
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IHS Boosts Solar Capital Spending Forecast as Market Conditions Continue to Improve
Amid new signs that solar market conditions are improving and major suppliers are increasing production, IHS Inc. is raising its forecast of photovoltaic (PV) capital spending. Global capital spending in 2014 by producers of PV modules, cells, ingots, wafers and […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Eaton Launches One-Stop BOS Power Center for Residential and Light Commercial
Power management company Eaton today announced the launch of solar power centers for residential and light commercial applications. The offering, which includes loadcenters and meter breakers, combines utility and solar photovoltaic (PV) power into one enclosure, providing one-stop-shopping for balance […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Philippines Negotiator Ties Massive Typhoon to Global Warming and Pledges Hunger Strike at Warsaw Climate Talks
By Jamie Henn Diplomats, negotiators and civil society representatives from around the world held their breath this afternoon at the United Nations Climate Talks in Warsaw, Poland, this afternoon as Yeb Sano, the lead negotiator for the Philippines, began to address the opening of the conference. More than 10,000 people are feared dead…
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Pandora’s Atomic Box Score
The first prophetic sign to follow CNN’s irrelevant Pandora’s Promise is this: the Dallas-based Luminant Power Company has cancelled two mammoth reactors. Pandora’s box score for atomic America 2013 is five announced early reactor closures, nine project cancellations and six ditched uprates. Today, 100 U.S. reactors operate where 1,000 were once promised. New orders are…
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3 Myths From Pro-Nuclear Film ‘Pandora’s Promise’
By Denise Robbins CNN aired the pro-nuclear power film Pandora’s Promise last night, which propagated three common myths about nuclear power: it suggested the environmental movement’s “scare tactics” are what has inhibited nuclear power, claimed nuclear power is cheaper than renewables and downplayed complications from nuclear waste. This led to a generally one-sided story, which has led to criticism from…