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Solar Energy News Wednesday December 20th 2006

Solar energy park proposed
(Rocky Mountain News: Tue, 19 Dec) A New York startup with local roots will announce plans today to build the world's largest solar energy park in the San Luis Valley.

Special sops for promoting solar energy gadgets
(Indian Express via Yahoo! India News: Mon, 18 Dec) In order to promote the usage of non-conventional methods for producing energy, the Uttar Pradesh government has come up with a new scheme. Alongwith the capital subsidy that would be given by the central government for the installation of solar water heaters on government, semi-government and private institutions' buildings (See boxes), the state government, too, would be providing a special ...

Ethiopia: Villagers Receive Training On Solar Energy in India
(AllAfrica.com: Mon, 18 Dec) 32 remote villagers from communities in four regional states of the country took a six month's training course on the practical aspects of solar energy at the Barefoot College campus in the desert state of Rajasthan, India.

Spacewalking astronauts help retract stubborn solar array
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Tue, 19 Dec) Two Shuttle Discovery astronauts helped retract a stuck solar energy array on the International Space station in a record-breaking fourth spacewalk on a single mission.

Solar EnerTech Announces Beta Release of Power Conditioning Software and Applauds US Federal Solar Energy Tax Credit ...
(Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance: Mon, 18 Dec) Solar EnerTech Corp. wishes to advise that while participating at a renewable energy symposium in Beijing, Management warmly welcomed the recently passed legislation enacted by the US 109th Congress last week which is expected to significantly benefit the Company's upcoming sales and marketing efforts. The act extends the 30% solar energy investment tax credit for homeowners and businesses for ...

ITOCHU Announces Investment in Solar Energy Company NorSun
(Japan Corporate News: Mon, 18 Dec) Tokyo, Japan, Dec 18, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - ITOCHU Corporation (TSE: 8001; ADR: ITOCY) has announced that it will invest JPY 1 billion (4% of outstanding shares after investment) in solar energy company NorSun AS (Oslo, Norway, CEO: Jon Hindar), which is planning to produce monocrystalline silicon wafers for solar cells.

First Solar Appoints Energy Industry Veteran, Paul H. Stebbins to Board of Directors
(PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 19 Dec) PHOENIX, Dec. 19, 2006 - First Solar, Inc. the largest thin film solar module manufacturer in the world, today announced the appointment of Paul H. Stebbins, chairman and chief executive officer of World Fuel Services Corporation, to the company's board of directors.

Spacewalk set to fix faulty solar panel
(AP via Yahoo! News: Mon, 18 Dec) The space shuttle Discovery crew was awakened by the Beach Boys hit "Good Vibrations" on Monday to get them ready for a day of work trying to shake loose a jammed solar energy array.

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