Mar Lodj, 27 June 2007 /All Africa.com
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706271106.html
Poor planning, maintenance and technical support are amongst the factors threatening to undermine an ambitious effort to electrify Senegal’s remote Sine Saloum Delta using solar energy. Another major problem is people’s lack of willingness or ability to pay the fees for the photovoltaic systems.
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By Heather Hansman, June 29,2007
Source: Freeskier magazine
http://www.freeskier.com/freeskier/news.php?news_id=1114
The unfortunate truth is that without winter there would be no skiing. Most major ski resorts are beginning to grasp that concept and, in turn, are working towards the sustainability of the ski industry. Aspen Skiing Company, owner of 4 resorts in the Aspen area, has always been at the forefront of the green movement. They run an Environmental Foundation, which is internally funded and operated, all of their snowcats run partially on biodiesel, and half of their electricity is generated by wind power.
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Cypress Provides Solar Panels to Power MIT’s Coral Rehabilitation Project at the Sagay Marine Reserve, Philippines
San Jose, CA, June 28, 2007
http://www.cypress.com/press release
The Cypress University Alliance and MIT Partner to Re-Grow Coral Damaged by Global Warming and Environmental Degradation
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY) today announced that it has donated six 90-watt solar panels supplied by its subsidiary, SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), to power MIT’s First-Step Coral reef rehabilitation project in the Sagay Marine Reserve in the Philippines. The solar panels are powering an innovative coral reef rehabilitation process called BioRock™ which is capable of increasing coral growth rates by up to five times and improving coral survival by over 20 times during bleaching (higher than normal water temperature) events.
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June 27, 2007
http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/2007/06/pge-signs-solar.html
Greenvolts_carousol California utility PG&E today announced deals with San Francisco solar startups GreenVolts and Cleantech America to build photovoltaic solar power plants. The projects are relatively small-scale – 2 megawatts for GreenVolts and 5-megawatts for Cleantech America – but represent a move by a major utility to use solar power stations close to urban areas to supply green energy during peak demand. To date, utilities like Southern California Edison (EIX) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SRE) have tended to contract for massive megawatt solar thermal power plants to be constructed in the Mojave Desert far from the cities they will supply. That often means billion-dollar transmission lines must be built or upgraded.
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Reuters News / Houston, June 27, 2007
The Electric Power Research Institute said on Wednesday it will launch a project to study the feasibility of “concentrating” solar power to increase its efficiency at the request of a number of western U.S. electric utilities.
Unlike conventional flat-plate solar or photovoltaic panels, concentrating solar power uses reflectors to generate electricity more efficiently and in larger amounts, EPRI said in a release. The institute said the project will study the feasibility of building a solar power plant in the 50- to 500-megawatt range, much larger than traditional solar installations.
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Harrisburg, Pa., June 27, 2007
Source: United Press International -Energy briefing
http://www.upi.com/Energy/Briefing/2007/06/27/6313/
The Pennsylvania Legislature may soon increase its solar power mandate for utilities. Lawmakers are working on legislative action that would mandate a 1,250 percent increase in the solar requirements provided by electric utilities over the next 15 years. The proposed legislation is raising alarm bells for some in the energy sector. The estimated price tag for the additional requirement for power distribution companies could conservatively increase generation costs by $172 million and up to as much as $426 million, according to some industry analysts.
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Vancouver, B.C., May 31, 2007
Source: Xantrex Technology Inc /Press release
http://www.xantrex.com/web/did/1694/readnews.asp
Xantrex Technology Inc. (TSX:XTX) announced today it has received additional orders from an existing major OEM customer, valued at approximately US$4.4 million, to supply solar grid-tie inverters for the North American solar market. This brings the orders received in 2007, from this customer, to a total of $8.2 million which are expected to be delivered by the end of the third quarter of 2007.
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Vancouver, B.C., June 26, 2007
Source: Xantrex Technology Inc. /press release
http://www.xantrex.com/web/did/1706/readnews.asp
Xantrex Technology Inc. (TSX:XTX) today announced the launch of the Xantrex XW System, the first fully-integrated, battery-based system, designed for residential and commercial solar and backup power applications. Engineered using a complete systems approach, Xantrex has designed the XW System to stand out from its competition, with a reliable, clean, compact design and integrated balance-of-systems components.
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San Francisco, June 29, 2007
Source: Pacific Gas and Electric Co. /press release
http://www.pge.com/news/news_releases/q2_2007/070629.html
The San Francisco Giants and Pacific Gas and Electric Company today announced the completion of the solar energy system installation at AT&T Park. The panels at AT&T Park, the first ballpark in Major League Baseball (MLB) with a solar system, now provide up to 122 kilowatts of renewable energy for PG&E’s customers in San Francisco and throughout its service area.
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San Francisco, June 27, 2007
Source: PG&EC press release
http://www.pge.com/news/news_releases/q2_2007/070627.html
Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today it has entered into agreements with two developers of utility-scale photovoltaic solar power: Cleantech America LLC and GreenVolts, Inc. The agreements will deliver up to seven megawatts (MW) of utility-scale renewable solar energy for PG&E’s customers throughout Northern and Central California.
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