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Solar Energy News Wednesday December 27th 2006

Solar Energy Goes Mainstream
(SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 26 Dec) Himanshu Pandya submits: According to DigiTimes, Taiwan based AU Optronics Corp. is getting into the Solar business. The company is said to have recruited a team of specialists to produce thin-film solar cells.

Solar-powered bus seen asviable business
(Bangkok Post: Tue, 26 Dec) The first commercially viable solar-energy bus has been successfully developed under a joint state-private research project.

Discovery astronauts to work on jammed solar wing
(ABC 13 Texas: Tue, 26 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.

Renewable Energy in America, Part 2: Solar Powered Homes
(E-Commerce Times: Sat, 23 Dec) With the introduction of the California Solar Initiative - due to go into effect January 1 - solar photovoltaic industry firms are scrambling to adjust to changes in application processes, rebate pricing, and energy efficiency and metering requirements. Some are using California as a test bed for new renewable energy projects

Alcan to Provide Solar Cookers in Rural Indonesia
(GreenBiz: Wed, 27 Dec) SINGEN, Germany, Dec. 27, 2006 - Alcan is providing innovative solar cookers and pans to 1,000 rural Indonesian families in the country's Banda Aceh region as part of a '¬450,000 contribution with Klimaschutz e.V. to a "Clean Development Mechanism" (CDM) project aimed at preserving the environment.

Solar Stocks Week-in-Review: A Week the Solar Sector Would Love to Forget
(SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 26 Dec) Himanshu Pandya submits: Just a bad week for solar stocks even with the spotlight on the sector with the two Chinese solar IPOs. Crude oil ended the week down and the major indices were down as well, which obviously is not a good scenario for solar stocks. click to enlarge

Lake Land studies energy alternatives: Geothermal, wind generation may be used
(Herald & Review: Wed, 27 Dec) MATTOON - Lake Land College officials are looking for alternative energy sources above and below ground at the same time they are trying to land students in classes that would point them toward energy-related jobs.

S.C. legislators expect to hear calls for state energy policy
(The Times and Democrat: Wed, 27 Dec) CHARLESTON, S.C. - South Carolina legislators are likely to see increased calls for a state energy policy next year. The policy could be nonbinding protocol for financial incentives or regulations to make sure the state has the energy people need to live and work now and in the future.

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