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CALIFORNIA NEWS
California Wants to Lead with Solar Initiatives
California, which has often led the nation in emissions reductions and environmental initiatives, is not the standard bearer in producing renewable energy today. If you consider all forms of renewable energy — solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal, then California isn’t at the top in total production, and as a percentage of energy produced, it’s not even in the top five.
California’s Renewable Energy Tangled in Power Lines
The new estimate is even higher than the $12 billion price tag the California Public Utilities Commission had predicted for transmission lines back in June.
Acro Energy to Acquire EE Solar
Residential solar installation company Acro Energy Technologies has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Energy Efficiency Solar Inc. of Pomona, Calif.
Borrego Solar Systems Named One of America Fastest Growing Companies by Inc. Magazine for the Third Consecutive Year
Leading Designer and Installer of Commercial Solar Electric Systems Ranked Among Top Energy Companies as Demand for Solar Energy Continues to Increase.
SoCal Edison Says Solar Plans to be Built
Southern California Edison says two solar-powered plants will be built east of Los Angeles to supply the utility with enough energy for 170,000 homes.
NATIONAL NEWS
Plugging into the Sun
Sunlight bathes us in far more energy than we could ever need—if we could just catch enough.
New Solar Company Already Planning for National Expansion
The Eugene-based solar panel manufacturer says it wants to open as many as six assembly plants across the United States in the next two years as part of a plan to become the nation’s lowest-cost provider of solar panels and a dominant brand in the world’s fastest growing solar energy market.
Suniva and OneWorld Sustainable Partner on Solar Schools Project
The installation leverages OneWorld’s ongoing involvement with Sun Power for Schools, an educational program created four years ago by non-profit Green Power Electric Membership Cooperative (Green Power EMC).
Wilson School District’s Solar System Sets Example of Environmental Stewardship
Wilson Elementary School in Phoenix, Ariz., has become one of the first schools in Arizona to install a solar system. SPG Solar, Inc., with offices in Tucson, Ariz., was chosen to design and install an 80 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system.
Solar Power: A Gift from Space
This gift from space is ultimately the basis of all of our power sources except nuclear and geothermal.
UTILITY INDUSTRY & REGULATORY NEWS
PG&E Backs Measure to Tighten Grip on Cities
For years, cities dissatisfied with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. have tried to break away from the utility company, either by joining another or going into the power business for themselves. Now PG&E is backing a statewide ballot measure that would make it even harder for cities and counties to leave.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Getting Ahead with Green Jobs
Energy Secretary Steven Chu adds an extra twist to his pitch: If the United States does not adopt the bill’s carrots and sticks for reducing energy waste and developing carbon-free energy sources, China will leapfrog ahead of us in this field.
PV Powered Wins Stage 2 SEGIS Award
US Department of Energy award recognizes strength of PV Powered-led team and the company’s position as a grid-tied PV inverter innovator.
Clean Energy Sector Ups Spending on Lobbyists
A recent report from research firm New Energy Finance, spending on Washington lobbyists by the clean energy industry has accelerated rapidly in recent years, but still lags behind that the fossil fuel industry.
FINANCIAL NEWS & MARKETS
Trina Solar Makes $142.5M from Selling Shares
Trina Solar, which is based in Changzhou, China, said the sale includes $18.6 million from 675,000 shares that were sold in addition to its original public offering.
Green Dollars Moving to Smart Grid, Energy Storage
Investment is seen shifting from capital-intensive energy generating technologies, such as solar and wind, to those associated with energy storage, transportation and efficiency.
How to Finance a Green Tech Revolution
If you’re looking to bankroll a green-business revolution, boring old banks and the government are looking just as effective as flashy venture capitalists.
SOLON Presents Results for First Half 2009
The first six months of the year were characterized by the noticeably lower demand for solar technology in comparison with the previous year and a sharp drop in selling prices.
Trina Solar Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results
Trina Solar’s net revenues in the second quarter of 2009 were $150.0 million, an increase of 13.5% sequentially and a decrease of 26.5% year-over-year, due to decline in module average selling price.
TECHNOLOGY
PV Powered Announces New Commercial Inverter Targeted a Unique Demands of North American Solar Market
Technical innovations deliver 97% CEC efficiency, and full power production at 265VDC and 50°C.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
German Solar Incentives in Jeopardy
German politicians have revived debates over the popular feed-in tariff, some arguing that the subsidies benefit largely Chinese – instead of German – companies.
New Polysilicon Facility Starts Up in China
The silicon division of centrotherm photovoltaics AG has just marked up an additional success, namlye the company’s one hundred percent subsidiary, centrotherm SiTec GmbH, has put a plant into operation to manufacture polysilicon at its customer Shaanxi Tianhong Silicon Industrial Corporation at Xian City in China.
Oerlikon Receives 120MW Thin Film Manufacturing Plant Order
Oerlikon Solar today announced that Nano Solar Technology Ltd. (NST), a newly formed Russian high-tech firm, has ordered a 120 MW end-to-end Micromorph® line for production of thin film solar modules.
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