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Applied Materials Acquires the Assets of Advent Solar
Applied Materials, Inc. - Applied Materials, Inc., the leading supplier of equipment and services to the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets, including the intellectual property, of Advent Solar, Inc. more...
Oregon Convention Center opts for rooftop solar
Nov 5 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Scott Learn The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. - The Oregon Convention Center has selected SunEdison to build a solar rooftop power system that's projected to fill 12 percent of the building's energy demand when completed in spring 2010. More...
Solar power company drops out of plans for Carrizo Plain in eastern San Luis Obispo County
Nov 05 - The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) - A 177-megawatt solar thermal power plant proposed for the Carrizo Plain will not be built. More...
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Genesis Solar Energy Project now data adequate
Sacramento - November 4, 2009 - The Energy Commission's official review clock has started for the Genesis Solar Energy Project in Riverside County. More...
State-Federal Document will be open for public comment for 90 days
Sacramento - November 4, 2009 - A joint Final Staff Assessment/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (FSA/DEIS) for the proposed 400-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Project is now available for public comment. More...
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Solar India and its Parallel Universe

By Braham Singh
One can be driven to distraction trying to reconcile the buzz around Indian pronouncements on things solar, with a parallel universe of ground realities. more...
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BLM: The Colossal Snafu of the 21st Century

By Fred Kesinger
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has come under harsh criticism during the last part of 2008 and the early part of 2009 for creating a monstrous backlog of solar energy applications. In July 2008, more...
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Solar Energy After Spain

By Braham Singh
As a businessman, politician, student, media person or homemaker you don't do yourself any favors ignoring solar energy and related events. An earlier article of mine spelled out why. This one looks at how turbo-charged more...
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True Cost of A Solar PV

By Warren Reynolds
In the rush to get the solar energy systems up and running, we are throwing low-efficiency PV cells on prime solar land. This does not make for a good investment. Subsequently, there are three major more...
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A Case For Muni-Solar

By Braham Singh
The argument covered in this article recently convinced a Malaysian state government to present Muni-Wireless type solar facilities as an option to its city and town administrations. I am opening it up here for others more...
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