 Solar system to save AC Transit energy
(BizJournals: Fri, 03 Aug) AC Transit unveiled a 621-kilowatt solar power system that will help shave the transit agency's energy bills by more than $200,000 a year, or $5 million over the 25-year expected life of the system.
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 Namibia: Government Lights Up on Solar Energy
(AllAfrica.com: Fri, 03 Aug) SOLAR-POWERED water heaters will soon be installed in all Government and parastatal buildings to save electricity, Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina announced yesterday.
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 Cyprus Church seeks solar power
(BBC News: Sat, 04 Aug) The Cyprus Orthodox Church will invest millions of dollars in solar energy, amid fears of looming power cuts.
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 US Congress nudges energy industry to go 'green'
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Sun, 05 Aug) The US House of Representatives has taken an unprecedented step toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions as it passed a bill requiring utility companies to produce 15 percent of their electricity from wind and solar power.
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 Solar power project under way
(Daily Record: Sun, 05 Aug) ELLENSBURG — Cement foundations will be poured today for girders that will hold solar panels on Whisky Dick Mountain for Puget Sound Energy’s solar power generating facility, expected to be the single largest in the state and the Pacific Northwest when completed in December.
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House passes energy bill / 'Momentous' measure favors cleaner fuels, scraps tax breaks for oil and gas companies
