Cty. warms up to solar energy (Edison Sentinel: Wed, 03 Oct) SOUTH BRUNSWICK - The future of environmental technology just got a little brighter in Middlesex County. On Sept. 19, 120 solar panels were unveiled at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Services building, located at Davidson's Mill Pond Park, in the first large-scale effort to use solar energy to power a county building.
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Solar-energy system to land at DIA in 2008 (Denver Post: Tue, 02 Oct) A 2-megawatt solar-energy system coming to Denver International Airport in mid-2008 will generate 3.5 million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually - roughly half the power needed to run the airport's train system.
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Question of the Week: Solar energy (CNN.com: Mon, 01 Oct) The first forays in solar technology began in the 19th century, yet today solar power remains on the fringes of society in terms of how much it serves our energy needs.
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Idaho Guv: Nuke Power Beats Wind, Solar (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Wed, 03 Oct) Idaho should bolster its ties to the nuclear power industry to underpin economic growth and curb greenhouse gas emissions because alternative energy sources like solar or wind are too costly to meet the state's future needs, Gov. C.L.
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New Alliance for Space Solar Power to Be Announced (SpaceRef: Thu, 04 Oct) On October 10, 2007, leading space advocacy organizations and Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin will announce the formation of a new alliance to advance a common goal: Ensuring that the benefits of renewable clean energy from space solar power are understood and supported by business, governments and the general public.
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STOCKWATCH Solar power cos up on report Germany to hike renewable energy usage (Sharewatch: Tue, 02 Oct) FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Shares in solar energy companies, especially Q-Cells AG and Solarworld AG, were higher in morning trade, receiving a boost from a report that the German government plans to increase the proportion of renewable energy as a source for heat production to 14 pct from the current 6 pct by 2020.
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