Rise & Shine: July 23, 2009
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CALIFORNIA NEWS
San Francisco Looks to Finance Clean Power and Energy Saving Upgrades
The financing program, which was announced Wednesday, is certain to excite clean power and energy and water efficiency advocates and the businesses that sell these technologies.
California ISO Offers Centralized Information on Renewable Power
The California Independent System Operator Corp. (California ISO) has begun offering a centralized way to track the latest developments in renewable power and smart grid technologies through a new Web tool at caiso.com.
LA Community Gets Solar & Wifi in One
Open Neighborhoods®, a neighborhood social networking service, has selected SolarCity for a new program designed to increase clean energy production and public broadband access in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles.
NATIONAL NEWS
Solar Trade Group Serving Mid Atlantic Region Elects Standard Solar CEO as President
New opportunities and challenges face solar energy companies from Delaware to North Carolina.
million. ECD plans to finance the acquisition from existing corporate funds.
A Nationwide Network for Solar Projects
Global Solar Center can tell you about solar incentives and give you a quote almost anywhere in the U.S. It also has dealers. Is the national chain here?
Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Continue to Spread
While feed-in tariffs are most closely associated with solar photovoltaic panels, utilities managing the programs in Vermont and Sacramento will also pay a set price for electricity generated from other renewable sources, like wind.
Renewable Energy: A Weapon of Mass Reconstruciton
That makes the moment perfect for bootstrapping entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses around the world to seize the opportunity when the financial markets get back to full health.
UTILITY INDUSTRY & REGULATORY NEWS
FERC Issues Smart Grid Policy Statement Designed to Accelerate Development
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has released the Smart Grid Policy Statement, which sets priorities for work on development of standards crucial to a reliable and smart grid.
Why the Microgrid Could be the Answer to Our Energy Crisis
Why small-scale, local power — the microgrid — could be the answer to our energy crisis. And why the big utilities are fighting it with all they’ve got.
TECHNOLOGY
Software for Your Solar Panel
In this video from Intersolar TV, a whole slew of companies want to boost the output of solar panels. Tigo Energy says the answer is in software.
CSA & UL Certify DEGERenergie
The certification is for the company’s DEGER TOPtraker 8.5, TOPtraker 25 HD and TOPtraker 40NT models.
Biosolar Completes Run of Thin-film Backsheet
The announcement follows BioSolar’s recent news that its BioBacksheet-C, designed for the traditional C-Si PV modules, will be the company’s first product commercially available during the later half of 2009.
Centrosolar Creates PV System Featuring Uni-Solar Thin-Film Laminates
Centrosolar AG has developed a new thin-film photovoltaic system, the TF Multi Professional, for flat roofs.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Yingli Plans for 300MW Projects in China, Suntech Lines up Developer
Yingli Green Energy, another Chinese solar company whose shares are traded in the U.S. market, doesn’t want to be left behind in what appears to be a rush to turn China into a booming solar energy market.
EDF and First Solar to Build Largest French Solar Plant
France’s state-owned utility is partnering with an American solar panel manufacturer to build a 90 million euro ($128 million) solar manufacturing plant that would be the largest in France, the two announced on Thursday.
Sunways Goes on Short-Time Work
In the second quarter 2009, the demand for components of Sunways AG increased against the prior quarter as well as against the prior year period.
Yingli Green Energy Expands Its Footprint in the China Market
Yingli Green Energy hosted a forum in Baoding, the first of its kind in China, to discuss the establishment of industry standards and project financing in connection with the construction of on-grid solar plants in China.
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