Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Landmark Legislation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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This article from the Desert Sun in Palm Springs gives insight into the impact of the new laws on that locality. As a desert region they are understandably excited about the further incentives the new laws provide.
With both bills there are now new and enticing incentives for both homeowners and commercial property owners to go solar!
Two new bills have been signed into law in California. For homeowners, the bill requiring utilities to roll over or pay homeowners for excess power in a given year removes a big barrier for those discouraged by the previous practice of wiping out credits at the end of the year.
This article discussed the pros and cons of the new legislation.
Boeing has announced the development of a new solar cell that effectively doubles the light percentage capacity of traditional photovalic cells. The new cells yield 41.6 sunlight to electricity.
This article shows how popular solar energy has become. It tells us that we may reach our subsidy program limit sometime next year. Officials are looking to increase these limits in the future.
This man has recaptured most of his 30K investment in solar
This article explains how California is the state that is setting the standards and leading the way in Solar Installations.
Table indicating California's lead in solar
This page includes a fascinating video featuring an imminent MIT professor discussing a compelling new vision of the future of solar energy. Our industry is clearly in the forefront of major discovery and innovation by the preeminent institutions in the world
Here is a link to an article in the world of photovoltaics website discussing the impact of the new energy bill on solar.
This is the site for the Solar Power Authority-which includes the most comprehensive aggregation of information on developments in incentives, government involvement, education and solar jobs.
Here’s one of the start ups in Silicon Valley that is really a silicon based company!
This video shows some of the work they are doing to make wafer layers thinner and more efficient.
This company is one of the many emerging companies uniting the principles of solar energy and information technology very likely to dominate the energy industry in coming years and decades.
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