Rise & Shine: February 3, 2009
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CALIFORNIA NEWS
Consultant That Warned About Solar Plan Later Apologized to DWP
After calling what became Measure B on the March 3 ballot ‘extremely risky,’ the consulting firm — which lost out on a city contract — said its analysis was based on limited information.
Gavin Newsome Continues to Push Renewable Energy
On Monday, the mayor’s office announced a new program to offer residential and commercial loans for solar and other renewable energy projects.
San Francisco’s Credit for Solar Arrays
Residents with qualifying credit scores of 720 or better will have to wait six to eight months for the promotion, up from the two- to four-month wait that customers had endured before the credit crisis.
NATIONAL NEWS
Marketing Solar Panels to 5th Graders
Students at a New Jersey elementary school are getting a lesson in climate change ? and solar power ? from solar panel manufacturer, Sharp Electronics Corporation.
Gemini Solar Pushing Ahead in Austin Sunshine
Austin could get one of the biggest solar photovoltaic plants in the country if a deal is approved between Gemini Solar Development and the city-owned Austin Energy.
UTILITY INDUSTRY & REGULATORY NEWS
Will the Children of Today Be Living in a World Powered by Renewable Energy by 2050?
By 2050, 80 percent of the world’s electricity could be coming from renewable energy sources provided efforts are made, in parallel, to improve energy efficiency
Decoupling Utility Profits from Sales
SEPA has released a white paper providing insight into a regulatory policy option that addresses the business disincentive that some investor-owned utilities face when their customers install a solar electric system and as a result purchase less electricity from the utility.
T. Boone, Sen. Reid Team UP for Clean Energy Summit Redux
National security for the U.S. hinges on investment and incentives for new transmission lines, a smart grid, and converting big trucks to use natural gas as fuel.
Energy Monitoring Gear on Display: Onzo, Tendril, Trillant
The DistribuTech conference, which brings together thousands of companies that are using software, wireless networks and digital gadgets to monitor and manage energy consumption, kicks off on Wednesday in San Diego, CA.
MARKETS & MARKET RESEARCH
U.S. Becomes Top Wind Producer, Solar Next
The United States overtook Germany as the biggest producer of wind power last year, new figures showed, and will likely take the lead in solar power this year, analysts said on Monday.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Solar Industry Calls on Congress to Pass Solar Policies in Economic Stimulus
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today called on Congress to quickly pass the economic recovery package with key solar provisions that will have an immediate impact on job creation in America and keep the solar economic engine humming.
TECHNOLOGY
Canadian Solar Opens New PV Cell Research Center
The new facility is located in the company’s solar cell Fab II in Suzhou, China, and consolidates all of the company’s R&D facilities.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
No Feed-In Tariff Without Panels
The draft of Royal Decree to fix the solar PV fraud in Spain requires plant owners to prove that the equipment was in place in their plants by the end of last September.
Struggling Solar Firms Look to Public Projects
A British scheme to halve the cost of installing solar panels on schools and social housing is aiding a solar power industry hit by the housing slump.
Frost & Sullivan Sees More Scope for Solar Energy in South Africa
The Royal Danish government recently announced that it will be providing R60 million to support renewable energy projects at local government level in South Africa, including solar.
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