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SOURCE: usatoday.com “The morning heat hits triple digits as a whiptail lizard darts below a creosote bush near Route 66. Gazing across the desert valley, power company executives, environmentalists and federal land managers stand beneath a cloudless sky and argue over the landscape…” – Andrea Stone Read the full story at . . . → Read More: Renewable energy plan creates rift SOURCE: upi.com “Market analysts at investment bank Piper Jaffray said the cost of solar panels has plunged in the past year due to increased supply and decreased demand. The price of a critical ingredient for many solar panels, polysilicon, has dropped as more producers have entered the market…” Read the full story at . . . → Read More: Solar panel prices fall sharply SOURCE: economist.com “UNTIL five years ago Japan made around half of the world’s solar cells, thanks to its thirst for native energy and its expertise in the related fields of computer chips and flat screens for televisions. Sharp, which alone has made a quarter of all the solar cells ever produced, dominated the industry. . . . → Read More: Solar power’s bright future in Japan SOURCE: NYT “When Greg Hare looked into putting solar panels on his ranch-style home in Magnolia, Tex., last year, he decided he could not afford it. “I had no idea solar was so expensive,” he recalled. But the cost of solar panels has plunged lately, changing the economics for many homeowners. Mr. Hare ended . . . → Read More: More Sun for Less: Solar Panels Drop in Price SOURCE: signonsandiego.com ” Over the past year, President Barack Obama has suggested that adopting solar power and other green technologies not only could help the United States improve the environment but also revitalize our manufacturing sector, which has been hard hit by competition from abroad. “We can remain the world’s leading importer of foreign . . . → Read More: China eating our lunch in solar-panel marketplace SOURCE: time.com “After Hurricane Katrina flattened New Orleans exactly four years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, the city emerged as an inadvertent symbol of global warming, the first American victim of climate change. Over 200,000 homes were destroyed during the Category 5 hurricane. But in the years since, the Crescent City has quietly embraced . . . → Read More: Four Years Later, New Orleans’ Green Makeover SOURCE: examiner.com “Colorado is emerging as the focus of nearly all things “energy.” In the past week, the state has been on the travel itinerary of such notables as Senator John McCain, Senator Mark Udall, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, US Representative Betsy Markey. All have focused on energy issues ranging from “renewable energy” . . . → Read More: Colorado is ground zero for energy debate SOURCE: thedailygreen.com “This will give you a sense of how much green power Southern California Edison (SCE) buys: only five percent of the renewable energy the company purchases is solar, but it is also the largest buyer in the entire United States. The sources supplying SCE represent 65% of the nation’s solar supply. And . . . → Read More: Massive new solar power projects in the California desert SOURCE: reuters “Chinese solar-cell maker Canadian Solar Inc said on Wednesday it obtained development rights for a 500 megawatt (MW) solar power plant system in China. The news makes Canadian Solar the latest Chinese solar manufacturer to unveil plans for a large solar power project in China since the country last month launched a . . . → Read More: Canadian Solar to build 500 MW project in China SOURCE: scientificamerican.com “Here’s a seemingly simple solar power factoid: the sun bathes Earth with enough energy in one hour (4.3 x 1020 joules) to more than fill all of humanity’s present energy use in a year (4.1 x 1020 joules). So how to convert it? In the world of solar energy harvesting, there’s a . . . → Read More: New solar-cell efficiency record set |
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