Hecht's solar bill looking bright (The Frederick News-Post: Mon, 02 Apr) ANNAPOLIS -The sun is shining on Delegate Sue Hecht. With her initiative to increase the amount of solar-generated energy used by power companies flying through the House of Delegates and advancing through the Senate, she says things are good.
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Energy efficiency tech is aimed at homes, offices (BizJournals: Mon, 02 Apr) Hossein Pakravan is all for new energy sources such as solar, wind and hydrogen, but in the industry's race to support such alternative energy sources he says one element has been overlooked: efficiency.
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House focus of energy project (The Express-Times: Mon, 02 Apr) L. SAUCON TWP. | A vacant house on township land is being targeted to model renewable energy solutions such as wind, solar and geothermal powers for the average homeowner before 2009.
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Solar Energy Systems Planned For School Buildings (ElectricNet: Sun, 01 Apr) Energy from the sun will be providing some of the electricity at two high schools and a middle school in New York State, thanks to a cooperative effort involving the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the municipal electric systems that serve the schools
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GT Solar inks $49m polysilicon contract (New Hampshire Union Leader: Tue, 03 Apr) Nitol Group will purchase GT Solar's reactors and silicon tetrachloride converters for its facility that produces photovoltaic equipment and systems in Irkutsk, Siberia, GT Solar said in a news release.
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Funding for Alternative Energy Climbs (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Mon, 02 Apr) The amount of venture capital and private equity flowing to the worldwide alternative energy industry surged in the first quarter, according to a report released Monday by a London-based research group.
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