San Francisco warms to solar energy plan (Contra Costa Times: Sun, 16 Dec) SAN FRANCISCO -- It doesn't seem like an ideal place to promote solar energy, but foggy San Francisco has come up with an ambitious plan to encourage businesses and homeowners to tap the sun's power for their energy needs.
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Vacaville leads the way in solar energy use (Vallejo Times-Herald: Sun, 16 Dec) VACAVILLE - Officials say the 1-megawatt solar facility at Alza Corp. has boosted the amount of solar power being generated in the city to 3 megawatts.
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DCE comes up with a car that runs completely on solar energy (Deccan Herald: Sat, 15 Dec) Head of the project Ankur Sharma claimed that the car is India's first solar car and runs completely on solar energy. He said that the basic motivation for the project comes from the depleting conventional energy resources.
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Solar warriors return (Colorado Daily: Mon, 17 Dec) The sun has long since set on the final day of competition for a group of CU students who hauled a 700-square-foot, solar-powered dream home across the country to contend in the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon, but the CU team's continued success at the event may inspire a new dawn in educating the public of energy-efficient housing.
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SAS lands silicon wafer orders from Canada energy company (Digi Times: Mon, 17 Dec) Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) of Taiwan has landed a three-year silicon wafer contract from a Canada-based solar energy company Arise Technologies. Solar industry players generally expressed positive comments over the deal citing anticipated future partnerships and material sufficiency at SAS.
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