Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,294.50	-12.67	-0.08%
S&P 500	1,650.51	-4.84	-0.29%
Nasdaq	3,459.42	-3.88	-0.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,294.50

-12.67

-0.08%

S&P 500

1,650.51

-4.84

-0.29%

Nasdaq

3,459.42

-3.88

-0.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,769.03	-7.75	-0.28%
FTSE 100	6,657.98	-38.81	-0.58%
DAX	8,294.63	-57.35	-0.69%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,769.03

-7.75

-0.28%

FTSE 100

6,657.98

-38.81

-0.58%

DAX

8,294.63

-57.35

-0.69%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

Largest Solar-Power Project Switches Technology to Photovoltaic

By Todd White - 2011-08-18T06:52:57Z

Solar Trust of America, the developer of the world’s largest solar-power plant, will switch technologies to photovoltaic equipment from concentrated solar for the first 500-megawatt phase of the facility near Blythe, California, the company said today in an e-mailed statement. The change was largely motivated by “improved market conditions” for photovoltaic devices, which have plunged in price per kilowatt-hour in recent years, Solar Trust said.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Todd White at twhite2@bloomberg.net

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