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SOURCE: CNET Posted by Martin LaMonica October 17, 2008 4:00 AM PDT SAN DIEGO–People in the solar industry are hopeful that the sun is a good place to put money these days. To be sure, the financial crunch is rippling through even the fast-growing solar business: With falling house prices and general belt-tightening, consumers . . . → Read More: In downturn, solar industry sees bright days ahead SOURCE: THE ECONOMIST SOLAR power should be a cheap and simple way of making electricity, but like any technology the practicalities tend to get in the way. Even if the sun does come out the panels may not face in the right direction. Then there is the cost, which can exceed $40,000 for a . . . → Read More: A new sort of solar panel is less fussy about where the sun shines from SOURCE: The Bakersfield Californian By STACEY SHEPARD, Californian staff writer sshepard@bakersfield.com | Wednesday, Oct 8 2008 6:02 PM Last Updated: Wednesday, Oct 8 2008 6:02 PM State corrections officials will gather at Wasco State Prison today to announce energy-saving upgrades at 16 prisons statewide and the construction of solar power projects at . . . → Read More: State prisons going green with solar panels, other improvements SOURCE: Scientific American By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have found a way to make efficient silicon-based solar cells that are flexible enough to be rolled around a pencil and transparent enough to be used to tint windows on buildings or cars. The finding, reported on Sunday in the journal Nature Materials, . . . → Read More: Scientists develop solar cells with a twist SOURCE: SEIA October 03, 2008
Industry Leaders Forecast Dramatic Growth in the U.S. Solar Market by 2016 with Extension of Credit WASHINGTON – Today, by a vote of 263 to 171, the U.S. House of Representatives passed historic legislation that extends the 30-percent federal investment tax credit . . . → Read More: Federal Solar Tax Credits Extended for 8 Years, US Poised to Become Largest Solar Market in the World SOURCE: WIRED By Sarah Lai Stirland October 03, 2008 | 4:58:10 PMCategories: Politics The general public may not be thrilled with the $700 billion “financial rescue” package that the House approved and President Bush signed Friday, but the alternative energy industry cheered its passage because the legislation includes renewals of tax breaks that company . . . → Read More: Bailout Bill Benefits Wind and Solar Power Companies SOURCE: Silicon Alley Insider Dan Frommer | October 2, 2008 9:20 AM While the smart people at Google (GOOG) are figuring out search, cloud computing, mobile operating systems, Web browsers, etc., its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is hard at work trying to save the world. Their latest: An ambitious plan for how the U.S. can . . . → Read More: Google’s $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan: More Wind, Solar Power, Plug-In Cars (GOOG) SOURCE Thursday, October 2, 2008 – 10:52 AM PDT East Bay Business Times – by Lindsay Riddell The solar industry was urging the U.S. House of Representatives to follow in the Senate’s footsteps after the Senate voted Wednesday in favor of the $700 billion financial bailout package that also included an extension of the . . . → Read More: Solar industry urges Congress to pass tax credit |
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