Solar Energy Consortium may get another $3 million (Kingston Daily Freeman)
LAKE KATRINE - U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey says the House Appropriations Committee has agreed to put $2.9 million for The Solar Energy Consortium and its partners in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill and Financial Service Appropriations bill for fiscal 2009.
Canberrans warm to new solar energy law (Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail)
Canberrans are delighted with new laws that allow residents to be paid for solar energy and hope the ACT will become the ''solar capital''. Residents who produce solar power will be paid almost 60c for every kilowatt hour of electricity they generate, a payment called a ''feed-in tariff''.
BLM to Continue Accepting Solar Energy Applications (Arizona Range News)
In response to public interest in solar energy development, the Bureau of Land Management is announcing that it plans to continue accepting applications for future potential solar development on the public lands.
Surging Oil Prices Make Solar Energy Viable Alternative Energy (Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA))
KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- Surging oil prices have made solar energy a more viable alternative energy source for developing countries, including Islamic countries, said Ir Ahmad Hadri Haris, who heads the Malaysia Building Integrated Photo Voltaic (MBIPV) project.
House panel approves almost $3 million for Solar Energy Consortium and partners (Mid-Hudson News)
LAKE KATRINE - Congressman Maurice Hinchey Wednesday announced he has secured the House Appropriations Committee's approval of $2.9 million for The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC) and its partners.
Motivation behind solar-energy delay must be questioned (University of South Florida Oracle)
The Bush administration has placed an almost two-year moratorium on solar-energy projects on public land, citing a need for studies regarding "the environmental impact the solar projects will have on land in Arizona, Nevada, California and other western states," Democracy Now! reported Monday.
Tax Credits Critical For Solar Energy, Company Reps Say (Albuquerque Journal)
New Mexico is poised for a solar energy bonanza that will be cut off at its knees if federal tax...
EPE makes plans to add solar energy (Las Cruces Sun-News)
EL PASO — El Paso Electric is involved in two proposed projects to bring solar energy to its customers.
Sector Snap: Chinese solar energy companies fall (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares solar cell maker Trina Solar Ltd. fell Tuesday, joining a decline among most other Chinese solar energy companies.
U.S. solar energy industry blasts government move (Environmental News Network)
Leaders in the U.S. solar energy industry blasted the U.S. government on Monday for a freeze on applications for new solar projects on public land in six Western states. The Bureau of Land Management announced the freeze a month ago, saying it would conduct an extensive study looking at the environmental, social and economic impacts of solar energy development.
