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420-acre solar farm proposed near Avenal

Submitted on Tags March 15th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: The Hanford Sentinel

Avenal’s motto “Oasis in the Sun” didn’t go unnoticed by green energy developers who drove across California last year looking for a place to put their next solar farm.

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Statkraft opens first solar park in Italy

Submitted on Tags March 14th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: The Norway Post

Norwegian power producer Statkraft, Europe’s largest renewable energy company, has opened its first solar power plant, Casale in Aprilia, Italy, and has announced plans for more solar parks.

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Solar energy with jewel-like curtains on windows

Submitted on Tags March 13th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: Seattle Times

The Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, a research consortium, wants to turn office windows into multifaceted solar power generators.

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Thermal Technology Produces Solar Grade Silicon from Rice Hulls

Submitted on Tags March 8th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: ThomasNet

SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 1, 2010 — Thermal Technology has developed a process for the production of solar-grade silicon using rice hulls as raw material. Matt Mede, Thermal Technology president and CEO, presented his research at the Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy Conference this month in Florida. To meet the growing market need, major producers of high purity …

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Cost of solar energy projects raises concerns

Submitted on Tags March 7th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: Sun-Sentinel

Critics warn of rate increases for customers The Sunshine State is poised to be the second largest solar energy producer in the country, thanks to three new Florida Power & Light plants that use glimmering rows of solar panels or mirrors to convert sunlight to power.

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Regulators OK Pilot Solar Energy Project

Submitted on Tags March 3rd, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: WXYZ-TV Detroit

State utility regulators have approved a plan by DTE Energy Inc.’s Detroit Edison unit to launch a pilot solar energy program in southeast Michigan.

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Mitsubishi Electric Aims to Triple Solar Production (Update2)

Submitted on Tags March 1st, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: Bloomberg

March 1 (Bloomberg) — Mitsubishi Electric Corp. , the Japanese maker of consumer electronics and assembly-line machinery, plans to almost triple production of solar cells in two years to meet demand for renewable energy.

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BEA?getting $1.4 million for solar energy

Submitted on Tags February 25th, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsSmart Grid
Original news source: The Lock Haven Express

WINGATE – State Rep. Mike Hanna, D-Lock Haven, chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, has announced more than $1.4 million in state grant funding to install solar energy systems at two schools in the Bald Eagle Area School Distric.

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Solar Project Gets Tentative OK for US Loan Aid

Submitted on Tags February 23rd, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: ABC News

Huge Calif. solar project gets preliminary OK for $1.4 billion in US loan guarantees California – Solar – Renewable – Energy – Business

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NV Energy and NextLight Renewable Power, LLC Announce 25-Year Power Purchase Agreement for Solar Project

Submitted on Tags February 21st, 2010 by CTNews
Posted in Tags Energy, TagsRenewables
Original news source: Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

LAS VEGAS—-NV Energy and NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, today announced a 25-year contract for the purchase and sale of energy to be produced at NextLight’s 50 MW Silver State Solar Power photovoltaic facility near Primm, Nevada.

Read the full article at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

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