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Solar Energy News Friday June 15th 2007



Solar energy brightens up eastern GermanySolar energy brightens up eastern Germany
(IANS via Yahoo! India News: Fri, 15 Jun) Freiberg (Germany), June 15 (DPA) Lying in the middle of what was once communist East Germany and shrouded for months under a leaden grey wintry sky, the small 800-year-old town of Freiberg would appear to be an unlikely new centre for the burgeoning global solar energy industry.


UTech students seize the light - Rolls out solar-powered golf cart in answer to energy crisisUTech students seize the light - Rolls out solar-powered golf cart in answer to energy crisis
(Jamaica Gleaner: Thu, 14 Jun) You can't drive it on public roads but, thanks to Jamaica's abundant sunlight, it is hoped that the new solar-powered golf cart, built by students at the University of Technology (UTech), will provide a beacon for renewable energy use in Jamaica.


Multnomah County Looking Into Solar Panels For EnergyMultnomah County Looking Into Solar Panels For Energy
(Oregon Public Broadcasting: Thu, 14 Jun) Multnomah County is looking at installing solar panels on top of its buildings to reduce its carbon footprint.



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Calif. water panel OKs solarCalif. water panel OKs solar
(UPI: Thu, 14 Jun) California's Metropolitan Water District is set to use solar energy after a board meeting set aside $625,000 for design work on a 6-acre solar collection field.


Solar World: EU grid parity by 2020Solar World: EU grid parity by 2020
(UPI: Thu, 14 Jun) The day solar photovoltaic energy can compete with fossil fuel-driven electricity in Europe is not far off, delegates to the European Union Photovoltaic Technology Platform conference said this week.


Clean tech of wind, solar, wave energy will feed economic growthClean tech of wind, solar, wave energy will feed economic growth
(The Oregonian: Wed, 13 Jun) Ron Pernick, co-founder of Portland-based Clean Edge, sees the development of renewable energy technologies such as those associated with wind, wave, and solar power as "the largest wealth creation opportunity in a generation."


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