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Spiegel Online reports here: This week, two of Germany’s most important solar energy projects came online — the second biggest solar power project in the world and one of the first solar thermal “power towers.” The projects are part of the country’s plan to provide 20 percent of its energy through renewable sources.

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Spiegel Online reports here: Worries about battery life and driving range keep many from being sold on electric cars. A new Renault-Nissan project envisions cars with replaceable batteries that can be exchanged at drive-in facilities in a matter of minutes. But will battery technology ultimately put the brakes on this plan?

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AFP reports here at Yahoo News: BERLIN – Germany’s solar power industry, until recently the world leader in the technology, is facing an unprecedented crisis, analysts say, outshone by cheaper competitors from Asia, most notably Chinese firms.

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Heating water with the sun is almost as old as humankind itself, and it is done all over the world. Yet there are strangely few resources on the topic in North America.

Solar Water Heating fills this gap. It reviews the history of solar water and space heating systems from prehistory to the present, then presents [...]

AFP reports here at Yahoo News: MILAN, Italy – Italian power company Enel said Friday that it had started up a ground-breaking hydrogen-powered electricity plant producing no greenhouse gases.

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