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More panels, cleaner power goal
of project
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed a bill
that completes his "million solar roofs plan,"
a move he says will put California on the cutting
edge of renewable energy while also boosting the
economy.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20060822-9999-1n22solar.html
- Solar
Flares Imperil Grid
May/June, 2006 - EnergyBiz Magazine
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research predict that during the next several years
solar activity will be unusually high — and this
could bring down power systems.
http://energycentral.fileburst.com/EnergyBizOnline/2006-3-may-jun/Solar_Flares.pdf
- Forget
Computers. Here Comes the Sun
April 14, 2006 John Markoff, nytimes.com
SAN JOSE, Calif. — T. J. Rodgers is surrounded
by a sea of silicon wafers on the roof of his company's
headquarters in a Silicon Valley industrial park.
- SA
solar research eclipses rest of the world
February 11, 2006 - Willem Steenkamp - Saturday
Argus
In a scientific breakthrough that has stunned the
world, a team of South African scientists has developed
a revolutionary new, highly efficient solar power
technology that will enable homes to obtain all
their electricity from the sun. This means high
electricity bills and frequent power failures could
soon be a thing of the past.
- Here
comes the sun
Oct 25, 2005 - Anthony Doman - Popular
Mechanics
Despite a soaring oil price and a panic-stricken
planet scrambling to counteract its profligate
use of energy resources, there is a glimmer of
sunshine. And sunshine is all it takes, says an
enterprising South African academic who is sitting
on potentially one of the biggest solar energy
breakthroughs to date.
- SDG&E
to buy solar electricity
Sep 8, 2005 - Craig D. Rose - Union-Tribune
San Diego Gas & Electric announced yesterday it
had contracted with a Phoenix company to buy electricity
from what could be the largest solar power generating
project in the world.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050908/news_1b8solar.html
- Solar
Pedaflo Creates Potable water for Remote Areas
August 23, 2005 - renewableenergyaccess.com
Communities of people living in remote villages
around the globe often endure scarcity of safe water
for drinking and cooking, jeopardizing health and
hygiene.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/productstory?id=35693
- Rooftops
Could Support Vast U.S. Market for Solar Power
Mar 1, 2005 - The Energy Foundation
A new study released today by the Energy Foundation,
and undertaken by Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:NCI),
describes the vast market potential for rooftop
solar photovoltaic systems (PV) in the United States.
The study, “PV Grid Connected Market Potential in
2010 Under a Cost Breakthrough Scenario,” provides
an estimate of the market for PV systems in the
United States based on available rooftop space for
residential and commercial solar PV.
http://www.ef.org/documents/PV_pressrelease.pdf
- Energy
from the Desert
May, 2003
The world's deserts are sufficiently
large that, in theory, covering a fraction of their
landmass with PV systems could generate many times
the current primary global energy supply. Moreover,
the energy produced is from solar radiation - a
clean and renewable source - hence such systems
would have the potential to contribute massively
to the protection of the global environment.
http://www.cplbookshop.com/contents/C1268.htm
- Solar
Power Alone Can Solve West Coast Power Crunch
Aug. 9, 2001 -/PRNewswire/
BERKELEY, Calif. -- PowerLight Corporation (http://www.powerlight.com)
today announced shipment of a 100 kWac solar electric
PowerGuard system for installation on the Anaheim
Convention Center. Owned by the City of Anaheim,
the system is the largest solar power system on
a convention center in North America.
- EDITORIAL:
Solar eclipse
January 12, 2001 - Staff Editorial - The Technician
- North Carolina State U.
(U-WIRE) RALEIGH, N.C. - According to researchers
at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
in Golden, Colo., photovoltaic units or solar
panels spanning only 10,000 square miles
could provide all the electricity the United States
needs based on the current solar energy technology
of 10-percent system efficiency. With next-generation
15-percent efficiency models, that land space would
be decreased by 30 percent.An area roughly equivalent
to 1 percent of the continental United States could
supply enough electricity to charge the world.
- Shea
Homes and AstroPower Announce Premium Power Partnership
January 3, 2001 - PrNewswire
Leading US Home Builder to Adopt Solar Electric
Technology As a Standard Feature, Increasing Performance,
Home Efficiency and Value NEWARK, Del. - Shea Homes,
Inc. of San Diego, CA and AstroPower, Inc. (Nasdaq:
APWR) jointly announced today that they have signed
an agreement to make solar power a standard feature
in new Shea communities. The partnership kicks off
with the construction of 100 solar powered homes
in San Diego, CA this year. The companies have a
goal to build a total of 200 solar powered homes
in the next 18 months, as new development phases
roll out.
- Alternative
sources of power are in business
Nove 5, 2000 - Dan Weisman - North County Times
San Diego County's status as an energy disaster
area has propelled the few North County alternative
energy companies into seeing green ---- green as
in environmentally-friendly systems and green as
in increased income.
- New
Sandia control method opens doors for more photovoltaic
systems being safely linked to electric grid
Sep 26, 2000 - Sandia
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A new way to safely, simply and
effectively connect electricity-producing photovoltaic
(PV) solar systems to utility company power grids
has been developed by the Department of Energys
Sandia National Laboratories. Already several manufacturers
have adapted it into their systems.
Related GENI Resources
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Links
IREC
Connecting to the Grid (Interstate Renewable Energy
Council)
CIGRE:
International Congress on Large High-Voltage Electric
Systems
IEEE/PES
Internatioinal Practices Committee panel sessions
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