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Jan 08th
RECORD NEW ENERGY INVESTMENT BODES WELL FOR OBAMA PLAN TO RETOOL

RECORD NEW ENERGY INVESTMENT BODES WELL FOR OBAMA PLAN TO RETOOL

The same week that Detroit carmakers asked for a multibillion dollar bailout from Congress, a solar panel materials manufacturer based in Hemlock, Michigan, 80 miles from Detroit, announced a a $3 billion plant expansion expansion expected to create hundreds of jobs.

Similar expansion in New Energy industries around the U.S. substantiate the incoming administration’s big plans to use federal spending to simu...

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LANDMARK NEWS FOR SOLAR POWER PLANTS

LANDMARK NEWS FOR SOLAR POWER PLANTS

Big landmarks in the history of solar power plant installations were quietly passed in December.

Following the most comprehensive permitting process ever done in California, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the Sunrise Powerlink transmission project.

A few days later, the El Dorado Energy Solar project, the biggest thin film photovoltaic (PV) installation in North America, w...

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LDK Solar (LDK) Shows the Problem with

LDK Solar (LDK) Shows the Problem with "Hope"

I knew we were playing with fire here in the solar area. I wrote last Wednesday [ Dec 31: Tax Loss Selling in ReneSola... ]

(A) Solar has been one of our worst performing "bets"... I predicted a lot of consolid...
Honda goes green with solar-powered hybrid billboards

Honda goes green with solar-powered hybrid billboards

Eco Factor: Massive billboards powered by solar-power-enabled electric backup.

Honda, while ensuring production of low-emission and fuel efficient vehicles, takes a step closer to green advertising. Their latest billboards...

 DoD Envisions Space-Based Solar Energy Station Orbiting Earth

DoD Envisions Space-Based Solar Energy Station Orbiting Earth

 

The U.S. Military is reconsidering the 40-year-old idea to deploy satellites plastered with solar-energy panels in space to orbit the planet indefinitely. The satellites would send the collected energy to terrestrial r...

Evergreen Solar Shuts Pilot Factory, Takes $25M Write Off

Evergreen Solar Shuts Pilot Factory, Takes $25M Write Off

Evergreen Solar , which makes solar panels, has shuttered its pilot factory and plans to take a $25 million write off as a result, the company said Monday.

The move should help the Marlboro, Mass.-based company save money,...

Oy Vey! LDK Solar Updates 4Q08 and 2009 Outlook

Oy Vey! LDK Solar Updates 4Q08 and 2009 Outlook

LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LDK), a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today provided an updated outlook for the fourth quarter of 2008. Based upon preliminary data for the fourth quarter, LDK Solar estimates ...

 

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