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NATIONAL NEWS
Oregon Wineries Install Solar Panels to Power Business
A small but growing number of Oregon wineries are going solar, reflecting a larger statewide trend among Oregon homeowners and business owners.
Phoenix Firm Targets Electric Utilities and Solar Energy Vendors Worldwide
Front Page Public Relations unveiled two energy related marketing programs today to help utilities and vendors market solar energy, renewable energy, alternative energy, green power, energy efficiency, energy rebates, net metering, feed-in tariffs and utility Demand Side Management programs to consumers and businesses.
XsunX Signs Supply Contract for Thin-film Modules
XsunX has entered into a two-year, 15 MW supply contract for the sale of ASI-120 TFPV solar modules to a full-service solar power company specializing in commercial and solar farm projects located in California and Hawaii.
UTILITY INDUSTRY & REGULATORY NEWS
SMUD & Energy Commission Demonstrate Microgrid Technology
With cost-sharing funds of US $1.5 million from the California Energy Commission, SMUD will begin demonstrating a new application for distributed energy resources known as a microgrid.
FINANCIAL NEWS & MARKETS
China Sunergy Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2008
During the third quarter of 2008, revenues increased 142.9% on a year- over-year basis, and 6.6% sequentially to US$119.0 million.
MARKETS & MARKET RESEARCH
PennWell Launches Photovoltaics World Magazine
PennWell has announced that it will launch Photovoltaics World magazine to address the rapidly growing global photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing industry.
TECHNOLOGY
Thin Film Goes Large
With a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 60% between 2002 and 2008 and more than 100% last year, Thin Film is a very dynamic market which benefits from a significant potential for development.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
3S Swiss Solar Systems Delivers its First Turnkey, Semi-Automatic Production Line
3S Swiss Solar Systems AG, a supplier of production equipment for the manufacture of solar modules, has handed over a semi-automatic production line to the Spanish company Eurener Energia Solar. The next line will be delivered to a customer in India.
Solar Power Station for Alice Springs
The Federal Government will fund half of a $6.6 million solar power station to be built in Alice Springs as part of the Australian Government’s Alice Solar City project.
Solar Parks with 16MW Planned in Greece
German bank Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg (LBBW) is planning to finance a total of eight PV power plants with a combined output of 16 MW in Greece.
Feed-In Tariff for Australia’s Largest State
The Deputy Premier NSW and Environment Minister Carmel Tebbutt has announced the move towards a feed-in tariff for solar energy at the Australia-Germany Solar and Bio Energy Industry Conference in Sydney.
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