 Green Energy secures US$990 million in solar wafer orders
(Digi Times: Mon, 31 Mar) Green Energy Technology announced that it has secured a batch of solar wafer orders worth US$990 million from five Taiwan-based downstream companies. DelSolar and Phoenix Silicon International, two companies that announced landing solar wafer supply on the same day, are believed to be among the clients of Green Energy.
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 Denver chosen for federal grant on solar energy
(Denver Post: Sun, 30 Mar) Denver is among 12 cities selected this year as Solar America Cities that will each receive $200,000 from the Energy Department to integrate solar energy technologies.
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 Solar lanterns making life brighter in rural India
(HT via Yahoo! India News: Mon, 31 Mar) SIX MILLION solar lanterns have been introduced at different places in the country under the cost-sharing programme of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in the past 16 years since the introduction of solar lanterns in 1992.
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 SoCal Edison to build U.S. largest solar array
(People's Daily: Tue, 01 Apr) As part of an effort to meet California's energy needs, Southern California Edison Co. plans to build the largest energy installation in the United States — an array of solar collector cells covering two square miles of rooftops that could ...
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 India unveils more incentives for solar power
(EETimes: Mon, 31 Mar) India's renewable energy ministry has announced a new program designed to expand Indian solar power generating projects up to a maximum capacity of 50 megawatts.
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 UK Government Removes Barriers For Micro Green Energy Projects
(Nasdaq: Mon, 31 Mar) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. government Monday removed barriers to small- scale green energy projects and extended the time frame for micro-grants, paving the way for more solar panels and other microgeneration technology to be installed in schools, public buildings and homes.
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 Minneapolis and St. Paul win federal energy grant
(BizJournals: Mon, 31 Mar) The U.S. Department of Energy will award Minneapolis and St. Paul a $200,000 grant for development of plan to make solar energy affordable for area homes and businesses by the year 2015. (XEL)
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BrightSource Energy signs whopper solar contract with PG&E
