State awards clean-energy grants (Central Penn Business Journal) Pennsylvania has awarded $5.1 million in grants to support 27 projects that will deploy clean-energy technologies, including three projects in Central Pennsylvania, according to statements from the governor's office and the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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Solar Energy Powers Mainland China's Richest Man (Mongabay.com) The largest private fortune in mainland China may belong to Shi Zhengrong, the founder of the China's largest producer of photovoltaic equipment used to convert sunlight into electricity, according to an article in today's edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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Renewable energy huge in China, says minister (Sydney Morning Herald) The opportunities for Australian companies seeking renewable energy business in China are huge, federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says. Senator Campbell and Chinese ambassador Madame Fu Ying yesterday released a guide for Australian companies ahead of a renewable energy business mission to China next month.
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Celebrating Solar Innovation (RenewableEnergyAccess.com) The Solar Power 2006 Conference and Expo is the largest business-to-business solar event held in the United States and is organized by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).
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A boost for solar cells with photon fusion (PhysOrg.com) An innovative process that converts low-energy longwave photons (light particles) into higher-energy shortwave photons has been developed by a team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and at the Sony Materials Science Laboratory in Stuttgart.
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