
Solar power makers warmed by news (The Sentinel: Mon, 12 Mar) PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pennsylvanians considering installing solar energy systems in their homes but put off by the high price could start singing "let the sun shine in" if a proposed energy initiative sees daylight.
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Energy Dept. Plans $168M Solar Funding (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Thu, 08 Mar) The Energy Department said Thursday that companies developing advanced solar power technologies could be eligible for up to $168 million in government funding.
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SSJID goes solar to cut PG&E costs (Manteca Bulletin: Sun, 11 Mar) South San Joaquin Irrigation District is getting even greener to save more green. The Manteca-based wholesale power supplier and water district is closing a deal with SunTechnics that will create the West Coast's largest solar energy farm in terms of production from photo voltaic batteries.
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Market warming up to solar power cells (Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Mon, 12 Mar) LOS ANGELES - Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc., maker of solar cells that power Mars rovers, won a $13.3 million contract to develop its superefficient solar cell into a marketable product, officials at the San Fernando Valley lab announced Friday.
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MIT Energy 2.0: Corn Power (Wired News: Sun, 11 Mar) Rethinking some banal and non-techy energy stuff, such as corn and wood, and you get ... a corn-powered house, anyone? Plus: The green glow: Environmental economics, using algae as a solar collector. Mark Anderson reports from the MIT Energy 2.0 conference in Autopia.
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