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The release of a new type of switchgrass specifically designed for bioenergy generation has been announced by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers and their partners. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have spent decades working on different projects that contributed to the development of the cultivar “Liberty,” which can yield eight tons of biomass…

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BAODING, China, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) module manufacturer in the world, known as “Yingli Solar,” today announced  that the Company has surpassed 10 gigawatts (GWs) of cumulative solar module deliveries worldwide. The company realized…

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ELECTS TO DIVEST STAKE IN PROJECT THAT IT CO-DEVELOPED, ATTRACTING FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AMMAN, Jordan/DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – August 4, 2014 – First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it has signed an agreement to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the 52.5 megawatt (MWAC) Shams…

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21.0 percent conversion efficiency research cell certified at Newport TAC Lab Performance exceeds longstanding mSi and latest CIGS records Company officials anticipate continued efficiency achievements TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, achieving 21.0 percent…

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Wuxi, China,July 29, 2014/Press Release/: Wuxi Suntech, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of PV modules, announced that it will provide PV panels for 7.5 MW of off-grid projects to power rural schools and villages in Malaysia. The announcementfalls under a government initiative, the Rural Solar Hybrid Electricity Project for…

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A powerful new tool that can help advance the genetic engineering of “fuel” crops for clean, green and renewable bioenergy, has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a multi-institutional partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The JBEI researchers…

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