Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Solar Power News

Solar Power News


Greece cuts subsidies for solar power producers - Reuters

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:14 AM PST


Greece cuts subsidies for solar power producers
Reuters
Greece reduces solar power subsidies from February * Subsidies to gradually fall by 22 pct by 2014 * Cuts will not apply to units already on line ATHENS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Greece cut its subsidies for solar power producers on Wednesday, ...

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News & Notes - Arizona Daily Star

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:07 AM PST


News & Notes
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Electric Power Co. has signed an agreement with Areva Solar to build an innovative concentrating solar power steam system at TEP's H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station on East Irvington Road. Construction is scheduled to begin this spring, ...

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More power to renewables through new joint venture - Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST


More power to renewables through new joint venture
Renewable Energy Magazine (press release)
The Swiss energy supplier, EBM, has entered into a joint venture with power supplier Energy Water Bern to expedite the production of electricity from wind, small-scale hydro and solar power. The two energy providers have launched together with Aravis, ...

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Infocast's Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit Returns - MarketWatch (press release)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:51 AM PST


Infocast's Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit Returns
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN DIEGO, CA, Feb 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Infocast brings its highly acclaimed annual Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit on February 27-March 1, 2012 to the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego, CA. This popular event has sold out for ...

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Russia to focus on solar energy - The Voice of Russia

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:48 AM PST


The Voice of Russia

Russia to focus on solar energy
The Voice of Russia
At present, solar power generation is gaining momentum in Russia. Leading Russian experts have assessed the country's solar energy potential. Electricity generated at the thermal and nuclear power stations is becoming more expensive. In view of this, ...

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Thames Water completes 3.7MW of projects in the nick of time - Solar Power Portal

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:40 AM PST


Solar Power Portal

Thames Water completes 3.7MW of projects in the nick of time
Solar Power Portal
"We delivered this project in the nick of time, keeping alive our goal to become Britain's biggest on-site producer and industrial user of solar power, and further hedging ourselves from future upward fluctuations in the mainstream, non-renewable ...

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Greece cuts subsidies for solar power producers - Reuters Africa

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:25 AM PST


Greece cuts subsidies for solar power producers
Reuters Africa
ATHENS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Greece cut its subsidies for solar power producers on Wednesday, saying it could no longer afford to pay the current rates and that it had already licensed all the units it needs to meet its renewable energy ...

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Falling solar prices good for climate, bad for firms - Moneycontrol.com

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:08 AM PST


Moneycontrol.com

Falling solar prices good for climate, bad for firms
Moneycontrol.com
There is a bright side to the plunge in solar panel prices that has brought down some US and German manufacturers which relied too heavily on subsidies for green energy - solar power costs have fallen faster than anyone thought possible.

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Inventions to bet on at Minden Elementary's annual convention - The Record-Courier

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:04 AM PST


Inventions to bet on at Minden Elementary's annual convention
The Record-Courier
by Scott Neuffer Third-grade inventor August James demonstrates his solar power water heater on Thursday during the Minden Elementary School invention convention. Investors take note. America's next generation is chock-full of profitable ideas.

2011 US Venture Capital Investment in Cleantech Steady at $4.9 Billion Despite ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Posted: 01 Feb 2012 03:03 AM PST


2011 US Venture Capital Investment in Cleantech Steady at $4.9 Billion Despite ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Additionally, NRG Energy Inc. acquired solar-power developer Solar Power Partners, deepening NRG's involvement in the solar power market. On the wind front, MidAmerican Energy bought 49% of the $1.8 billion 290 MW Agua Caliente project based in Yuma ...

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