Permits and Financing Bring Day of Reckoning for Solar
Developing solar projects and technology consistently takes longer than expected»
Voices That Matter 
Solar Power Sprinkler Tied To Rainwater
This solar powered sprinkler system replace energy-hungry systems typically required to pressurize water from rainwater tanks.»
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A Symbolic Solar Road Trip To Reignite a Climate Movement |
An activist caravan to bring one of Jimmy Carter’s solar panels back to the White House symbolizes time lost.» | |
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Solar Bubble: Are the Risks of Leasing Understood by the Consumer? |
Questions arise about whether leasing companies are creating the right consumer model» | |
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Solar Power Cell Towers in India to Cut Emissions, Save $1.4 Billion Annually |
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Indian government may soon require telecom operators to power cell towers with solar energy» | |
California Utility Leasing Warehouse Roofs for Largest Solar PV Program in US
Southern California Edison has awarded a 200 megawatt contract to SunPower for rooftop solar installations.»
eSolar Licenses Technology for China's First Solar Thermal Plant
The concentrating solar power (CSP) company has licensed its technology to Penglai Electric to build at 2 gigawatt plant.»
Florida's Successful Feed-in Tariff
Gainesville has found itself thrust into the media spotlight due to its adoption of the renewable energy policy.»
Rooftop Solar Growing Faster than Utility-Scale Solar
Homeowners and businesses have 250 MW of solar power to the Californian grid from individual rooftops.»
News That Matters
Earth2Tech
Clean Power Finance Raises $19M from Kleiner, Investors
The solar company provides software as a service tools for solar installers to start the sales, rebate, and lead-gen processes.»
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Earth2Tech
First Solar Wins the Fed’s Largest Solar deal: Almost $4B |
First Solar has become the biggest solar beneficiary of a federal renewable energy loan guarantee program.» | |
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Washington Post
China’s Solar City Rushes to Cash In on Global Demand for Clean Power Technology |
Baoding is promoting itself as a manufacturing center for solar, wind and other gear by transforming into a living showcase of environmental technology.» | |
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New Solar Panel Array Doubles the Energy and Halves the Cost of Traditional Solar |
NREL just announced a huge breakthrough in making solar electricity competitive with fossil fuels as they unveiled the Amonix 7700 Concentrated Photovoltaic or CPV Generator.» | |
Solar Balloon Collects Energy From High in the Sky
Designer Seongyong Lee recently blew us away with her beautiful design for a Solar Balloon that can collect energy straight from the sky.»
Greentech Media
GE’s Secret Sauce in Solar: X-Ray Systems and OLED Lights
Health care and material scientists within GE will see if their work translates to solar.»
T-Solar Starts Making World’s Largest Solar Panels
T-Solar of Spain, has begun volume production of what it says are the world’s largest solar panels. With an area of 5.7m2, the panels are designed for large-scale solar farms.»
‘Fool’s Gold’ Could Promise Cheaper Solar Future
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) say they’ve identified several abundant and less expensive alternatives to silicon — including iron pyrite.»
Solar Startup Plant Falls Victim to Credit Crunch
Solar startup SpectraWatt, an Intel spinoff, announces that it is scrapping plans for a plant in Hillsboro Oregon due to an inability to get financing.»