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From cheap solar to sustainable steel, we list the top ten stories of the past seven days

By BusinessGreen.com Staff

27 Feb 2009

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Solar power

Solar roof

Solar panel prices to fall by up to 40 per cent by year end

Solar industry upbeat after analysts predict falling prices will drive demand

Google Earth

Google Earth offers bird's eye view of US emissions

Overview of the carbon footprint of different streets and buildings on the horizon

Foundry

Exclusive: Corus fires up strategy for sustainable steel

From revised energy targets to solar-powered paint, Corus sets out its vision for a low carbon steel industry

Offshore wind turbine

Floating wind turbines to be tested off Portugese coast

Portugese utility sees floating platforms as means of cutting high costs of offshore wind farms

Solar panels

First Solar reaches "dollar per watt milestone"

Thin-film solar manufacturer claims to have produced modules at cost of 98 cents a watt

White House

Team Obama hints at delay to climate change bill

Following Republican opposition to stimulus plan, White House moves to dampen expectation that cap-and-trade legislation will pass this year

Sugar cane

UN calls for food waste revolution

Report calls for global crackdown on food waste and expansion of organic farming to help tackle impending shortages

Small

Obama sidesteps tar sands controversy

Environmental groups disappointed as president ignores calls for a moratorium on Canadian tar sand developments

Canary Wharf at night

Recession boosts corporate energy-efficiency projects

But more ambitious climate change initiatives are under threat as priorities shift

Wind turbine

US Department of Energy pledges to accelerate green loans

Energy secretary insists first-loan guarantees for renewables projects will be approved within three months

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