Harnessing nature: Wind and solar energy are within reach, say teachers
(The Morganton News Herald: Mon, 19 Mar) Morganton - Western Piedmont Community College professors are bringing alternative energy into the classroom. They're also collecting facts for when Burke residents will use it at home, says Michael Daniels, coordinator of the College's mechanical engineering department.

GE gets $8.1M grant for solar energy research
(bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance: Fri, 16 Mar) An $8.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will enable General Electric Co. to speed up its solar energy research program.

GE gets solar energy research funding
(Atlanta Business Chronicle: Fri, 16 Mar) The General Electric Co. has been given a U.S. Department of Energy grant worth up to $26.7 million to boost its solar energy research program.

Solar suspense
(The Saginaw News: Sun, 18 Mar) Imagine this: A car zooms by - sleek, shiny, sharp - and without that lingering, acrid smell of exhaust fumes. Picture this: A home with a rooftop of solar panels, its mailbox missing a Consumers Energy bill.