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Stanford’s GCEP Makes Progress with Energy Research

April 10, 2013 1357 Views DonahueFavret Contractors Inc., Fernandez & Johnson Architects, Frisco Independent School District, Loyola University, Southern Illinois College

STANFORD, Calif. — In early March, Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) awarded $6.6 million to advance research on clean-burning fuels and technologies for capturing carbon dioxide emissions. Seven research teams — six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University, located in Pittsburgh — will share the funding.

The total number of GCEP-supported research programs is now 104, with funding totaling about $125 million since the project launched in 2002.

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First Solar Shuts Down Alternative PV Tech Project

January 12, 2012January 12, 2012 1641 Views Holabird and Root, Southern Illinois College, Vertegy, Winery

TEMPE, Ariz. — First Solar, a Tempe, Ariz.-based producer of thin film solar modules, is closing an alternative photovoltaic technology project rumored to employ the same technology as Solyndra, though the company is not disclosing the details of the research.

First Solar and Solyndra are among a group of Western panel makers undercut by cheaper competition from Chinese manufacturers such as Suntech Power Holdings Co., the world’s largest, according to Bloomberg Reports.