1 Solar power won't raise homes' tax value, Duval property appraiser says
Outfitting a house with solar power panels might cost you $40,000. But it won't raise your tax bill a dime, Property Appraiser Jim Overton is telling Duval County homeowners. The appraiser's office boiled that assurance down to a form letter last month as solar power owners wrote in, worried they faced hundreds of dollars in extra property taxes for going green. Relax, Overton is telling them ... Source: The Florida Times-Union
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2 AEG Power Solutions Completes 40 kW Solar System on NC State University’s FREEDM Systems Center
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS), North America’s premier provider of turn-key solar solutions, has completed the rooftop solar installation for North Carolina State University’s FREEDM Systems Center. Source: Business Wire
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3 Solar school: Upland Hills to produce two-thirds of power this school year with new solar panels
OXFORD — Upland Hills School expects its new solar panel array to produce two-thirds of the electricity needed to operate the private school complex this year. Source: The Oakland Press
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4 AEG Power Solutions claims breakthrough in polysilicon production efficiency
AEG Power Solutions (AEG PS) has unveiled its new Thyrobox PI power system for the first time at the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (Feria Valencia, Valencia, Spain,). The company claims the system will set new efficiency standards in polysilicon production. Source: EETimes.de
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5 MIT Scientists Create Self-Repairing Solar Cells that Double Efficiency
Solar power is inefficient. Whenever those plains of panels are laid out, the sunlight they convert into stored energy also degrades their effectiveness. With each day the panels spend smoldering under the sun, they become more unreliable in harvesting the rays. For many new systems, designed for lower cost and flexibility, degradation is a huge issue: In just 60 hours, efficiency can sometimes ... Source: Fast Company Magazine
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6 Best in Class: Power-One Poised to Invert Solar Stocks
Solar module companies receive most of the attention from investors, but in the less price intense area of solar inverters, the bigger gains are being made. Source: TheStreet.com
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7 Japan to Sell Carbon Credits Backed by Home Solar Power, Electric Car Use
Japan’s government plans to sell carbon credits backed by greenhouse-gas reductions that households make using solar power systems or electric cars, a trade ministry official said today. Source: Bloomberg
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8 Three-Quarters Of New Solar Systems Worldwide Were Installed In The EU In 2009
In 2009, newly installed photovoltaic (PV) cells world-wide produced a peak amount of electricity estimated at 7.4 GW, out of which 5.8 GW was located in Europe. Similarly to previous years, this shows the EU's dominance, where more than three quarters of the world's new solar systems were installed. By the end of 2009, Europe's cumulative installed PV electricity generation capacity (existing ... Source: redOrbit
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9 Department Of Energy Announces $8.5M To Advance Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced that the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories is investing $8.5M for four projects that have reached Stage III of the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) program. Source: ElectricNet
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10 Solar cars and homes and panels. Oh, my!
If you own a solar home, should you charge your solar car there? Source: The Christian Science Monitor
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