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Largest Solar Deployment on a Corporate Campus in US now online

Two new solar power installations totaling 2.1 megawatts are now online at Applied Materials' corporate research facilities in Sunnyvale, California ... to market Thin film panel production breakthrough to reduce solar electricity costs Solar trees take root at the University of California Record 65 million square foot solar panel installation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 00:14:09

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Rise & Shine: November 4, 2008

The Rise & Shine is your daily source for all solar-industry news. Brought to you by Sweet Solar Home and the Experts at SunRun. CALIFORNIA NEWS Are Dirty Solar Panels a Big Problem? According to OCS Energy, a startup based ... in residential solar-electric power system installation. School Goes Solar Woodside Priory, a Catholic [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 16:44:17


Solar Powered Community Center

In my home town, Sacramento, California I’ve seen more and more solar panels at various locations such as parking lots, ... will produce six times more power than the usual residential solar electric system. The forty units ... Martin uses solar panels is awesome because it is setting an example for the rest of the homeowners [more...]

Date: 2009-03-20 18:08:41


USA to become the world’s largest solar energy market

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Munich, Germany -- 1 April 2009 - "In 2010, PV will be by far the most cost-effective way of generating electricity. The solar PV market in California will explode once people discover that they can generate their own rooftop power for less than it costs from their utility," says Barry Cinnamon, long-term expert [more...]

Date: 2009-04-01 13:00:00


Solar Hybrids Vehicles

Solar pioneer Greg Johanson set a world record for the fastest speed in a sun-powered car way back in 1986 ... at Solar Electrical Vehicles will slap a solar panel on just about anything, and they've developed ... . That car, Sunrunner, has since been retired and its solar array relegated to some California [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 01:22:24


Utility PG&E placing bets in solar tech race

California utility betting on both solar photovoltaic panels and concentrating solar power to lower solar electricity costs, as it also explores technologies for grid storage. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-18 16:07:00


Utility PG&E placing bets in solar tech race

California utility PG&E is betting on both solar photovoltaic panels and concentrating solar power to lower solar electricity costs, as it also explores technologies for grid storage. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-18 17:07:00


California dreaming … of a cleaner, safer, healthier world

Two photos from my recent trip to California The huge solar panel array installed on the site of the closed nuclear energy plant at Rancho Seco, CA. . Two Stanford students with their model “solar concentrator” to bring electricity to homes with none. . Just imagine what a cleaner, safer, healthier world could look [more...]

Date: 2009-04-05 03:02:56


GE, SunPower and California's Lake County Partner on 2.2-Megawatt Solar Power System

Arrays Constructed on Two Wastewater Treatment Plants and County Jail; Savings to County Residents May Reach $5 Million Over 20 Years SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar ... ) announced today the completion of a 2.2-megawatt solar-electric power system on three sites, including [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 05:00:00


Electric

The President just spoke at the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona, California ... .  We will invest $15 billion a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power, advanced ... of America.  (Applause.)    We will soon lay down thousands of miles of power lines that can create [more...]

Date: 2009-03-19 18:51:00


The Solar Energy Cost Curve

by CleanBeta The cost of electricity from photovoltaic (PV) ... -mounted arrays on homes and commercial buildings in the United States. California and other states [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 00:42:22



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