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United Solar Ovonic Supplies 700kW of Uni-Solar(R) PV Laminates to Solar Integrator American Energy Technologies

Source: UniSolar press release, Jan 10, 2007
http://www.uni-solar.com/newsdetail.asp?id=189

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (NASDAQ: ENER) , announced today that it has supplied 700 kW of photovoltaic (PV) laminates to TurtleEnergy LLC for installation by American Energy Technologies, Inc. on a 350,000-sq.-ft. building leased by East Coast Warehouse & Distribution from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. American Energy Technologies, one of the fastest growing solar integrators in the U.S., was chosen to manage all aspects of the installation from the design phase through the commissioning of the system.
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Solar Power Partners enables commercial building owners to access green energy without investing their own capital

Source: Solar Power Partners press release / Jan 9, 2007
http://www.solarpowerpartners.com/pressreleases.html

San Francisco, Calif. /January 9, 2007 — Solar Power Partners, Inc. (SPP), a developer, owner and operator (DOO) of a distributed network of commercial solar energy facilities (SEF), today formally initiated its Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) program for mid-size commercial buildings in California. This announcement coincides with the establishment of SPP LLC1, a renewable energy fund for investing in California commercial solar energy facilities of up to 100KW/AC.
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Agreement could save schools $2.5 million in electricity costs during 20-year contract
By Eric Louie /CONTRA COSTA TIMES
Pleasanton, Jan. 10, 2007
Source: Contracosta Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/16425310.htm

A company will place solar panels at seven Pleasanton schools and then sell the energy back to the school district, as part of an agreement both sides see as an emerging trend. Sandra Lepley, assistant superintendent of business, said the agreement with New Jersey-based Honeywell, will save the district $2.5 million in electricity costs during the 20-year contract. The school board unanimously approved the agreement in June, with the panels to be installed by October.
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As Energy Costs Rise, Solar Power Continues to Gain Acceptance in Orange County
Source: Akeena Solar Press Releases
http://www.akeena.net/cm/About_Akeena_Solar/Press%20Releases.html
LOS GATOS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 10, 2007

Akeena Solar, Inc. (OTC BB: AKNS), a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, has opened an Orange County regional office to serve the exponentially growing demand for solar energy among residential and commercial customers in the area. According to the California Energy Commission, the market for photovoltaic systems in Orange County has been experiencing an average 190 percent growth rate since 2003.
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Source: GiroSolar press release
http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070108/0200640.html

DEVENTER, THE NETHERLANDS — (MARKET WIRE) — January 08, 2007 — GiraSolar, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GRSR) (FRANKFURT: L2I) is pleased to announce its subsidiary GiraSolar Turkey Ltd. received invitations to participate in electrification project on two Turkish islands. Erol Barendrecht, resident MD of GST, stated: “It is a great honour to have been selected to participate in these projects and a reward for our continuing efforts to bring solar into the spotlight in Turkey. It is also recognition for our team and their skill that we are now allowed to design these complex energy systems, involving solar, wind and grid or generator power, to assure reliable energy supply. These systems will be important demonstrations of how alternative energy in general and solar specifically fit into a more secure and diversified energy supply system for the entire region. Furthermore, the use of a lease construction in one of the projects is a first in Turkey and a major breakthrough in financing projects.”
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WorldWater & Power Crop. Project will Serve as Solar Study for U.S. Poultry Industry – Partners Include University of Delaware and GE Energy

PENNINGTON, N.J., December 19, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE)
Source: Worldwater Corp. Press Release
http://www.worldwater.com/pages/worldwaternews.html

WorldWater & Power Corp. (OTC BB:WWAT.OB-News), developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, announced today that it has won a $500,000 contract from Allen Family Foods, Inc. to build a photovoltaic (PV) system to power an Allen poultry growout house in Laurel, Delaware. Growout houses are highly energy dependent in taking day-old chicks and raising them to maturity. In Delaware, the cost of grid electricity has increased significantly over the past 12 months and the industry is looking to solar as a cost effective, sustainable energy source for the future of growout contractors throughout the U.S. The Delaware Green Energy Program has granted $250,000 to help fund the system, the University of Delaware will monitor the Allen project and GE Energy, the PV panel supplier, will contribute to the project evaluation study. Ray Angelini, Inc. (RAI) of Sewell, New Jersey is WorldWater’s installation partner.
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Neha Kohli & Joji Thomas Philip
Times News Network /January 10., 2007
Source: Econonic Times
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Telcos_seek_incentives_to_go_green/articleshow/1115610.cms

NEW DELHI: The energy-intensive telecom industry has sought subsidies for use of green energy on telecom sites. Telecom giants, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, VSNL, Tata Teleservices and BSNL, have sought reduction in levies on solar equipment. They have also demanded land at concessional rates for operators who use renewable sources of energy for powering their base stations, telephone exchanges and repeaters. The demand for incentivising green energy stems from the need to have back-up facilities for continuous power supply at telecom sites.
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Dec 29, 2006,
Source ::: Agencies
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=December2006&file=World_News200612294517.xml

ISLAMABAD • The Pakistan government is implementing a project to provide electricity to mosques and schools in remote rural areas using solar energy. The Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) is executing this Rs28.58m project, expected to be complete by July 2007.

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How one California winery & a San Francisco-based investment company are setting a precedent in the renewable energy industry.

by Sara Parker, Staff Writer
Hopland, California / Jan 4, 2007
Source: RenewableEnergyAccess.com
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=47009

Installed atop a bottling plant at Fetzer Vineyards in California is a shiny new 901-kilowatt photovoltaic solar array. The entire cost of the recent solar project to the Mendocino County-based winery? $0.
MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, coordinated the financial backing to own, operate and maintain the Fetzer Vineyard system, and sell the clean energy to Fetzer under a long-term Solar Services Agreement (SSA) contract that sets the electricity costs at a fixed rate.
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Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores is thinking big about solar power.
By Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com /January 04 2007
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,61979238,00.htm

The company put out an RFP (request for proposal) last month to solar electric suppliers and expects to receive responses early this month, according to a representative. The move is part of a long-term plan to convert to renewable energy sources. Wal-Mart is keeping the details of the proposal under wraps as the process is still ongoing. However, one person who saw the proposal said that if completed, it could amount to a significantly large installation–on the order of 100 megawatts of power over the next five years.

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