Energy Savers: Solar Home (WSIL 3 Southern Illinois: Thu, 15 Feb) FRANKLIN CO.- While many of us are taking small strides into the world of alternative energy, one Thompsonville man has taken a giant leap. Clarence Larson has built a home that meets its own electricity demands- through the use of solar power.
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Akeena Solar To Present At The Piper Jaffray Opportunities In Alternative Energy Symposium On February 21st, 2007 (ElectricNet: Thu, 15 Feb) Akeena Solar, Inc., designer and installer of solar power systems, recently announced Bill Scott, EVP, will present on the panel entitled "US Solar Integrator" at the Piper Jaffray Opportunities in Alternative Energy Symposium on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. PT
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First Solar: Scorching Hot (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News: Thu, 15 Feb) As experts worry about the threats of global warming and oil supply scarcity, alternative energy is still hot. First Solar (NasdaqGM:FSLR - News) announced a profit as demand grows for its solar cell products, and investors bid up the company's shares more than 27% Feb. 14.
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Solar's Surge, Chrysler's Returns, Bernanke Calm: David Wilson (Bloomberg.com: Thu, 15 Feb) Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) - Solar-power equipment makers are enjoying the kind of stock-market boom that ethanol producers, another play on alternative energy, experienced last year. One has to wonder whether a similar bust is coming soon.
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Renewable energy to power Indonesian villages (AFP via Yahoo! News: Thu, 15 Feb) Indonesia aims to have 2,000 energy self-sufficient villages powered by hydro, solar or bio-fuel resources by 2009, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro.
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Tax credits reward energy savers (MSNBC: Thu, 15 Feb) WASHINGTON - Did you install an energy-efficient water heater or furnace in 2006? How about a solar panel, storm door or insulation? You may reap a reward at tax time.
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