Solar Energy Politics
Solar Energy News Summary Week of 4-20
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Mich. House starts passing comprehensive energy legislationMLive.com - MI,USAAnd Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. near Saginaw, which makes materials used in solar energy products, would get tax breaks based on electric costs if
Claymore Launches Global Solar ETFETFguide - Carlsbad,CA,USAThe index currently consists of 25 globally-listed investable public companies that specialize in providing solar energy products and services […]
Solar Powered Churches - Has their Time Come?
Thursday, January 17th, 2008I’d like to offer up a suggestion to the churches of the world. Why don’t you consider installing solar power panels on your church roofs along with a grid tie in. Think about all those churches all around the world. They typically have very large roofs and surface areas on those roofs. They are […]
The Fed Chairman, Recession and Solar Energy Tax Credits
Thursday, January 17th, 2008A few years ago the US government ended tax credits to home owners for solar energy products and installation. Many saw the removal of this tax subsidy as the end to an era in the solar energy industry as it related to homeowners. This removal happened at a time when oil prices had not […]
$100 million Investment to start Schott Solar Plant in Alburquerque
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008It will require $100 million just to get it off the ground and won’t start until 2009, but Schott Solar Inc will build a manufacturing facility in Alburquerqe, New Mexico.
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FCEA)(NYSE:FCEB) announced today that SCHOTT AG, a global leader in glass and optics and one of the largest solar technology manufacturers […]
Solar Energy Center for Energy Research at UNLV
Sunday, December 30th, 2007I have written on this site and others that I suspect that Las Vegas may be uniquely suited to field and pave the way for the rest of the country in utilizing solar energy both at a personal level on the home, but also at a business or corporate level.
This video starts to talk a […]
Masdar Puts Solar Power To The Test for the Abu Dhabi
Sunday, December 30th, 2007I came across an interesting article about a proposed field test in the United Arab Emirates. The test is actually a competition amongst 22 companies. The UAE is not prone to sitting back hitting golf balls into the Persian Gulf and entirely relying on oil revenues, it is working to build a capital […]
Solar Energy Commercial
Thursday, December 27th, 2007Here’s an interesting Solar Energy Comercial (in an Apple does 1984 kind of way). Now, I do not always go in for these dark, the world is ending in the apocalypse types of settings, but in every exageration there is a grain of truth that can be gleamed to help us find just a wee […]
Senate Bill Stripped of Solar Provisions
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007In case you missed it, Congress and the President served to strip the Energy bill of provisions that would have extended Solar Product tax credits past 2008. Today, a homeowner can take a solar energy tax credit up to $2,000. The original Senate bill would have extended that solar energy tax credit limit up to […]