Scorching Hot Solar Energy Sector Remains On Fire (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 17 Apr) Himanshu Pandya submits: Solar Energy stocks had another spectacular day on Monday. Check out the days performance: Solar Energy Stocks: Solarfun up 35.58% Canadian Solar up 24.54% Trina Solar up 17.26% JA Solar up 16.53% [... ] ASU tests solar greenhouse energy efficiency (Asheville Citizen-Times: Tue, 17 Apr) BOONE--For the past eight months, students from Appalachian State University's Department of Technology have researched greenhouse technologies that have the potential to reduce the construction cost of energy-saving solar greenhouses, also known as... Air Force embraces solar power (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News: Wed, 18 Apr) The largest solar power plant in North America will soon be providing electricity to an Air Force base in the Nevada desert. The military says the plant, scheduled to power up at Nellis Air Force Base by the end of the year, shows that solar energy can effectively meet part of the country's energy needs. Kyocera Invests to Double Solar Capacity (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Wed, 18 Apr) Solar energy systems maker Kyocera Corp. said Wednesday it will more than double its annual solar module manufacturing capacity to 500 megawatts by the end of March 2011 in response to burgeoning global demand. World Population

BLM policy encourages solar energy development on public lands (Glenwood Springs Post Independent: Mon, 16 Apr) As part of the effort to diversify the nation's energy supply and develop renewable energy resources, the Bureau of Land Management has issued updated policy guidance for processing applications for solar energy projects on public lands. Device Uses Solar Energy to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel (Newswise: Wed, 18 Apr) Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated the feasibility of exploiting sunlight to transform a greenhouse gas into a useful product. Patrick unveils $150 million solar manufacturing plant plan (Boston Herald: Tue, 17 Apr) Evergreen Solar Inc. will build a new $150 million manufacturing plant in Westborough that would create more than 350 new jobs and boost Massachusetts' push to become a major alternative-energy... SVB's CFO jumps to BrightSource Energy (BizJournals: Tue, 17 Apr) SVB Financial Group, the parent company of SVB Silicon Valley Bank, said Tuesday its chief financial officer, Jack Jenkins-Stark, will resign to take the CFO role at an emerging solar energy company.

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