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CALIFORNIA NEWS
East Bay Green Corridor Grows, Cash Pours in
The purpose of the consortium is for the cities and schools to attract green businesses to the region, develop a solid green-collar workforce, share marketing costs and standardize across the region policies such as solar financing plans and green building standards.
Spinning the Meter Backward
Customers with solar panels are provided credits for the full retail value of the electricity they send back to the grid.
Legislature Must Act to Keep Solar Glowing
The expansion of the solar industry – which is accelerated by incentives such as net metering – is the key to driving down the price and making the solar option more inviting to middle-class customers.
Solar Industry Fears Hitting State Credit Cap
A little-known limit on how many customers can get credit for selling back excess solar energy to utilities could put the brakes on the residential solar market in California, the solar industry says.
200 Watt SPI Module Receives Top CEC Rating
Solar Power Inc. (SPI) announced that two of its 200-watt modules, have been ranked number one and number two in comparative performance ratings awarded by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
NATIONAL NEWS
Minneapolis Votes to Sever Ties with Solar Electric Company on Convention Center Project
Minneapolis moved Friday to sever ties with a Colorado solar developer in hopes of finding another partner better able to install solar electrical-generating equipment atop the city’s Convention Center.
Solar Fest Sheds Light on Green Energy Practices
Making connections like this, both locally and nationally, was what the daylong Solar Fest at Greenergy Park on Sohier Road in Massachusetts was all about on Saturday.
Nevada Lawmakers Help Make Solar a Hot Commodity
Charged with reworking the state’s renewable energy policy, Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick had one major objective during the recent legislative session: Don’t give away the farm, er, the desert.
Solar Squeeze
The life of a technology startup is rarely easy. But the last nine months have been especially hard for young companies looking to develop and manufacture new solar cell technologies.
Heights Resident Spreads Good Word of Solar Energy
Though solar panels are not a viable option for Gelstein, he doesn’t plan to hop off the green wagon. He will be informing some of his neighbors that their roofs would be good candidates for solar energy.
Outback Power Systems’ SmartRE Grid-Interactive Solution Now Shipping
This Smart Renewable Energy system is a fully Integrated, Easy-to-Install Grid-Tie with Battery Back-up Solution.
Enabling Community Solar in North America
What about individuals who might want to own part of a solar system?
NJ Solar Businesses Criticize Anti-Solar Wage Legislation
A coalition of solar energy businesses, electrical contractors, independent electricians, and solar energy workers has called on Gov. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., to veto legislation (A.3372/S.2340) that the group says will increase costs for ratepayers and cost the state hundreds of new green energy jobs.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
House Passes Bill to Address Threat of Climate Change
The bill also sets a national standard of 20 percent for the production of renewable electricity by 2020, although a third of that could be met with efficiency measures rather than renewable energy sources like solar, wind and geothermal power.
Lobbying Cash Paved Climate Bill’s Road to House Floor
Industries and individual companies with a stake in the landmark House climate and energy bill poured money into lobbying early this year, many at a pace that could shatter previous spending records.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
City is Not Ready to go Solar Yet
Just how doable is the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited’s (BESCOM) order that makes it compulsory for newly constructed buildings to have solar water heating systems?
Canadian Solar Announces 120MW of Recent Sales Orders
This is a specific purchase order under the 60 MW annual supply agreement that the two companies announced in October of 2008. Delivery under the agreement has already started.
Q-Cells SE Increases Share in Solibro Gmbh to 100%
Q-Cells SE increases its interest in Solibro GmbH from previously 67.5% to 100% by acquiring the Swedish joint venture partner Solibro AB.
Solar Power Faces Early Sunset in Australia
Australian support for the solar industry is faltering just as the technology promises to deliver baseload power.
BP Solar Panel Blaze Raises Concerns
Fresh concerns have emerged over the future of BP’s alternative energy business after a fire broke out at one of the company’s largest solar power installations in Germany.
