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Companies allowed to build solar power plants on public lands (People's Daily)
California has lifted a ban forbidding companies to build huge solar power plants on public lands, the San Jose Mercury News reported on Thursday. Under a new ordinance by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), companies planning to b ...

Town has highest producer of solar power (North Andover Citizen)
There’s currently enough solar power coming from the roof of the former Lucent Plant to power nearly 200 average-sized homes.

Vermont panel approves solar power push (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The state Public Service Board has approved a plan by Vermont's second-largest power company to encourage the installation of solar power by homeowners and businesses.

Solar Power Heats Up the Southwest (GreenBiz)
ALBERQUERQUE, N.M. -- The four largest utilities in New Mexico want to build the state's largest commercial solar power generating plant in move that could yield enough renewable energy to supply as many as 52,000 homes.

Solar power tax credit heading for sunset (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
WATSONVILLE -- The potential loss of a federal tax credit is a cloud hanging over the solar power industry and local efforts to harness clean energy.

Plans For Solar Power Plant Near El Centro (Channel 8 San Diego)
A Phoenix-based company has filed an application to build a massive solar power plant that would provide electricity to San Diego.

The Economics of Solar Power (YaleGlobal Online)
A new era for solar power is approaching. Long derided as uneconomic, it is gaining ground as technologies improve and the cost of traditional energy sources rises.

Reid: Government should help solar power industry (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada used the opening of the first solar power manufacturing plant in North America to call for government incentives to help the alternative energy industry.

Solar power refund for green households (Adelaide Now)
SOUTH Australia's solar scheme, which pays people double the going rate for solar power they feed back into the electricity grid, comes into effect today.

Reid opens solar power plant in Vegas (Reno Gazette-Journal)
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid flipped the switch on the first solar power manufacturing plant in North America and used the occasion to call for government incentives to help the alternative energy industry.