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New Web Site Focuses On Solar Information
A new Web site for homeowners interested in the financial and environmental benefits of solar power is now online. FreeCleanSolar.com (www.freecleansolar.com) offers homeowners...
Spire Corp. Launches Joint Venture With Taiwan Firm
Spire Corp. has finalized an agreement with the Taiwanese company Gloria Solar Co Ltd. to launch a joint venture named Gloria Spire Solar...
United Solar Ovonic Receives DOE Grant
United Solar Ovonic LLC, based in Auburn Hills, Mich., has been awarded a cost-shared, three-year cooperative agreement by the U.S. Department of Energy...
House Passes Bill Requiring Utilities Embrace Renewables
The House of Representatives, meeting in a rare Saturday session on August 4, passed its version of an energy bill that includes a...
AC Transit Installs Solar Electric System
AC Transit, the public transportation authority for the Alameda-Contra Costa transit district in California, is installing a solar electric system at its bus...
Cypriot Church To Open PV Factory
The Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus is planning to invest $234 million in a photovoltaic (PV) factory. BBC News reports this unusual announcement...
German Companies In Solar Cell Partnership
Two German companies, Schott Solar and Wacker Chemie AG, signed an agreement to set up two joint ventures to produce and market silicon...
Evergreen Solar Names New VP Of Operations
Evergreen Solar Inc. has announced the appointment of Rodolfo Archbold to the newly created position of vice president of operations. Archbold will be...
When The Light From Above Is Solar
Saint Anselm's Episcopal Church of Lafayette, Calif., has installed a 7.9 kW AC solar photovoltaic system to generate electrical power. Utilizing the design...
Sharp Corp. To Open Solar Cell Plant in Japan
Sharp Corp. has announced plans to build a plant for the mass production of thin-film solar cells in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan....
SolarCity Opens New Headquarters And Offices
SolarCity has opened a new 10,000 square-foot headquarters building in Foster City, Calif., and new offices in Berkeley, Fresno, Los Angeles and Sacramento....
Solar Ferry Cruises Around St. Lucia
A Caribbean resort has mixed renewable energy with local talent by introducing a home-made solar-powered ferry. According to an Associated Press report,...
Solar Researchers Think Pink
Forget about 'green' - the new color of renewable energy is pink. Researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) have developed dye-sensitized solar...
Canadian Realtors Push For Renewable Energy
Two Canadian realtors associations are advocating a new initiative to encourage renewable energy sources are made available for potential homebuyers. A...
Carmanah Introduces EverGEN Solar Engine
Carmanah Technologies Corp., Victoria, British Columbia, has introduced the EverGEN solar engine. Available in five models ranging from 10 to 80 watts in...
Amtech Receives Follow-On Solar Order
Amtech Systems Inc. has announced it received a $4.9 million follow-on solar order for diffusion processing systems from the solar cell industry. This...
Renewable Energy Association Formed In Connecticut
Barry S. Diamond, president of Alliance ConsultingLLC, a Trumbull-Conn. based bio-fuels development company, has announced the launch of the Renewable Energy Association of...
SunPower Opens New Philippines Facility
SunPower Corp. is opening its second solar cell fabrication facility, known as Cell Fab 2, in Batangas, south of Manila, in the Philippines....
Hawaiian Bank Says Aloha To PV Power
Hoku Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoku Scientific Inc., has signed a definitive agreement with Bank of Hawaii to install a PV...
Solar And Wind Installations At Ohio Military Bases
A pair of Ohio National Guard bases has received $7.1 million in federal funding for the installation of solar panels and wind turbines....