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Green Energy News for 14-10-2007

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Solar Powered Ferry Sets Sail in Sydney View Articles
One of the coolest sights in the Sydney Harbour (aside from the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the Pirate Ship) is the futuristic solar-powered ferry known as The Solar Sailor.
Innovalight predicts its silicon ink will dramatically cut cost of solar power View Articles
"The company`s silicon ink process to make cheaper solar cells offers huge potential to help accelerate the growth in the overall solar market" Conrad Burke, the CEO of Innovalight, walked into a room with a small solar cell in one hand and a bottle of black liquid in the other. via Alameda Times-Star
Pentagon Urges Space-Based Solar Power View Articles
eldavojohn writes "The Pentagon issued a report indicating that space-based solar power `has the potential to help the United States stave off climate change and avoid future conflicts over oil by harnessing the Sun`s power to provide an essentially inexhaustible supply of clean energy.` The report, from the Pentagon`s National Security Space Office, calls for funding the development of space-based solar power culminating in `a platform in geosynchronous orbit bigger than the international space station and capable of beaming 5-10 megawatts of power to a receiving station on the ground.` The Pentagon`s interest in such an effort stems from the need to acquire energy on the battlefield, which today often comes at a painful premium."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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