


LIPA planning solar-energy "farms" across LI (Newsday: Wed, 23 Apr) Large arrays of solar-energy panels could adorn rooftops of schools and commercial buildings, landfills and parking lots as part of a project commissioned by the Long Island Power Authority.
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PSE Selects Five Puget Sound-Area Schools for Solar Power Installation Grants (Centre Daily Times: Thu, 24 Apr) Five Puget Sound-area schools will see their vision of solar power become a reality thanks to almost $100,000 in grants announced today by Puget Sound Energy. The grants, up to $25,000 each, will provide for the installation of photovoltaic (a technology that converts light directly into electricity) systems of 1 to 2 kilowatts (kW), as well as educational tools enabling students to monitor the ...
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IXYS Introduces Diode For Solar Energy Applications (ElectronicsWeb: Thu, 24 Apr) IXYS Corporation introduces a family of proprietary diodes, the DFP32-005 device family. These diodes are optimized for solar cell panels and space sensitive applications, where the devices can withstand radiation levels found in space
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$1 billion-plus Carrisa Plains solar farm could power 190,000 firms (The San Luis Obispo Tribune: Fri, 25 Apr) A Bay Area-based firm that’s looking to develop a 550-megawatt solar energy farm on the Carrisa Plains released more details Thursday on the proposed project slated to generate enough electricity to 190,000 homes. OptiSolar’s $1 billion-plus Topaz Solar Farm, which would cover approximately nine square miles with photovoltaic panels off two miles north of Bitterwater Road off Highway 58, could ...
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