Sun Watts solar energy program in full swing
(Arizona Range News: Mon, 05 Nov) The Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative is offering a new energy program called SunWatts, which would offer customers various options on using photovoltaic (solar) energy.

Solar power as a stand-by resource
(Indian Express Finance via Yahoo! India News: Mon, 05 Nov) Solar energy bereft of subsidy and/or feed-in tariff is costly. So much so, that it has not proved popular in urban areas. The policy on subsidy in urban areas is unclear and feed-in tariff-common in developed countries as a stimulus for growth-is nowhere in sight. Also uncertain is the matter of funding solar power projects by way of soft loans with interest in the 5-6% range. All these factors ...

First Solar Announces Expansion
(pzone via Yahoo!7 Finance: Mon, 05 Nov) PHOENIX, Nov. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSLR) announced today that it has entered into new long term module supply agreements with a subsidiary of international investment and funds and asset manager Babcock & Brown (Australia:BNB), and Ecostream Switzerland GmbH, a subsidiary of Econcern BV, which focuses on developing solutions for sustainable energy supply. The new ...