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Eco Factor: Renewable energy power plant to be set up for Crayola. PPL Renewable Energy has joined forces with UGI Corp. and Crayola to break ground on a 15-acre solar energy park at Crayola’s headquarters and manufacturing facility in Forks...

Eco Factor: PV power plant capable of powering over 3 million Chinese homes being developed. China will soon possess the world’s largest photovoltaic power plant, which will have the capacity to power up to 3 million Chinese homes with a...

Eco Factor: Two new solar plants to be built in California desert. California is committed to meeting a goal of 20% renewable power by 2010, a goal which does seem impossible at the moment. However, Southern California Edison (SCE) has announced...

Eco Factor: Solar panels by First Solar break $1/watt barrier. In bad economic times, a reduction in the cost of products is always a welcome sign. That reduction gets even better if it’s about something we’ve always wished to come cheap....

Phoenix-based First Solar Inc. will soon have an additional solar cell manufacturing plant in Malaysia. The new plant is scheduled to start production in early 2009. The plant is being built at the cost of $150 million and will be adjacent to two...