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Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Arava Power Co., an Israeli solar company, said it signed agreements to invest 2 billion shekels ($535 million) to build 15 solar fields in Israel.

A growing number of business travelers are using portable renewable energy devices to power up their electronics when they work in places that offer little or no access to electricity.

Collecting electricity through photovoltaic (solar power) cells is one of the newest goals of the Village of East Aurora. At its Feb. 1 work session, the Village Board voted to apply for a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to install solar panels at the Department of Public Works facility on the Pine Street extension.

Atlantis Research Announces International Collegiate Solar Power Satellite Design Competition

TEL AVIV, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Israeli solar energy developer Arava Power said on Sunday it signed long-term contracts with 15 agricultural cooperatives to build mid-size solar fields in an investment totalling 2 billion shekels ($533 million).

Cells absorb sunlight concentrated 1,000 times without cooling. A startup company hopes to bring down the cost of generating power with concentrated sunlight by using microscale solar cells that can utilize twice as much light as other panels, without the need for expensive optics or cooling systems. Panels made from the tiny cells, which the Durham, NC-based company Semprius developed using a ...

Three charged issues, solar power, electricity rates and "smart" meters, will return to th

French engineering giant Areva said Monday that it will buy Ausra, a Mountain View startup specializing in large-scale solar power. The deal will give Areva a way to break into the growing worldwide business for big solar facilities that can generate as much...

Strong in nuclear power, Areva purchases concentrating solar-power company Ausra to expand its renewable energy portfolio.

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Q-Cells SE fell 8.2 percent in Frankfurt trading and led German solar-power component makers lower after an energy users association said it would be an ?important step? to cut rates earned by solar-power providers.