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Bookmark or Share- UK breaks coal free energy record again but renewables still n - EF NewsLONDON - Today is the fourth the UK has entered with not a watt of electricity generated by coal. It’s the longest such streak since the 1880s and comes only days after the last modern era record of 55 hours was set.
- Falling silicon prices pressure thin-film solar - EF NewsTOKYO, JAPAN - A collapse in silicon prices threatens to put the heat on solar panel makers that use little of the material, such as Japan's Sharp Corp and even low-cost industry darling First Solar Inc.
- Solar could provide 10% of generation by 2025 - study• Installed solar PV prices are projected to decline from an average $5.50-$7.00 peak watt (15-32 cents kWh) today to $3.02-$3.82 peak watt (8-18 cents kWh) in 2015 to $1.43-$1.82 peak watt (4-8 cents kWh) by 2025.
- Industry looks to LEDs for homes - EF NewsThis lamp from Nexxus Lighting uses less than 8 watts and is said to be as bright as a 75-watt incandescent bulb. Price: $100. LED bulbs and fixtures dominated nearly every booth on the show floor. Now all the world has to do is catch up. Most people think of LEDs as the lights blinking from inside electronic devices.
- Turning dirty garbage into clean fuel - EF NewsWe hired a series of consultants who studied the problem to death, but we eventually realized we were getting nowhere," vice-president Mike Watt said. Then, Walker Industries hooked up with a Cambridge firm, Comcor, to form Integrated Gas Recovery Services (IGRS).
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