Obama’s geothermal & solar investment: http://tinyurl.com/l4ud3d #
First Solar might break into the S&P 500! http://tinyurl.com/n3l7o6 #
NJ adds extra rebate amount for state-manufactured solar components, like the program in MA: http://tinyurl.com/phvn7t #
Kansas gets net metering, RES: http://tinyurl.com/rajrls #
RT @davegalanis Is solar energy the next bright spot for M&A? (The Deal Magazine) – http://shar.es/078L #
Florida fails to [...]

SEPA’s second annual report on which national utilities have the most installed megawatts of solar capacity has just been released.

Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican has entered into an agreement with Chinese battery manufacturer BYD to develop batteries that could be used for utility-scale renewable energy generation.

In anticipation of the 2009 World Games in July, Taiwan has recently finished construction on a $150 million sports stadium covered in a tiled carapace of 8,844 solar panels spread over a hefty 14,155 square meters. The Toyo Ito-designed stadium, built in the shape of a dragon—a Chinese symbol of prosperity and fortune—boasts [...]

California’s Bill AB-920 would change the way state utilities treat Net Excess Generation by requiring the utilities to allow NEG rollover year to year, or by providing compensation to the user.

Cool, short video via @denversolarguy Solar powered water fountain http://bit.ly/162r6x #
SEIA comments on Energy/Commerce Committee: http://bit.ly/KmFlv #
Boston Logan airport already has a LEED-certified terminal; now, solar trees for the parking garage: http://tinyurl.com/padg8g #
Work from the beach, anyone? RT @solarfeeds Bluetooth Solar Headphones
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1.1MW solar array for Florida’s Orange County Convention Ctr going live! The [...]

With Memorial Day weekend upon us, it’s time to start thinking about beaches. And sun. And backyard BBQs. And everything else that makes summer, summer — including a proper reading list. (I can hear the groans…). This time last year, I put together a list of five books on an array of topics, including renewable [...]

The installed cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels is partly a product of solar energy incentives designed to lower out-of-pocket costs and boost adoption. These incentives include: (1) a 30-percent federal renewable energy tax credit; (2) any solar tax credits, rebates or production-based incentives available in your state. Given that these kinds of solar incentives [...]

Solar panel installations are complicated even for the highly skilled contractors who manage them. Find out how installers gain industry certification, and why it’s so important they do so.

The industry cheer raised over news of Italy’s meteoric rise toward grid parity and its quest for photovoltaic dominance has been dampened lately by concerns from analysts that a speculative bubble may be forming and that the Italian solar PV market may follow the “stop-and-go story” of Spain’s. Italy’s solar incentives, among the most [...]