 Ore. Hires Firm to Install Solar Panels
(AP via Yahoo! Finance: Thu, 28 Feb) Hillsboro plans to install solar panels at a reservoir to cut energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The contractor for the job, Honeywell International Inc., announced the plans Wednesday.
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 House Passes Renewable Energy Credits
(New York Times: Thu, 28 Feb) The bill will extend more than $17 billion in tax credits and other incentives to encourage the production of energy from solar, wind and other renewable sources.
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 Invention uses solar energy to recharge while you're on the move
(icTheWharf: Thu, 28 Feb) A DOCKLANDS entrepreneur is helping bankers, backpackers and even bats with his green portable power pack. Andrew Insley, of St David's Square, Isle of Dogs, is working with eco-energy firm Purssang on the new device, the Energy Transfer Box (ETB).
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 Solar Power's Greenhouse Emissions Measured
(LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News: Wed, 27 Feb) Solar energy has long been touted as better for the environment than fossil fuels. Increasingly, however, there are fears that making solar cells might release more hazardous pollution than fossil fuels would. To ease those concerns, scientists studied the matter closely and now conclude that manufacturing solar cells produces far fewer air pollutants than conventional fossil-fuel-burning power ...
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 Six Az bills would promote use of solar energy
(Tucson Citizen: Thu, 28 Feb) PHOENIX - As Arizona looks to tap more of its most abundant resource, sunshine, state lawmakers want to create tax breaks for power plant builders and to help homeowners, businesses and schools convert to solar power.
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 BTU International Accelerates Growth of Its Solar Energy Equipment Business
(Centre Daily Times: Tue, 26 Feb) In a move that signals the company's commitment to rapidly grow its solar energy business, BTU International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTUI) today announced several initiatives, including the formation of a new Business Group for its Alternative Energy equipment business, the addition of key talent, and the establishment of international solar research and process application centers.
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