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251 kW Solar System at Caltrans District 10 in Stockton Will Eliminate 283,122 Lbs. of CO2 Emissions Annually
Stockton, CA, June 15, 2007
Source: Business Wire press release
http://home.businesswire.com/

Caltrans today unveiled a solar energy system with the deployment of a 251 kW photovoltaic system at Caltrans District 10 in Stockton.  Caltrans District Director Kome Ajise held a “throw the switch” ceremony at the site of the system located in the parking area of the district office. The photovoltaic installation was built under a power purchase agreement (PPA) with SunEdison, North America’s largest solar services company. Under the agreement, Caltrans benefits from clean, solar energy with no upfront cost, thereby avoiding an estimated $1,757,000 in capital installation. SunEdison built, owns and will maintain the solar system. SunEdison will sell the solar energy to Caltrans at costs lower than PG&E rates.
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Los Angeles, CA, June 14, 2007
Source: Los Angeles dBusiness News
http://losangeles.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=122787

Metropolitan Water District is looking toward the sun to help generate the power needed to treat water–one of several options the agency is exploring to reduce its carbon footprint.  “This demonstrates how serious we are about addressing our carbon footprint,” said Metropolitan Chairman Timothy F. Brick, after MWD’s Board of Directors Tuesday authorized design work on a solar-powered generation plant at the district’s Robert A. Skinner Water Treatment Plant near Temecula in southwest Riverside County.
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By Ann Steffora Mutschler, Senior Editor, Electronic News, June 14, 2007
Source EDN
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6452146.html

Further demonstrating its commitment to clean energy, semiconductor manufacturing equipment giant Applied Materials Inc. is announcing today in Austin, Texas, its plan to install more than 20-kilowatts of solar power generation capability at its Harris Branch manufacturing center, located there.

President and CEO Mike Splinter was on hand to make the announcement regarding the installation that will incorporate a variety of solar technologies. The project is scheduled for completion in August and will generate more than 33,769 kilowatt-hours (33.8 megawatt-hours) annually – thereby eliminating 58,370 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and equivalent to planting eight acres of trees.

The company believes this installation will be the largest solar array at an Austin business site.  This installation also marks the second Applied location that will leverage solar power generation. In March, the company committed to installing 1.9-megawatts at its research campus in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Also at the event today, Splinter made a $25,000 sponsorship presentation to the Solar Decathlon Team at the University of Texas, which is building a solar-powered house for display and demonstration on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in October. UT is among 20 universities participating in that project.  Austin was the place to be today as Splinter also attended Samsung’s 300-mm fab opening.

By Marwaan Macan-Markar
Ko Si Boya, Thailand, June 12, 2007
Source: IPS News
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38134

Till over a year ago, health officials worried over maintaining the cold chain for vaccines delivered to children on this island. These included the ten given to new-born Thais, such as those for polio, diphtheria, tetanus, Japanese encephalitis and tuberculosis.  The nearly 30-minute journey on the Andaman Sea, the transfer to the health centres and the storage before final administration were points where the vaccines could get exposed to high ambient temperatures and lose potency.
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Houston, Texas, June 13, 2007
Source: Associated Press /IndyStar
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070613/NATIONWORLD/706130454/

The international space station’s newest power source, a set of solar wings, made its debut Tuesday.  The solar array is part of a 17.5-ton segment that was connected to the orbiting outpost during a spacewalk Monday.
The solar wings were deployed one at a time, first halfway unfurled and allowed to warm in the sun about 30 minutes. This prevented the solar panels from sticking together.

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Jun 12 2007
Source: Environmental Leader
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/06/12/

General Electric has received a Connecticut Clean Energy Fund grant of up to $722,000 to help defray a portion of the total project cost of installing a 168-kilowatt DC solar photovoltaic system at its headquarters facility in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 15, 2007
Source. Earth Times /UPI
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/73175.html

Sri Lanka has received a new World Band credit to power thousands of rural homes and tap into private sector renewable energy.  Officials estimate Sri Lanka will be able to light up 60,000 rural homes and also connect new private-sector renewable energy to the urban power grid with a new World Bank credit, Lanka Business Online reported.
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Business Wire, 11 June 1007

Source: Austin News
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=185866&SecID=2

A warehouse renovation project set for the historic Pearl Brewery site will also be a “learning laboratory” for “green” building and energy efficiency, featuring the largest solar energy installation in the state, announced CPS Energy and Silver Ventures, which is renovating the historic brewery in an adaptive re-use project.
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Los Gatos, Calif., June 11, 2007
Source: Akeena Solar, press release
http://www.akeena.net/cm/Investor%20Relations/Home.html

Fast-growing Akeena Solar (OTCBB:AKNS) is generating the equivalent of power for 200 households with its just-completed project at the Air National Guard Armory in Fresno, CA.  Akeena, a publicly held company that already is one of the largest installers of residential solar and small commercial systems in the country, says that the $2.2 million contract is a meaningful contribution to Akeena’s revenues last quarter and this quarter.
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Source: Cellular News / 5 June 2007
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/24127.php

Telefonica’s new Madrid office complex has been in the news recent after it was noticed that the building will have Europe’s largest solar power plant on a building. The office complex will have over 16,000 solar panels that will run the length of the entire office complex on the building rooftops, and will be able to generate approximately 3 MW peak power, which translates into over 3.6 GWh per year.
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