Rise & Shine: December 11, 2008
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CALIFORNIA NEWS
SunPower to Build Solar Power Tracking System
SunPower will build a 505kW solar power installation for Horizon Power, a government-owned company providing power to remote and regional communities and resource operations in Western Australia.
RichmondBUILDS Creates Green, Solar Jobs for East Bay Cities
RichmondBUILDS provides basic construction skills and training in rooftop solar systems installation . Graduates of the program meet the qualifications for union apprenticeship programs, paving the way to solid skills and good wages.
Sharp, SPG Solar Power Up Array at Westfield Shopping Center
Shopping-center owner and operator Westfield has added a 100 kW solar array to its University Town Center asset in San Diego County
NATIONAL NEWS
Suniva Opens Solar Cell Factory
Suniva Inc., a manufacturer of high value crystalline silicon solar cells, has opened one of the first solar manufacturing facilities in the Southeast United States with the help of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue.
City Polishes Green Image with Solar power
Broomfield, CO leaders hope new solar panels will give a little more juice to the city’s effort to promote itself as an environmentally conscious community.
FINANCIAL NEWS & MARKETS
JA Solar Updates Guidance for Q4 2008
The company now expects revenue in Q4 to be approximately RMB 843 million or $124 million compared with earlier guidance of RMB 1.3 billion or $191.5 million to RMB 1.5 billion or $220.9 million.
MARKETS & MARKET RESEARCH
Greentech Media Announces 2009 Solar Research Service
Greentech Media has announced the launch of its 2009 Solar Research Service, designed to deliver the most detailed and comprehensive market data on the entire solar supply chain.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Obama Team Set on Environment
Carol M. Browner, ex-E.P.A. chief, is favored for a climate post. Steven Chu, a physicist, is in line for energy secretary. Lisa P. Jackson, a New Jersey official, is to head the E.P.A.
Obama Chooses Chu for Energy Secretary
In recent years under Chu, the National Berkeley Laboratory has been at the center of research into biofuels and solar technologies.
A Past President’s Advice to Obama: Act with Haste
The overall share of all renewable energies, including hydropower, has actually shrunk since the Carter years. In 1981, when Mr. Carter left office, about 7% of all U.S. energy came from renewable sources. Last year, that number stood at 6.7%.
TECHNOLOGY
Nanosolar: We Could Make Solar Tubes, If We Wanted To
Roscheisen wrote a post on the Nanosolar blog explaining that Nanosolar has looked into, and prototyped, solar tubes for rooftops but that they have decided that solar tubes “are worse on most if not all metrics” compared to flat solar panels.
RSi-Solar Unveils the Windows of the Future
Rainbow Solar Inc. (RSi) announces the world’s first, transparent, photovoltaic-glass window which generates 80 to 250 watts of electricity.
Kopin Develops Nanostructured Indium Gallium Phosphide Solar Cell Technology
The goal of this two-year project, a NASA Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, is to develop a solar cell design that is more efficient and less expensive than conventional multi-junction technology.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Aleo Solar AG Supplies Solar Modules for Mexico
aleo solar AG has delivered around 450 kW of solar modules to Mexico. The modules were supplied to a Mexican project developer and have already been partly installed on a roof in Aguascalientes owned by a supermarket chain.
China Sunergy Receives Cell Order from Solarwatt AG
China Sunergy has entered into an agreement with Solarwatt AG, a leading manufacturer of solar modules in Germany, to provide 22MW of solar cells over the course of 2009.
SolarWorld Commissions South Korea Module Manufacturing Plant
SolarWorld AG has commissioned its first manufacturing facility for solar power modules in Asia together with its Korean joint venture partner SolarPark Engineering Co. Ltd.
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