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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Solar Power Update 9/27


Optimism Sets Tone As Solar Power International Makes First Visit to Southeast

MarketWatch (press release) -
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sep 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Inspired by keynote speaker President Bill Clinton's assertion that solar energy will be "keeping America at the head of the [future] business," solar energy industry professionals who attended Solar ...

Georgia Power May Buy 210 Megawatts of Solar by 2017

Businessweek - ‎3 hours ago‎
Southern Co. (SO), the second-largest U.S. power company by market value, is seeking permission to purchase as much as 210 megawatts of solar power by 2017. The company's Georgia Power unit, based in Atlanta, submitted plans to regulators to buy 70 ...

Georgia Solar Energy Organizations Encouraged By Georgia Power Plan To ...

MarketWatch (press release) -
ATLANTA, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Georgia Solar Energy Association (GSEA) and Georgia Solar Industry Association (GASEIA) appreciate Georgia Power's proposal announced today at the Georgia Public Service Commission to ...

Solar power: Australia has an abundance of solar energy that can be safely ...

NEWS.com.au -
AS we know, Australia is rich in natural resources. We've been exploiting our mineral reserves for more than a century now. But there is a catch these resources are both finite and dirty. The good news is that we in South Australia have a plentiful supply of ...

Seven-year sops for solar power developers

IBNLive.com -
In a bid to relieve the state of power crisis, the state government on Wednesday announced its Solar Energy Policy-2012 and invited developers to invest in solar power plants while announcing several incentives for them. The sops will be extended to solar ...

The Supposed Decline of Green Energy

Businessweek -
Here's a surprising new fact about energy in the United States: the percentage of our electricity coming from the greenest sources — that is, the non-hydroelectric renewables such as solar, wind, geothermal and biomass — has doubled in just four years to ...

Southern Co.'s Georgia Utility to Increase Purchases of Solar Power

Fox Business -
Southern Co.'s (SO) Georgia utility said Wednesday it plans to buy 210 megawatts of solar power by 2015. Southern's Georgia Power utility already has contracts for 61 megawatts of solar power, enough to serve about 7,600 homes, the utility said. Under the ...

Taxpayers, ratepayers will fund California solar plants

San Jose Mercury News -
LOS ANGELES -- Driven by the Obama administration's vision of clean power and energy independence, the rush to build large-scale solar plants across the Southwest has created an investors' dream in the desert. Taxpayers have poured tens of billions of ...

Georgia Power files largest solar initiative in state history

MarketWatch (press release) - ‎Sep 26, 2012‎
ATLANTA, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Georgia Power today filed a new solar initiative - the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative ("GPASI") - with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). If approved, the initiative would create the ...

Paramount Solar Partners with Clean Power Finance to Offer an Array of ...

MarketWatch (press release) -
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Sep 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Paramount Solar, one of California's leading residential solar companies, has partnered with Clean Power Finance to provide an expanded portfolio of affordable financing options that make solar ...

Adapting Gas-Fired Power to a Greener Grid

New York Times (blog) -
Making electricity from natural gas is cleaner than making it from coal or oil, but as gas gains a bigger market share in the business in the United States and elsewhere, the idea of what constitutes a good generator is shifting. General Electric announced a line ...

Nine in Ten Americans Think Solar Should Be a Bigger Part of the Country's ...

MarketWatch (press release) -
New York Markets Open in: Pre-Market Indications Analyst Ratings Oil News EarningsWatch · Home · News Viewer · Markets · Investing · Personal Finance · Industries · Economy/Politics · Trading Deck · Log In · Games · Alerts · Portfolio. press release. Sept.

Project toward producing solar and wind power integrated series products

China Daily -
Project toward producing solar and wind power integrated series products. 2012-09-26. I. Project name: Project toward producing solar and wind power integrated series products. II. Project address: Dongping County Industrial Park. III. Ways of cooperation: ...

Georgia Power to purchase more solar energy

Cedartown Standard -
ATLANTA — Georgia Power plans to substantially boost the amount of solar power it distributes to customers, executives with the utility firm said. The utility will buy more than 10 times the amount of solar electricity it now gets from solar farms and rooftop ...

Georgia Power Proposes Adding More Solar to Energy Mix

Public Broadcasting Atlanta -
In wake of increased pressure to speed up solar development, Georgia Power has submitted a plan to add solar capacity to its energy mix. If state regulators sign off on the plan, Georgia Power would buy up to 70 megawatts of solar electricity each year for the ...

A conservative argument for solar power

LaGrange Daily News -
Solar energy has become a polarizing ideological debate, with many on the left treating it as a religious crusade, while many of us on the right believe it's a boondoggle designed to favor Obama supporters. The bad name solar energy has in Republican and ...

Passive Solar Design: Energy Savings All Year

NorthumberlandView.ca -
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 27, 2012) - Most Canadians know the pleasure and comfort of sitting in front of a south facing window on a sunny winter's day. What's less well known is that the warmth you feel can also significantly reduce your ...

Georgia Power Proposes Largest Solar PV Initiative In State History

Solar Industry - ‎2 hours ago‎
Georgia historically has lagged behind many other U.S. states in deploying significant amounts of solar power due to limited incentives and a lack of a renewable portfolio standard. But a new solar initiative just introduced by the state's largest utility, Georgia ...

Georgia Solar Finally Gets A Little Love

EarthTechling -
Georgia Power and its parent, Southern Company, don't have a great reputation when it comes to encouraging solar power development. A move the company made yesterday might improve that reputation – a little. Georgia Power said it had asked state ...

Georgia Finally Getting Some Solar Energy

SustainableBusiness.com -
Georgia Finally Getting Some Solar Energy. SustainableBusiness.com News. Just days after an aspiring utility filed plans to develop 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar in the state, Georgia Power is proposing to triple its use of solar electricity. The utility, which has thus ...

Guest column: Neville Williams ... BOOM TIMES FOR SOLAR POWER

Naples Daily News -
Guest commentary. America's largest solar-power trade show was held Sept. 9-13 at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center. Over 15,000 people attended, and some 1,000 global solar companies exhibited. Former President Bill Clinton addressed the ...

Japanese green energy drive 'off to a strong start'

Inside Japan Tours - ‎4 hours ago‎
Japanese green energy drive 'off to a strong start'. Japan's recently-launched renewable energy drive has got off to a strong start, ministers have confirmed. According to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, generation at ...

Georgia Power Files 210 MW Solar Initiative With Regulator

Renew Grid - ‎‎
email the content item · print the content item · Georgia Power has filed a new solar initiative - the Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative (GPASI) - with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). If approved, the initiative would create the largest ...

No blanket approval for solar farms: report

The Barrie Advance -
Rick Vanderlinde; |; Sep 27, 2012 - 11:35 AM; |; |; Report a Typo or Correction. No blanket approval for solar farms: report. INNISFIL — Roof-top solar farms should not be given blanket approval in Innisfil, town staff say. While staff and council support two ...

Homegrown, Clean, and Clever: Nation's first Solar Utility puts money back in ...

AltEnergyMag (press release) - ‎5
Homegrown, Clean, and Clever: Nation's first Solar Utility puts money back in ratepayer's pockets. Visit http://www.GaSolarUtilities.com for further information. Georgia Solar Utilities, Inc. uses a mutual type company to deploy 2GW of large scale solar projects; ...

SEIA Statement on Proposed Georgia Power Solar Energy Initiative

AltEnergyMag (press release) -
WASHINGTON, DC – Georgia Power Company today proposed an initiative to create one of the largest voluntarily-developed solar portfolios by an investor-owned utility in the U.S. The Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative (GPASI) would add 210 ...

Utilities discuss how to make sense of solar for them and customers

Clean Energy Authority -
A large-scale renewable energy installation The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) held a webinar discussing how its 2012 Utility of the Year Award Winners have integrated solar projects and programs into their electric pipeline in way that works both ...

Latest Solar Energy Developments from Massachusetts

GetSolar.com -
It may surprise some to learn that Massachusetts, a state better known for its frigid winters than for abundant sunshine, is one of the top locations in the country for solar power. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Bay State is No.

More solar energy in Germany than all of Europe

Hydrogen Fuel News -
Solar energy policies lead to progress for Germany. It is no secret by now that Germany has a strong interest in solar energy. The German government has been aggressive in its pursuit for solar energy since announcing plans to abandon nuclear power in the ...
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