
Reuters Insight - US Energy Bill to Have Positive Effect on Solar Sector (Planet Ark: Wed, 05 Dec) SINGAPORE - The pending US energy bill is expected to raise and extend solar energy tax incentives for American households, the net effect on the industry will be positive overall, solar industry veteran Scott Sklar said in a conference call for Reuters Insight clients.
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Solar Energy Consortium, research colleges team up (Mid-Hudson News: Tue, 04 Dec) New Paltz – Five universities are joining forces with the Solar Energy Consortium to advance the solar industry in New York. Congressman Maurice Hinchey of Hurley made the announced at SUNY New Paltz.
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Solar Billboard Billed as a Power Plant (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News: Tue, 04 Dec) Energy-sapping billboards, your days may be numbered. A California electricity supplier says it has installed the nation's first solar-powered billboard, which generates more electricity than it uses.
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House seeks tax incentives for renewable energy (Reuters via Yahoo! News: Tue, 04 Dec) Democrats in the House of Representatives want to include provisions in pending energy legislation that would strip about $21 billion in tax subsidies from oil and gas companies and put them toward subsidies for renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
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Sector Glance: Solar Cell Makers (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Tue, 04 Dec) On a mostly positive day for solar cell makers, shares of Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. rose Tuesday to an all-time high after a renewable energy investment company increased its stake in the Chinese company.
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Solar center teams with five universities (UPI: Tue, 04 Dec) A new $35 million solar energy research center will team with five New York universities to solve solar-power technology issues, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday.
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Solar Energry Consortium partners with academia (Kingston Daily Freeman: Wed, 05 Dec) NEW PALTZ - U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey on Tuesday announced an academic union between The Solar Energy Consortium and five research universities in New York state in another step toward the advancement of solar research technology in the region.
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