WHEC-TV
It’s quiet, it’s clean and one Victor businessman says it’s catching on. It’s solar energy generated by panels on houses and businesses.
Raj Rajan had solar panels installed on his home in Victor when he first built it several years ago and he says he loves producing his own energy. “On a real sunny day I’m [...]

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — The year of 2008 has seen the United States taking critical steps in developing renewable energy to meet the national goal of achieving 25 percent renewable energy by 2025.
But most important of all is that the November election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. [...]

Thinking about going solar? There’s never been a better time than 2009.
Both the feds and the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) are offering hefty rebates and tax credits as incentives for home and business owners to install energy-saving solar electric fixtures on residential or commercial properties.

Solar energy advocates are celebrating recent legislation that industry insiders have [...]

Missouri University of Science and Technology was recently awarded two $10,000 grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for research related to solar energy and energy management.
The following are primary investigators on both grants: Dr. Stuart Baur, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering; Dr. Katie Grantham Lough, assistant professor of interdisciplinary engineering; and [...]

CARSON CITY, Nev.—Maps showing vast stretches of Nevada that would eventually be alternative energy generating sites linked to power transmission lines were outlined Tuesday by a special commission formed by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
The Nevada Renewable Energy Transmission Access Advisory Committee displayed the maps at a meeting held on the same day that Democratic state leaders [...]

One Planet
Vera Kwakofi
BBC World Service
Africa is a continent of darkness and is desperately in need of power.
Only one in three of Africa’s 700 million people have electricity - and in the countryside only one in ten has light at the flick of a switch.
For many people, solar energy is the most obvious route [...]

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY–(MARKET WIRE)–Dec 4, 2008 — Atlantic Energy Solutions, Inc. (Other OTC:AESO.PK - News) is pleased to announce they are in negotiations to make Evolution Solar Corporation (Other OTC:EVSO.PK - News) their provider of photovoltaic (PV) panels for several of Atlantic Energy’s current solar energy efficiency projects.
After conducting extensive research with a number of [...]

Two state agencies signed a collaboration agreement
Two of the largest solar power research institutes, the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the American National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with the express purpose of forwarding international research and technological development of next-generation photovoltaic [...]

SHELTON, CONNECTICUT and TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2008) - OPEL International Inc. (TSX VENTURE:OPL) (”OPEL”), a leading global developer and supplier of concentrating photovoltaic panels (CPVs) and industrial solar systems, today announced it has installed and activated a 9.5 kW grid tied solar installation at The Sports Zone in Trumbull, CT.
The solar installation is [...]

A $10,000 grant from BP powered a Solar Energy Expo at Stewart Elementary School in Kemah.
The day featured a variety of hands on activities including cooking nachos in solar ovens and races with solar cars and solar crabs.
Students also built solar houses and got the opportunity to jump on the district’s new energy bike.
The bicycle [...]