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Solar Impulse Airplane Test Flight [PHOTOS]

Impulse Solar Airplane
The Solar Impulse prototype solar aiplane has been developed by Swiss engineers. It is has the 193-foot wingspan, about the width of a standard jetliner, but weighs no more than an average car. Placed on top of its wings are about 12,000 solar panels, which provides the aircraft with a renewable energy source.
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First Solar to Build New Solar Plant for NRG

First Solar Inc will build a 26-megawatt solar power plant for power producer NRG Energy Inc in Arizona under the latest deal between two of the biggest players in the U.S. renewable energy sector.
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'Sim City' Gets Rebuilt for 2013 with Modern Look

Sim City is going back to its roots. The classic city building game that first came out in 1989, is returning next year in a new version that has a modern-day look and feel but is being built by those who worked on the original.
Keystone XL Pipeline

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Auto Steelmaker Severstal Will Not Get U.S. DOE Loan

The Obama administration on Friday opted against closing a loan of as much as $730 million for steelmaker Severstal North America, whose financing bid to expand a plant for auto-steel production drew the attention of congressional investigators looking at U.S. Energy Department loan programs.

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