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CALIFORNIA NEWS
City of Santa Barbara Powers Up with Solar Energy System
Santa Barbara selected Tioga and EI Solutions to design, build and fund a 331kW system.
Palm Desert Launches California?s First Energy Efficiency and Solar Loan Program
With the unanimous approval of its City Council, Palm Desert recently became the first California city to launch a energy efficiency and solar loan program.
South Placer Green Team A Response to AB 32
The first project sponsored by the South Placer Green Team is a residential solar program to standardize the permit process at all 3 cities. Standardization of the process will reduce the time and cost to prepare permits by solar companies in the area applying for solar retrofits on behalf of their customers.
NATIONAL NEWS
National Solar Tour Expecting 150,000 Participants
ASES is bringing together more than 5,000 homeowners, public agencies and businesspeople across the U.S. to introduce as many as 150,000 people to solar as part of its 13th National Solar Tour on Oct. 4.
Utah Shows Off Its Solar Power
Fifty-five Utah home and business owners will welcome the public this Saturday to check out their solar panels. The Utah Solar Tour has grown from a six property tour to 55 over the past 13 years.
UTILITY INDUSTRY & REGULATORY NEWS
Environmental Defense Fund Sells “High Quality” Carbon Offsets
Environmental Defense Fund has launched CarbonOffsetList.org, an online resource to identify and purchase carbon offsets which identifies 11 pre-screened, independently verified offset projects.
Landis + Gyr, Arizona Utility SRP Launch 52M USD Techhnology Ross Out to Expand Adaptive Energy Program
Landis+Gyr announced a three-year advanced metering contract with Arizona utility Salt River Project.
NSF Launches An ERC For Green Energy Grid
The NSF ERC for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management Systems will conduct research to transform the nation’s power grid into an efficient network that integrates alternative energy generation and novel storage methods with existing power sources.
FINANCIAL NEWS & MARKETS
Cypress Sells SunPower Shares
As other chip companies enter the solar market, Cypress Semiconductor decides to sell off its remaining shares in solar-panel company SunPower, which it spun off and took public in 2005.
MARKETS & MARKET RESEARCH
Poll: Older US Consumers Buy the Most Green Products
Contrary to the idea that environmentalism is a youth movement, consumers over 55 years old are the most prolific users of green products in the United States.
What?s Next for the German Photovoltaic Industry?
Though PV electricity will continue to cost between US $0.56 to 0.70 per kWh even after the feed-in tariffs are lowered, experts predict that the cost will fall to grid parity sometime in the next decade.
Using A Wedding Gift Registry to Go Solar
A couple in Chicago used their wedding registry as a way to get a solar system.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Dan Beard on Sustainability and Cleaning the House
For the past year and a half, he has been leading the “Green the Capitol” initiative that aims to reduce the House of Representatives’ carbon footprint.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Bank of Scotland Finances 8 Megawatt Solar Project
The Bank of Scotland completed a deal worth 63M with Santander Investment for the construction and operation of an 8MW solar farm in Spain, where BP Solar is in charge of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of the solar power plant as well as its Operation and Maintenance.
1-LG Elec Eyes Solar Cell Venture With Conergy
LG Electronics signed a preliminary deal on a solar cell production venture with German’s Conergy to acquire a 75% stake in Conergy’s solar module plant in Frankfurt.
SBD International To Build Thin Film Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility
Management of SBD International has announced it is planning to build a thin film plant in Florida to serve the Caribbean and South American markets.
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