Platts’s Smart Grid Policy & Implementation Forum conference is this coming Monday and Tuesday in Washington, DC. GetSolar will see you there!

RT @solarfund Check out Bill Jordan's article in PV News: Tracking #Solar 's Growth in the World's Poorest Parts: http://bit.ly/qtvSV ! # #Crayola goes #solar: http://bit.ly/q7ibd I'm thinking the inauguration of a new color is in order. # RT @bootsontheroof @CalSSC: Surprising New Poll Reveals: Vast Majority of Americans Support the Climate Bill http://bit.ly/QQEPJ # [...]

Army eyes Mojave Desert for massive #solar farm: http://bit.ly/GJiiB The main obstacle? Financing, of course. # 150 businesses endorse bill for U.S. #green jobs: http://bit.ly/6UesV # Charlotte, #NC considering going #solar: http://bit.ly/cBEuf $20 mil in bonds to fund 1000+ solar panel installations? Yes please! # Possible expansion for #solar in #Georgia: http://bit.ly/vPQ6X Even better: utility [...]

RT @SolarIndustry New bonding authority in IL will provide up to $3B in RE financing. http://bit.ly/14tLgE #solar # Ohio comes up with municipal #solar plan: http://bit.ly/1DNyG6 # NJ #solar projects get the green light! http://bit.ly/14zSxG Over $515 million in the pipeline, NJ now 2nd place for US solar supremacy. # Just for fun– British govt. [...]

SunPower beats Wall St. projections, shows confidence in #solar revival: http://bit.ly/LpirM # Roadside energy production projects using #solar and #wind in the pipeline: http://bit.ly/12DfHA # The latest details on the Desertec #solar project emerge: http://bit.ly/kCvFE # Vehicle-to-grid technology hopes to make electric cars into batteries for the grid: http://bit.ly/zRwF5 # The micro-inverter vs. central inverter [...]

RT @SolarFred The Hamburger and the Solar Panel. How will your company stop #solar from being a commodity? http://bit.ly/TAEGk # AZ touts its #solar advantages over CA @ #Intersolar: http://bit.ly/10uBcn # How did NJ rise to solar prominence? http://bit.ly/3cUb0Y # Hawaii quickly adopts #solar hot water: http://bit.ly/S2dGy 50,000 solar hot water heaters installed to date–keep [...]

RT @solarfeeds The Technology Behind Passive Solar – http://bit.ly/IBhFB # RT @dmsolar Inhabitat » Greenest County Fair on Earth Boasts Solar Power http://bit.ly/1aP8DS Now even nostalgia seems greener! # UofU program opens kids up to possibilities of solar: http://www.standard.net/live/news/177958/ Wish I had this kind of program growing up! # RT @AltEnergyNews Colored dyes offer cheap [...]

CA Public Utilities Commission sees CA solar sector staying strong http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Solar/apa09.htm # MA on the hunt for #solar bids for public buildings http://bit.ly/4ZAbY # 1st ship to direct #solar power into its main grid http://bit.ly/124ZJv # Napa Wineries' #solar panels fall prey to thieves. 40 at a time? Yikes. http://bit.ly/f39xM # SunPower & Wells Fargo [...]

RT @kate_sheppard CSPAN says 219! #ACES # RT @bradplumer Final vote for climate bill: 219-212. Eight Republicans voted for it. #ACES # RT @bradplumer GOP substitute amendment failed in a big way. Final vote for passage of the climate bill going on now… #ACES # Remember that solar does work on cloudy days. A refresher [...]

More sunshine ahead for SoCal: 500 new MW of solar capacity in SCE territory approved by the California PUC, http://tinyurl.com/n63v56 # RT @T_McLeod So far, only Duke and Hawaiian Electric really referencing customer issues. #KEMA # Get on your orange jackets, its open season for Solar Power International 09 (Anaheim) registration: http://tinyurl.com/nl9otx # Vermont enacts [...]