 Solar Energy For Your Home
(CBS News: Mon, 06 Aug) The Early Show 's environmental lifestyle contributor Danny Seo took a look at the latest products that use the power of the sun to create energy.
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 Sector Glance: Solar Power Mixed
(AP via Yahoo! Finance: Mon, 06 Aug) Shares of solar cell makers were mixed Monday, despite what at least one analyst said was good news for alternative energy stocks coming from Washington.
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 School’s solar panels will empower student learning
(Lawrence Journal-World: Tue, 07 Aug) The sun is giving a boost to Southwest Junior High School. A crew on Monday finished installing a 1.2-kilowatt solar module on the roof of the main entrance to the school, 2511 Inverness Drive. Solar power will provide a portion of Southwest’s energy needs, but school leaders say the educational component will be the greatest benefit.
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 House shifts $16 billion toward renewable energy
(Reuters via Yahoo! News: Sun, 05 Aug) The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a Democratic rewrite of U.S. energy policy that strips $16 billion in tax incentives away from Big Oil and puts it toward renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.
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 SMUD, Developers to Build 450-Plus Solar-Powered Homes
(Builder Online: Mon, 06 Aug) Aug. 3--More than 450 solar-powered, super energy-efficient homes will be built in the Sacramento area in agreements between SMUD and two homebuilders, including 107 homes in Rancho Cordova The developers participating in the program are Homes by Towne and Centex Homes.
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 Crux of Crist energy plan hotly debated
(Tallahassee Democrat: Mon, 06 Aug) Installing solar panels and a hydrogen cell at the Governor's Mansion to make his point, Charlie Crist seized control of the state's energy policy from a Legislature he considered too timid. But as he spends millions of taxpayer dollars to nurture a plant-based biofuel industry - one of the most expensive weapons in his war on global warming - some scientists are skeptical.
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 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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 House marks $16B for renewable energy
(CNN Money: Mon, 06 Aug) Democratic rewrite of energy policy shifts tax incentives away from Big Oil, doesn't include automobile fuel efficiency increase.
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