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Solar power plant output 4 times higher… SCE Buys 20 Years of Solar Power for Less than Natural Gas UNITED STATES : Solar Power Movement For Georgia The Market for Concentrated Solar Power is Hot and Getting Hotter New Jersey Company to Derive 100% of Electricity From Solar Power 2011: The Year for Solar . . . → Read More: Daily Solar Reads – 2011-Feb-02 Hello world! As you can see by the archives page links we haven’t updated since ’09. I don’t have a reason other than the current administration not supporting better subsidies for solar and my stubborn head. solar companies, schools, people who love our closest star, write me and check back soon! SOURCE: LAT “The vast majority — 92% — of Americans think it’s important for the country to develop and use solar power, according to a study released today, making the alternative energy option potentially one of the most popular things since puppies or ice cream…” Read the full story at LAT SOURCE: voanews.com “For many, the words “China” and “environmentalism” don’t go hand in hand. Instead, visions of China might include smog-filled skylines and factories belching out clouds of smoke. But a growing green movement is underway in China’s industries, and some experts are betting that China will leap ahead in renewable energy…” Read the . . . → Read More: China Powers Ahead in Green Technologies SOURCE: examiner.com “With more than 150 members, the Cornell University Solar Decathlon team is the largest student-run project on campus. It includes representatives of all seven Cornell colleges and the graduate school of business…” Read the full story at examiner.com SOURCE: usatoday.com “Across the USA, states are falling short of their goals to increase the use of renewable energy as Congress weighs a national renewable-energy standard. Thirty-five states have set goals to use more electricity from solar panels, windmills and other renewable forms of energy, according to a database funded by the Energy Department. . . . → Read More: States not meeting renewable energy goals SOURCE: cnet “Chu was one of the featured speakers at the opening ceremony of the Solar Decathlon, a contest among 20 colleges to create the best solar-powered home. Student teams from the U.S., Canada, and Europe build homes powered only by solar energy and reconstruct them on the National Mall where they are judged . . . → Read More: DOE’s Chu plugs solar and building efficiency SOURCE: indiatimes.com “The central government will convert 10,000 villages which do not have electricity into solar-powered settlements 2012, Union minister Farooq Abdullah has said…” Read the full story at indiatimes.com 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 |
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