Rise & Shine: December 8, 2008
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CALIFORNIA NEWS
Solar Plan for San Diego
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders will today roll out one of the most aggressive plans in the nation to help homeowners and small businesses buy solar power systems.
Splitting the Thin-Film Difference
NanoGram is building a 5-megawatt factory in Milpitas, CA where it hopes to make thinner solar cells that match crystalline silicon’s efficiency.
Growing Number of California Ag Businesses Go Solar
There’s no count of how many growers have invested in solar, but Bernadette Del Chiaro, a clean energy advocate with the group Environment California, said she has seen a growing number of agricultural companies install solar panels over the last five years.
Vince’s Adds Solar Panels
Vince’s Spaghetti in Rancho Cucamonga, CA has installed solar panels on their roof to provide half of the restaurant?s power.
Solar Power on the Near Horizon
At least 80 large solar projects are on the drawing board in California, more than in any other state. The scale of some is unrivaled on the planet.
Massive Stirling Solar system Seeks Cali Approval
If Solar One is approved, construction is supposed to start in late 2010 and take 40 months to complete, while construction of Solar Two could start in late 2009 or early 2010 and could also take around 40 months to complete.
NATIONAL NEWS
Collier School District Proposes Building Solar Farms to Power Several Schools
Sunshine could help lower the cost to power Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, FL and it could help the Manatee and Marco Island schools, too.
Newark Business Sees the Future, and it’s Solar
The problem was the price tag. It would cost more than $5 million to install 2,100 solar panels on the roof of Continental Trading and Hardware. So the Pimentels applied for part of a $100 million PSE&G fund that helps businesses and residents install solar panels.
Spire Receives Solar Contract Form Federal Prison Industries
Spire received a $54.94M contract from Federal Prison Industries to supply solar cells for the Spire-installed turnkey PV module factory located at the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, NY.
FINANCIAL NEWS & MARKETS
Solar Energy and Soltage Invest in Solar Energy Development
Tenaska Solar has announced an equity investment in Soltage to expand the development and use of solar-generated electricity.
MARKETS & MARKET RESEARCH
Rapid Changes Cloud Future of Solar Power
The solar industry, whose future seemed so bright just a few months ago, suddenly looks like it’s headed for a shakeout.
TECHNOLOGY
IBM, Harvard Launch Distributed Computing Search for Super Efficient Solar Cells
Leveraging small amounts of computing power from hundreds of thousands of PCs, IBM will process more than 1 million configurations of atoms over the next two years in search of an organic molecule that can be used to make materials for an ultra-efficient plastic photovoltaic cell.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Tokyo Solar Subsidy Scheme Beats Out National PV Plan
Tokyo, Japan’s largest metropolis, has refined its 10-year Carbon-Minus program to cover as much as 1 GW of PV systems on residential homes and apartment buildings through a two-year ¥100,000 ($954) per kW subsidy for installations up to 10 kW in size.
Gigawatt Scale Solar PV Project Planned in Jordan
The Al-Husseini Group, a real estate, industrial organization, and Amelio Solar announced a joint venture to bring large-scale solar PV energy production capacity to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in cooperation with the government and the national utility.
Sembawang to Build $164 Million Brunei Solar Film Plant
Sembawang Engineers & Constructors, a subsidiary of India-listed Punj Lloyd Group, will build a $250 million plant in Brunei to make thin-film solar modules, its first foray into renewable energy.
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