Taking a shine to solar energy
(The Philadelphia Inquirer: Sat, 01 Sep) Beverly Hawkins, 52, gets her solar energy the old-fashioned way - by hanging clothes, towels and sheets to dry outside her Nether Providence home.

Solar Energy Companies to Meet in Milan
(AP via Yahoo! Finance: Fri, 31 Aug) Solar cells supply only a small portion of the world's energy demands, but scientists and analysts will gather next week in Milan, Italy to talk about the technologies that could encourage more people to turn to the Sun for their power needs.

Lack of lines limit solar energy sales
(The Pueblo Chieftain: Sat, 01 Sep) ALAMOSA - If the large-scale production of solar energy is going to take off in the San Luis Valley, it will need some help getting to urban markets. The Public Utilities Commission, which regulates investor-owned electric utilities and partially oversees municipal utilities and electrical associations, came to Alamosa last week and part of its stop included the discussion of transmission ...

Scientists Find Elusive Waves In Solar Corona
(SpaceDaily: Mon, 03 Sep) by Staff Writers Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 03, 2007 Scientists for the first time have observed elusive oscillations in the Sun's corona, known as Alfven waves, that transport energy outward from the surface of the Sun. The discovery is expected to give researchers more insight into the fundamental behavior of solar magnetic fields, eventually leading to a fuller understanding of how the Sun affects ...