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March 13, 2009:
Kristina M viagra online. Johnson Has Been Tapped as Under Secretary of Energy

President Obama announced today that he will nominate Kristina M generic cialis. Johnson to be under secretary of the Department of Energy generic cialis. If confirmed by the Senate as under secretary, Provost Johnson will be responsible for leading administration initiatives aimed at promoting energy efficiency and developing solar and wind power, geothermal energy, clean car technology, and other forms of renewable, green energy cialis.
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March 11, 2009:
New renewables to power 40 percent of global electricity demand by 2050

- With global cooperation and investment, renewables buy generic cialis? share will exceed all previous estimates

With adequate financial and political support, renewable energy technologies like wind and photovoltaics could supply 40 percent of the world's electricity by 2050, according to findings from the International Scientific Congress "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions generic viagra." However, if such technologies are marginalized, its share is likely to hover below 15 percent cheap cialis online.
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February 27, 2009:
DOE Releases Research Call to DOE and Federal Laboratories for Solid-State Lighting Core Technologies

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, is seeking applications from all DOE National Laboratories, National Science Research Centers, Department of Defense Laboratories or any other Federal Laboratory for applied research in the SSL Core Technology Research program area.
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February 27, 2009:
OIDA Releases New Green Photonics Market Data

Green photonics™ market to reach $261B by 2020

Washington, DC-based OIDA (Optoelectronics Industry Development Association) released new global optoelectronics market data for components and the green photonics share of the market. OIDA estimates that the global optoelectronics market for 2008 was $356 billion, with the green photonics share of that market 8.1% or $28.9 billion.
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February 24, 2009:
First Solar Passes $1 Per Watt Industry Milestone

- Company Cuts Manufacturing Cost to 98 Cents Per Watt in Fourth Quarter

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it reduced its manufacturing cost for solar modules in the fourth quarter to 98 cents per watt, breaking the $1 per watt price barrier.
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February 24, 2009:
PG&E Launches 500 Megawatt Solar Power Initiative

Utility-Owned and Independent Projects Would Speed Customer Access to Cleaner Energy

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced plans for a five-year program to develop up to 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar photovoltaic (PV) power in its northern and central California service area, one of the largest undertakings of its kind in the country.
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February 19, 2009:
DOE Secretary Chu Announces Changes to Expedite Economic Recovery Funding

Restructuring will lead to new investments in energy projects within months

Two days after President Obama signed the historic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a sweeping reorganization of the Department of Energy's dispersal of direct loans, loan guarantees and funding contained in the new recovery legislation.
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February 12, 2009:
OIDA president talks of a future where silicon photonics will be ubiquitous and energy efficient

Silicon photonics will leverage from the IC industry more quickly than anticipated and follow its own "Moore's Law"

Focused on the status and future trends of silicon photonics, Dr. Michael Lebby presented a keynote speech on February 5 at the Conference on Silicon Photonics sponsored by the Japanese trade association OITDA in Tokyo, Japan. He discussed the progress of silicon photonics to compete with the established incumbent Indium Phosphide (InP) photonic integrated circuits. Dr. Lebby predicted that silicon photonics will follow its own "Moore's Law" as integration levels continue to increase at a similar rate and timeframe. Even with major academic announcements in silicon photonics
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January 26, 2009:
OIDA's president discusses new OIDA market forecasts for Green Photonics™

Lasers and high brightness LEDs will be strong columns of strength for the new wave of energy efficient product designs

Dr. Michael Lebby, President of OIDA, today announced OIDA's latest market forecasts for two very important technology areas in Green Photonics™: lasers and LEDs at Pennwell's Lasers and Photonics Marketplace Seminar.
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January 21, 2009:
Dr. Steven Chu, Sworn in as New Secretary Of Energy

Dr. Steven Chu was sworn in as the Secretary of Energy on January 21, 2009. He leads the Department of Energy with a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees.
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December 12, 2008:
OIDA's OPTOmism conference addresses critical issues of the new administration

Steven Chu, plenary speaker, named Energy Secretary

Plenary Keynote Speaker at the upcoming OPTOmism Conference, Nobel Laureate Dr. Steven Chu, has been nominated to head the Department of Energy by President-Elect Obama. Dr. Chu won the Nobel Prize for his work developing methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.
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