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• German Solar Industry May Support Moving Up Power Subsidy Cuts
• Cate Blanchett Invests in Solar
• A Guide to Community Solar Development
• Moser Baer Solar- first solar PV company from India to install 100 MW globally under its own brand
• India the top target for being the new Germany for solar
• Reliance Power targets 1000MW of Renewable Energy capacity by 2012-13;600MW Solar and 400MW Wind
• Will the 21st century be the fossil fuel century?
• Key highlights and achievements of renewable energy in India - 2010
• Indian Railways green initiative gets international acceptance -energy efficiency project gets UNFCC approval
• Not all solar power is 'green'
• When it comes to solar panels, pentagon must 'buy American'
• The future of solar cells is bright
• Venture investment in clean-tech tops $7.8 billion
• Solar energy benefits most from UK feed-in tariffs
• How to reduce your energy cost
• IIT B introduces new courses in solar energy
• LA Air Force to introduce Efficient Vehicle to Grid Technology
• How to make energy efficiency affordable?
• 3 Reasons Why You Need to Act on This Solar Energy Information Today
• 9 solar power projects of 8.8 MW capacity approved for Haryana
• 7 Types of Solar Panel Mounting Systems for Homes
• Cost of Permitting is a Simple Key to Solar Price Parity
• The 12-step Solar Program: Toward an Incentive-less Future
• Solar PV market in India- Driving Solar Forward
• Solar could take off in India in the next year:Jigar Shah:CEO-The Carbon War Room
• Microtelecom Solar powered towers to provide mobile coverage to billions of people in rural areas
• When Solar Power Plants and Wind Farms Talk to the Grid
• The Cheapest Electricity Comes When Utilizing Solar Attic Fans
• The Truth Behind Solar Power As An Alternative Energy Source to Get Solar Power Benefits
• How Can You Improve the Costs of Concentrating Solar? Get Rid of the Turbine
• New 50 Mwatt Solar Thermal Plant Announced. Godawari Green Energy India
• Solar cells price may rise every month, starting this Feb
• FITs Drive Nearly 2,000 MW of Solar PV Development in Italy
• Australian Flood Waters Cause Trickle of Solar Funding to Dry Up
• Spain Generated 3% of its Electricity from Solar in 2010
• Solar Energy Systems manufacturer Surana Ventures board approves $30mn fundraising-AIM listing
• meeco AG Solar to build up to 50MW Solar Parks in India in the next three years
• Solar-Paneled Bicycle Paths
• Solar Takes Wind in Test
• The Switch -Finland based energy technology company in Wind and Solar expands presence in India- opens office in Chennai
• SolarCity and Citi’s New Fund for Residential Solar
• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Director A. Raza applauds Uttar Pradesh for off-grid Solar Projects
• Intel leads way with renewable energy commitment
• GE' s Solar Factory in Colorado
• So Long Fossil Fuels, Hello Wind Power, Solar and Water
• Infinia bags order its PowerDish system from Dalmia Solar Power for its 9MW Solar Thermal project in Rajasthan under National Solar Mission
• Uninor wins Green Globe Award for its “Green Initiative Opex Model” at Delhi Sustainable Development Summit
• Peel and Stick Solar Panels Use Thin Film Solar Technology
• Arizona Solar Plant Picks Chinese Supplier
• Solar power on brink of economic breakthrough
• How Do You Say “Colossal Solar Mistake” in Italian?
• DOE’s Chu and SunPower’s Swanson on the SunShot Initiative
• Can Evergreen Solar Be Our Sputnik Moment?
• Why Big Solar is not Better Solar
• U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke complains to India about Solar Import restriction says Wall Street Journal
• Louroux India to commission 25MW Solar PV plant in Gujarat in 12 months
• Fund the Sun: Can U.S. Tax Dollars Cheapen Solar Power?
• US invests $27 million in reducing the cost of solar power
• UK Government launches review of feed-in tariffs
• Princeton University to Install the Largest Solar Collector Field on Any Campus
• Spain and Portugal Lead the Way on Renewable Energy Transformation
• The SunShot Program: Will the Investment Pay Off for the U.S.?
• Use Of Solar Systems To Make Solar Power
• NTPC to spend upwards of Rs.56 billion on green projects in next 5 years-300MW of Solar and 175MW of Wind projects
• DOE’s SunShot Initiative Pushes to Drive Down Solar Energy Costs
• Solar Pyramids to Power Abu Dhabi’s Homes
• A New Way to a Better Solar Cell
• Suniva Making 19% Efficiency Solar Cells in the U.S.
• Solar PV Becoming Cheaper than Gas in California?
• Using the SunShot Announcement as a Real-Time PR Opportunity
• Harnessing Solar Electricity Proficiently
• Some Interesting Solar Energy Facts
• Yingli to Supply 20 MW of PV to Borrego Solar
• Solar Fred's Top 10 Reasons Why Nobody Reads Your Solar Blog, Part I
• Do Solar Systems Increase Property Values?
• 2011: All the Makings of an "Interesting" Year in Solar PV
• Actual Cost of Solar Energy
• Opportunity Shines on PV Materials Market as Pressure to Accelerate Cost Reductions Intensifies
• MiaSolé Fingered in Patent Suit
• Photovoltaics and How to Avoid the Fall of Icarus
• Cheap Solar Powered Fountains
• UK FIT Fires Up Solar, But Also Creates Uncertainty
• Using Solar Energy in Your Home
• Calculating the True Cost of Solar Electricity
• Moser Baer Clean Energy Ltd (MBCEL) procures 25 MWp thin-film First Solar Modules – to be delivered by June 30, 2011
• Azure Power proposes 10 MW solar plant in Meghalaya at a cost of Rs 1.5bn
• Use Of Solar Home Kits
• Utility-Scale Solar Developer Profile: 8minutenergy
• Gaining By Solar Energy
• India Solar Energy Summit to discuss on Innovative Strategies and Sustainable Development of Solar Energy in India
• XL Energy wins first 1MW Solar EPC project in Punjab,India for Rs. 13 Cr
• Making Solar Energy Panels
• Umeox Apollo Cell Phone is Solar-Powered & Runs Android OS
• How Big are Fossil Subsidies? No One Really Knows
• Citizenre is Back: Will the Company Deliver?
• Solar Panel Installer Certifications and Training Courses
• Federal Solar Tax Credit Rules Out Ownership for Half of America
• 2010 Showed the Strengths, Weaknesses of the PV Inverter Industry
• US wants India to relax trade restrictions in its solar energy sector
• Waffle iron inspires "Sputnik Moment" for low cost solar power
• Greece gets World's Largest Solar Farm
• New google earth map lets homwowners predict solar power
• Moser Baer Solar powers its biggest rooftop 465Kw installation in Japan
• Lanco to build 500MW of Solar Power through EPC contracts in next 2-3 years
• Solar Semiconductor to Showcase Technology at 2011 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit
• Indosolar in talks with foreign firms for tie-ups
• British Gas to offer customers Panasonic solar panels
• Of Hermann Scheer and his German model that’s perfect for India
• India-Russia plan Rs.10bn joint venture to manufacture 2000 tonnes of Silicon Ingots for India’s Solar Cell manufacturing
• New Delhi rooftop solar panel policy ready- target 20MW in 3 years
• Home Solar PV Cheaper Than Concentrating Solar Power
• Is U.S. PV Manufacturing Doomed to Failure?
• Enecsys Solar PV Micro-Inverter Scoops Technology Award from Expert Cleantech Forum
• Solar Rally Might Fizzle After Nuclear Accident ‘Hysteria,’ Investors Say
• Kleiner Perkins: solar PV approaching grid parity, ‘poised for significant take-off’
• Solar Water Heating Draws New Money
• Solar-Powered Steam Courtesy of Thermata
• Solar Energy Research at the Centre of Excellence, India
• Boost power output from Rooftop Solar
• Transparent Photovoltaic Cells based on organic molecules to turn windows into solar panels
• Subsidies for Solar and Wind from different Countries
• Three-dimensional Solar Cells with High Conversion Percentage
• Google invests in Ivanpah Solar energy generating system
• US states leading in solar
• First international flight for solar powered plane
• Solar Equipment Manufacturer in Trouble Due to Low Demand
• New Cost effective, high –efficient Hybrid Solar Panels from Researchers of Boston College and MIT
• Trina Solar and ANU in Research deal
• Virus improves solar cell efficiency
• Thin film major FirstSolar in trouble?!
• Solar Panels Floating on Water?
• Q-Cells enters Japanese residential solar market?
• Another Day, Another Solar Efficiency Record
• UN predicts a big role for solar by 2050
• Chinas solar plan from 1GW to 50Gw by 2020
• Solar equipment makers' orders getting filled
• Canadian solar first quarter shipments up and Profits too up
• Solar light systems in a million homes
• Worlds largest producer of solar panles adds another shift in Arizona plant
• Q-Cells cautious for 2011 as revenues slide by half
• $ 228 m order makes GT Solars shares flare up
• solar sheet that captures 90 % of light energy !
• Solar cells more efficient than photosynthesis
• Solar factory moves to save on labour costs !
• Takeover of GT Solar !?
• China Sunergy First quarter results announced
• Modules at a discount in Europe
• Japan's Softbank announces solar power plan
• A Thin, Flexible Solar Panel to Harness Solar Energy
• Hawaii’s First Gold Certified National Green Building Standard Home
• Ten Brilliant Solar Powered Lighting Innovations
• CIS Cluster Tool Project
• Chinese Solar Companies on Soccer Jerseys
• Solar Power Systems Add 3% more value to your Home
• Cadbury supplies Solar Lanterns to 160 communities
• Improved Nanoscale Solar Cell Manufacture
• EMCORE' s Record Efficiency Solar Cells sent to Space on Atlanta Space Mission
• Solar Coke Bottles in Philippines
• PVs which don't need Solar Energy.
• Hollywood’s new alternative energy lab offers new series of classes
• DuPont strengthens Solar market position acquiring Innovalight
• More Money for SUNPATH
• SunPower's Aims to Improve Profit Picture
• Physicists Explore Energy Transport Process Underlying Solar Energy Harvesting in Rubrene
• UC Davis Trees to Make Way for Solar Car Ports
• North Carolina's Energy Efficiency Efforts
• A portable Solar generator from Thousand Suns
• Sunlight lit Underground parking at Chinese Eco City 's First Building
• Computer Models to Screen Cheap Solar Materials
• 13-Year old Designs Solar Cell Tree
• Dow's Feedstock for PV at Michigan
• Wind and Solar to Power Furniture Stores in UK
• Solar Geothermal Combo Project in Nevada
• Solar Powered Panels to replace E Ink screens - Pixel Qi
• Australia's First Utility Scale 10 MW Solar PV Project
• NREL' s Data on Cloud Pattern to aid Solar PV design
• Study investigates Solar Power and Lead Pollution
• World's First Solar-Geothermal Power Plant
• RPower to start PV plant by March 2012.
• SAG Completes its largest installation in Italy
• ASU electrified up to 10 MW via solar energy
• El Paso gets 25 MW of renewable energy from solar power plants
• Solar for Homes and Military Bases in U.S.
• Solar cells on Jackets and Coats?
• Trichlorosilane Manufacturer records profits in the first quarter
• Saint Gobain launches high performance Silicone Membrane
• Solar Highway is on its way in Oregon
• Metalworking using solar power
• Lexan Polycarbonate Sheet for buildings
• Sun lights up the 63rd Emmy Awards
• Isolux Corsán completes it's largest Solar Power Plant in UK
• Walmart Stores to get more Solar Panels
• Saint Gobain Solar launches thermal plant in North America
• Three Major Solar Project backed by DoE's loan guarantee
• IIT, IISc designed Laptop for 1500 INR
• Polysilicon Accelerates Downward
• SolarCity, Dept of Energy, USRG & BofA Merrill Lynch develop a SolarStrong™ project
• GE panels to generate Solar Panels Every Second
• GE gets solar panels
• Uninterrupted Solar Power Supply in Spain?
• China leading the solar market
• Google allocates funds for 3000 residential solar installations
• Norwich to install 3,000 panels across homes
• The Expected Growth Story of the Indian Solar Market
• Space Solar Power can help meet global energy demands faster
• Google drops its solar energy project
• Holiday season gets a green makeover
• Denmark aims for 100% renewable energy by 2050
• Chicago’s car sharing program launches solar powered EV project
• $48 million loan for India’s largest solar PV plant
• Organic solar cells achieve 9.8% efficiency
• Cars with solar-powered air conditioners
• Renewable energy projects in South Africa
• Solar-powered electric trikes
• Tucson, Arizona, to spend $10 million on solar projects
• Retrofit proposed for Chicago’s Marina City Towers
• Clean Military Engagements
• SunPower’s solar panel monitoring program on Android
• Recurrent secures $250 million for Ontario PV projects
• Nepal gets first wind-solar power system
• Google raises total investment in clean energy to $ 915 million
• Ormat signs power purchase agreement for 10 MW Solar PV project
• WMECo completes largest solar facility in New England
• Romantik Hotel Muottas Muragl Wins Series of Awards for Conservation
• This week’s solar news
• Solar energy to light up 925 villages in Madhya Pradesh, India
• Federal agencies going green
• Ruthenium Dye for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells with Highest Level Conversion Efficiency over 11.4%
• Landfills get new lease of life with solar, wind projects
• Bangladesh sets new solar energy policy
• REC supplying GP Joule with 60 MW of modules France/Germany projects
• Mexico to measure solar-energy potential
• India's Tata Power to buy out BP stake in solar JV
• Biggest Solar Venture Capital Deals of 2011
• Latin America catches up with solar power development
• Magnolia Solar wins $750,000 from Air Force to develop next-gen space PV
• Commercial production begins at 3SUN PV module factory in Italy
• China increases solar PV installation targets to 15GW in 2015
• US Navy goes big with GREENS Solar
• Building a better suntrap
• Connecticut approves state’s largest solar plants
• Clean energy tech campus at NYC for Cornell University
• NTPC signs pact with MP Tradeco to set up 50-MW solar plant
• Sonoran solar energy project approved
• U.S. Military tests green tech in Afghanistan
• Activ Solar commissions solar PV station in Ukraine’s Crimea
• Shipping containers become solar-powered internet hubs in rural Africa
• Headway Solar releases guide to investment in new Indian Solar PV projects
• German solar power production surges 60%
• Ningxia’s largest solar PV power generator begins operations
• JA Solar signs PV module supply agreement with Solarhybrid
• APGenco commissions 1 MW solar PV unit
• Solar panels used as ‘fuel poverty’ option
• GAIL, Mahindra, Welspun to develop solar PV projects
• Solar fencing to curb human-elephant conflict in Odisha, India
• Construction begins at Matinee Energy’s Arizona solar power plants
• India Solar Market Could Hit 33.4 GW by 2022
• Shimla MC to harness solar energy to cut energy consumption
• The hottest solar markets for 2012
• Power conversion company Satcon to close plants, reduce workforce
• SPI Solar to build 11.3 MW solar project in New Jersey
• Azure Power commissions solar power plant in Rajasthan
• Canadian Solar completes 10 MW in China as E.P.C. contractor
• Solar-powered Kindle cover debuts at CES
• LDK secures $64 million from China Development Bank for U.S. projects
• Texas’ largest solar power plant activated
• Solar farm to provide electricity to 60,000 rural homes in India
• Solar ATMs fuel rural revolution in India
• Over half of Germany’s renewable energy is owned by citizens and farmers, not utility companies
• Dubai to get $3.3 billion, 1 GW solar farm
• ASU’s Polytechnic campus to get 1 MW solar power plant
• Jacksonville police cars charging on solar power
• PSEG buys 25 MW solar farm from Juwi
• Indian Solar Energy Market Analysis: A report by RNCOS
• $2 billion solar energy project planned in Arabian Peninsula
• Oman plans $2-billion solar project
• Abound Solar brings 1-MW thin-film PV plant in India online
• Siemens, Masdar work on sand-resistant solar panels
• 25-MW solar project in Gujarat goes online
• Solar Frontier KK to supply panels for CIGS power plant
• DA Surya Shakti signs PPA with MPPL for 10 MW of PV energy in India
• Solar panel recycling will be a multi-billion dollar industry: Report
• Mind4Energy launches solar PV monitoring system
• Deutsche Bank installs solar array at 50 stories height
• Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican opens renewable division
• Solar cells in OLED displays could boost mobile device lifetime
• Quantum dots to improve solar efficiency by up to 45%
• Wells Fargo, Enfinity team up with $100 million solar fund
• Austin Technology Incubator graduates 6 clean energy cos including OpenAlgae
• BARC develops low-cost solar water purifier
• Chandigarh set to be a model solar city
• Renewable energy deals hit record high in 2011: Report
• Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) & American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) team up to increase renewable energy
• Yingli to supply German IBC Solar AG with up to 200 MW of PV modules
• India’s largest solar program cuts power rates by up to 33%
• Semprius achieves world record for PV module efficiency
• Kyocera unveils home solar power system with li-ion battery storage
• Nissan's solar-powered Roro ship sets sail with Leaf deliveries
• San Jose top ‘solar city’ in California
• Around the world in a solar car!
• Siemens to build 4.5 MW PV plant at US military facility
• MIT researcher’s DIY solar cells from grass clippings
• Solar panels installed at Birmingham city airport
• Honda and BMW installing solar panels at auto facilities
• Thailand’s National Housing Authority taps into renewable energy
• Australia’s largest planned PV farm stalls on financing hurdles
• Indo-Norwegian research initiative on solar modules
• Kadlec gets energy efficient with solar panels, wind turbines
• Solar power to energize Detroit Arsenal
• EU research project targets 25% solar cell efficiency
• Soitec funded for 50 MW solar power plant in South Africa
• India adds 3,158 MW of clean power in 10 months
• German-Saudi partnership to build solar facility
• DuPont, Yingli ink $100 million solar pact
• Wireless solar charging for electric buses
• Apple’s solar-powered data centre
• Solar-powered, waterproof iPhone case
• Germany’s $263 billion renewable energy experiment