ImplicationsThe draft of a comprehensive energy U.S. Congressional bill entitled the “The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009″ has been released. A bill of this nature is necessary for long-term investment in American clean energy and energy independence. This industry has been highly reliant on short-term subsidies and…

Starwood 1 will showcase two critical future technologies. The first is power storage. Without storage, you will only have power when the sun is shining. And while that can work to a point, it will never power the whole world. We’ll still need something to take care of the base-load,…

According to the Gulf News, the plant, as announced by Ali Bin Abdullah Al Owais, executive director of electricity affairs in the country’s Energy Ministry, will create enough electricity needs and will have enough left over for other countries in the region, he said.Mr. Al Qwais’s remarks were made during…

The Cell Awards are judged by a consortium of the solar industry’s leading companies and research organizations, including Q-Cells, Suntech Power and Fraunhofer ISE, and recognize products with the most potential to lower the cost of solar technology. “Our panel of judges from across the solar industry knows all too…

State Senator Ellen Anderson stood in front of a large mobile array of solar panels atop the Capitol steps Thursday and predicted the 2009 session will do for solar what the 1994 session did for wind power. “Today we’d like to announce we’re kicking off the solar energy revolution in…

Raleigh-based Progress (NYSE: PGN) said the goal of its new SunSense program is to increase the amount of solar energy produced in its Carolinas and Florida territories by more than 100 megawatts over the next decade. The company intends to reach that goal by offering a series of incentives and…

The proposal, yet to be approved, calls for $100 billion investment in solar energy over the next two decades to install 20,000 MW of solar energy The plan proposes that the government should give out $5 billion subsidies to the power utilities, every year for the next 20 years, which…

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) led the pack in 2008, according to a new report from the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). The trade group named PG&E the most solar integrated utility due to the 85 megawatts of new capacity.Two other California utilities — Southern California Edison…

The photovoltaic plant was inaugurated Sunday at Masdar City by Sheikh Diab bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA). The 212,000 square meter (55 acre) solar system is comprised of 87,777 photovoltaic modules and will produce 17,500 MWh of clean energy each year that…

“We know the cost of our oil addiction all too well,” Obama said in a speech at Nellis Air Force Base, which is home to the biggest solar electric plant in the Western Hemisphere. “It’s the cost measured by the billions of dollars we send to nations with unstable or…