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ADDING MULTIMEDIA Abound Solar Opens First Production Facility

April 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Next-Generation Manufacturing Technology Will Reduce the Cost of Producing
High-Efficiency Solar Modules
FORT COLLINS, Colo.–(Business Wire)–
Abound Solar (formerly AVA Solar), a manufacturer of low-cost, thin-film
photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, today announces the opening of its first
full-scale production facility in Longmont, Colo. This facility utilizes a
proprietary manufacturing process that significantly reduces production costs of
solar panels. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,and Hermann
Scheer, president of EUROSOLAR, are scheduled to deliver remarks at the
facility’s opening ceremony today at 9:00 a.m. MDT.

The fully automated facility will create more than 300 new jobs and, when at
capacity, will produce 200 MW of solar modules annually. Its manufacturing
process employs Abound Solar’s proprietary continuous in-line semiconductor
equipment to convert sheets of glass into solar panels in less than two hours.
As a leading “next generation” solar panel manufacturer, Abound Solar’s
manufacturing process simplifies the production of thin-film solar panels,
rapidly expands production capability and drives down the cost of
solar-generated electricity.

“Today’s facility opening represents a milestone for Abound. We have moved into
commercial production, which allows us to keep pace with demand from our
customers as the market expands,” said Pascal Noronha, CEO of Abound Solar. “We
are now well positioned to deliver high-performing, cost-effective, solar
modules that can accelerate clean energy usage around the world.”

“Congratulations to Abound Solar – a true Colorado success story of how
renewable energy technologies can move from the lab to the marketplace,” said
Gov. Ritter. “As we see local renewable energy companies expand operations and
create jobs, we know that the New Energy Economy is leading Colorado forward,
and will help Colorado to have a quick and strong recovery.”

“Abound Solar proves that we have the capability here in the United States to
cost-effectively meet our energy needs, while protecting our climate,” said
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Abound Solar was founded in 2007 to commercialize a proprietary process for
manufacturing thin-film photovoltaic modules. Built upon 15 years of development
at Colorado State University and with support from the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, Abound Solar has developed a robust, commercial-scale, continuous
process for producing solar modules at an industry-leading cost that
significantly reduces the cost of generating solar electricity. For additional
information, visit http://www.abound.com.

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Soho Square PR
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nicole.mezlo@sohosquarepr.com

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India gold buyers trickle in as prices fall 5 pct

February 25, 2009 By Dinesh Leave a Comment

Gold buyers in India trickled into shops as prices fell by about 5 percent from the all time high struck last week, and dealers said, a further dip below the psychological mark of 15,000 rupees may rekindle buying interest.

“We are witnessing some buying since yesterday,” said a dealer with a state-run bank in Mumbai, adding that “a lot of traders are waiting for a fall below $950 levels.”

“Buying has picked up transaction wise,” said the dealer, adding “We are getting calls for the first time after gold dipped below $1,000.”

The benchmark April contract traded at 15,265 rupees per 10 grams at 1:48 p.m., down about 5 percent from its all-time high of 16,040 rupees struck late last week.

A stronger rupee also made the dollar-quoted asset cheaper. The Indian rupee edged higher on Wednesday as gains in domestic shares eased concerns about outflows, but the dollar’s strength overseas, and demand from importers, prevented a sharper rise.

“Buyers are enquiring but they are eyeing the lower side,” said Pinakin Vyaas, chief chief manager – treasury with IndusInd Bank in Mumbai.

“Still there is disparity between bank and local gold,” said Vyaas, adding demand for imported bars would also depend on the amount of scrap sales coming in the market.

SCRAP FLOW TO EASE

Traders said the flow of scrap may ease after gold prices declined.

Scrap sales may fall slightly compared to yesterday, said an official with Jitendra Kantilal, a scrap buyer in Mumbai’s Zaveri Bazaar, who said he was buying scrap gold at 15,300 rupees.

The flow of scrap and high prices had been impacting country’s imports that slowed after strong demand in August to November last year.

Gold imports nearly halved to 400 tonnes in 2008 in India, the world largest consumer, from an annual average of around 700-800 tonnes per annum.

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Ban calls Gaza devastation “heart-breaking”, “appalling”

January 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Gaza City – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday he was “deeply grieved” at the scenes he witnessed in Gaza following a three-week Israeli offensive, adding they were “heartbreaking.”

He added he was “appalled” also at the damage done to the world body’s Gaza City headquarters.

“I’m just appalled. I’m not able to describe how I am feeling at this sight,” he said of the compound, which was was struck by several Israeli shells late last week.

“This is heartbreaking,” he told a news conference at the headquarters. “I am deeply grieved at what I have seen today.”

Ban said he planned to dispatch a humanitarian assessment team to Gaza on Thursday.

“I have condemned on the outbreak of the conflict the excessive use of force by Israeli forces in Gaza,” Ban said, adding however that he also viewed Palestinian rocket attacks at southern Israel as “completely unacceptable.”

The top UN diplomat called for a “full investigation” into civilians deaths in the war.

“The UN will do all we can,” he pledged.

He said Palestinian unity was needed to allow a recovery process and the opening of Gaza’s border crossings. (dpa)

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Five Afghan police killed in Taliban attacks

January 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kabul – Two policemen were killed in a roadside bomb in the southern city of Kandahar, while three other police officers were killed and seven others were presumably abducted by Taliban militants in western Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

In the latest attack, a bomb loaded on a parked bicycle was remotely detonated in Kandahar city, the capital for the province of the same name, when a police vehicle was passing by on Tuesday, said Zelmai Ayoubi, spokesman for the provincial governor.

“The enemy attack killed two policemen and wounded one policeman and one civilian,” he said, adding that the bomb was detonated by a remote control device and police forces were deployed to the area to track down the culprits.

Separately, suspected Taliban militants attacked a police post in Bala Mughab district of western Badghis province, close to the border with Turkmenistan, early Tuesday morning, killing three police officers and taking hostage seven others, Mohammad Ayoub Niazyar, provincial police chief, said.

“Seven policemen are missing. They were most probably abducted by the attackers,” he said, adding that a rescue operation conducted by dozens of police was ongoing in the area to free the hostages.

The poorly trained Afghan police bear the brunt of Taliban-led attacks in Afghanistan. Compared to Afghan army soldiers or international troops, Afghan police are poorly equipped.

Taliban insurgents have steadily gained power in Afghanistan after their initial defeat following the US-led invasion in late 2001. The militants have vowed to continue their insurgency until the nearly 70,000 international troops deployed in the country are expelled and the Western-backed Afghan government is toppled. (dpa)

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Singapore expects drop in foreign investments

January 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Singapore – Foreign investment in Singapore is expected to drop by almost half to about 10 billion Singapore dollars (6.66 billion US dollars) this year due to the global credit crunch, according to local news reports on Tuesday.

This year’s foreign investment estimate by the Economic Development Board excludes projects that were put off due to the worldwide recession, the reports said, adding that 20 per cent of the projects were postponed and 2 per cent were cancelled outright last year.

“The present global economic uncertainty is very challenging for attracting new investments,” the Straits Times quoted EDB chairman Lim Siong Guan as saying.

Foreign investments in Singapore reached 18 billion Singapore dollars (11.98 billion US dollars) last year, up from 17.2 billion Singapore dollars in 2007. (dpa)

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Dark buildings, vehicles, roads act as ‘ecological traps’ for organisms

January 9, 2009 By Rajiv Gupta Leave a Comment

Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): Insects and other creatures can mistake smooth, dark buildings, vehicles and even roads for water, which act as “ecological traps” that jeopardize animal populations and fragile ecosystems, according to a researcher at Michigan State University.

Bruce Robertson, an ecologist studying at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, north of Kalamazoo, claimed that the polarized light reflected from asphalt roads, windows, even plastic sheets and oil spills, mimics the surface of the water for some species.

As these organisms use water to breed and feed, the resulting confusion could drastically disrupt mating and feeding routines and lead insects and animals into contact with vehicles and other dangers.

Robertson said that polarized light reflected from man-made structures could overwhelm natural cues to animal behaviour.

For example, Dragonflies, and similar aquatic insects that are at the centre of the food web, can be prompted to lay eggs on roads or parking lots instead of water. And hence, insect population crashes can impact higher levels of the food chain.

“Any kind of shiny, black object — oil, solar cells, asphalt — the closer they are to wetlands, the bigger the problem,” he said.

In fact, even predators following misdirected insect prey, can also find themselves in danger.

While its known that natural light is vital for creatures” ability to navigate, even visible light pollution from man-made sources can have a negative impact.

For example, newly hatched sea turtles have a tendency to move from their beach nests toward landward light sources instead of following moonlight to the safety of open water.

Robertson said that horizontally polarized light has been found to be a reliable cue for creatures to locate water, and the researchers are trying to discover the effects of light reflected from man-made structures.

Although the research highlights new concerns about human impact on native species and ecological communities, it suggests the importance of building with alternative materials and, when necessary, employing mitigation strategies, which might include adding white curtains to dark windows or adding white hatching marks to asphalt.

Robertson said that its also possible to turn it to an advantage—in locations where trees are being destroyed by insect infestations, for example, “you may be able to create massive polarized light traps to crash bark beetle populations,” if such species are found to be responsive to polarized light cues.

The findings were reported in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. (ANI)

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Jolie wants two children in 2009!

January 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jan 08 (ANI): Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is reportedly planning on two babies this year.

Apparently, the ‘Gia’ actress intends to give birth to a baby in autumn with lover Brad Pitt.

The 33-year-old stunner has told aides to organise filming to fit her plan, according to resources.

The pair is also reportedly planning to adopt again.

She and Brad, 45, may fly to Ethiopia this month to become parents of a two-year-old girl.

“They might be adding to their family fast, but they want all their kids to be roughly the same age so they do the nanny stage and get it over and done with,” The Daily Star quoted a source, as saying.

Angelina and Brad have three children of their own and three adopted ones. (ANI)

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Argentine soccer star Tevez has no plans to quit Man U

January 5, 2009 By Rajiv Gupta 1 Comment

London, Jan.5 (ANI): Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez has hit out at claims that he has snubbed a new deal at Manchester United.

The 24-year-old insists he wants to stay, adding “We have not started talks yet.

“Sir Alex has told me he wants me to remain a United player and that is certainly my desire too. My contract ends in the summer and we have agreed to sit down at the end of the season and discuss a new contract. I have a great relationship with Sir Alex and I hope that will continue,” The Sun quoted him, as saying. (ANI)

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Delhi still shivers at 8.1 degree Celsius

January 4, 2009 By Rajiv Gupta Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Jan.4 (ANI): It was another chilly morning for people in Delhi on Sunday with the minimum temperature settling at 8.1 degree Celsius.

“The minimum temperature was one degree above the normal temperature at this time of the season,” said Met officials.

On Saturday, the minimum temperature was recorded at 5.4 degree Celsius while the maximum temperature recorded at 15 degree Celsius; five degrees below Saturday””s maximum.

Season””s minimum temperature plummeted to a low of four degrees Celsius in New Delhi on Friday.

A light cover of fog also engulfed the capital on Sunday morning adding woes to morning commuters as normal visibility range fell down considerably.
The weatherman has forecast the maximum temperature will be around 20 degrees and the minimum temperature will remain around 8 degree Celsius on Monday (Jan.5).

Foggy conditions are likely to remain for the next couple of days, as per Met department.

“The sky will remain clear in the next couple of days,” a Met official said. (ANI)

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Ready to discuss Cuba blockade with Obama, says Raul Castro

December 16, 2008 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

Mexico City, Dec 16 (RIA Novosti) Cuban President Raul Castro has said his administration is ready for a dialogue with US president-elect Barack Obama, according to Mexican news sources.

On his arrival in Brazil Monday on the eve of a Latin American and Caribbean summit, Castro said he would like to hold talks with Obama regarding the economic blockade that the US imposed on the communist-ruled island for 46 years.

‘If Mr. Obama wants to discuss it, we’ll discuss it,’ he said to journalists before the summit in Costa do Sauipe, Brazil. ‘If he doesn’t want to discuss it, we won’t discuss it.’

‘It has become more and more difficult to isolate Cuba from the outside world,’ he said, adding that the summit would issue a resolution condemning the blockade.

‘We may be small, but we have demonstrated to the whole world that it is impossible to break us,’ Castro said, adding that more than 70 percent of Cuba’s population has grown up under the US sanctions.

The regional gathering excludes the US and Canada and is the first large-scale meeting of Latin American leaders in recent times to take place without the presence of an outside power.

However, the Cuban leader said that nothing big should be expected from the Brazilian hosts as it is only the first step on the way to integrating Latin American countries.

‘The Chinese say that the most difficult path begins with the first step,’ Castro said. ‘Latin American integration is a long path. Recall how long it took Europe to unite.’

The two-day summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders, which is aimed at strengthening political and economic ties ends Wednesday.

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