 Stirling Energy takes on the solar power challenge
(USA Today: Thu, 27 Mar) Given high oil prices and increased concerns over global warming, anything solar is hot. Stirling Energy Systems aims to commercialize a decades-old technology that is the most efficient at converting sun power to electricity but which has struggled with costs and reliability.
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 SoCal Edison to Build $875 Million Solar Energy Installation
(FOX 11 News Los Angeles: Fri, 28 Mar) Southern California Edison plans to build the nation's largest solar energy installation. The plan is to build an array of collector cells covering two square miles of commercial building rooftops that could power about 162,000 homes. The utility says it asked state regulators for approval to begin installing the technology throughout the region over the next five years.
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 ProLogis teams up on California solar-energy project
(BizJournals: Thu, 27 Mar) Southern California Edison, California's largest electric utility, has teamed up with ProLogis to start what the electric company says will be the largest solar-energy collection project in the United States. (PLD) (EIX)
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 MIT researcher starts move to cheaper solar energy
(TG Daily: Thu, 27 Mar) {mosimage}A new solar energy start-up called 1366 Technologies has just received $12.4 million in venture capital to help foster and enhance a solar technology created by MIT professor Emanuel Sachs. Sachs invented string ribbon solar manufacturing, which is a new way to produce and maintain solar energy cells. It makes the alternative energy source more accessible and affordable....
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