Sharp Electronics unveiled its Mobilon TriPad PV-6000, a Windows CE-based computing device that can be used in three different operating positions: standard notebook (clamshell), pen tablet (slate), or easel mode.
But the PV-DC3000 will come bundled with a 16 MB MultiMediaCard, not an SD Memory Card, which will be available separately.
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Because PV is easier to finance than concentrating solar thermal, a few utility-scale projects in the southwest U.S. have shifted over to PV.
Improvements include retrofits to 1, 500 lighting fixtures, a 200-kilowatt rooftop PV array, and an overhaul of the HVAC system.
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Last month saw Athens speed the approval of three-dozen ground-mounted PV arrays across the country for a total of 130MW and about 500 temporary jobs.
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The microgrid comprises eight 100-kW grid-tied inverters, the rooftop PV array, the lead-acid battery pack, backup diesel generators, and a Web-based monitoring and control system.
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Although many PV manufacturers have entered long-term polysilicon contracts, a growing number have decided to buy their way out of these contracts to leverage low silicon prices.
That single project is about equal in capacity to all of the solar PV installed nationwide all of last year, a record-setting year.
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The company added that investigations into a further 7.9MW of Global Solar-owned PV plants are also pending, but have not yet resulted in any charges being brought.
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Lauvergeon said she has been approached over the years with offers to get into the business of making solar PV panels, but she declined because it looked to her like a low-margin commodity business.
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