http://photovoltaic-systems.com Photovoltaic Systems and Home Solar Power News Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:15:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 10,2010 --Standardization within the PV equipment supply chain remains a challenge, but production trends over the next few years may provide some salvation. Coherent's Finlay Colville presents three scenarios for PV cell production that impact different....... http://www.electroiq.com/ElectroIQ/en-us/index/display/article-display.articles.Photovoltaics-World.equipment-and_materials.general.2010.march.pv-equipment_standardization.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html Across the pond in the London Borough of Hillingdon, this infill development of five ultra-green buildings continues to garner attention.  The project, Birchway Eco-Community, was built to Level 5 of the Code of Sustainable Homes (with 6 being the highest possible score) and provides 24 one- and two-bedroom affordable ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jetson_green/~3/VYznQeonWaE/birchway-eco-community-hillingdon-uk.html Last week, Big Solar exercised some of its growing clout by killing an anti-solar bill in the Arizona legislature. Here's what happened:  state Republican senator Debbie Lasko introduced a bill that would have gutted Arizona's renewable portfolio standard as we know it. Thankfully, a threat by Chinese solar giant Suntech ... http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/solar-power-under-attack-in-arizona/ Run, don't walk, to your TV and TURN IT ON RIGHT NOW! Solar One Educator Sarah Pidgeon will be seen tonight as part of NBC4's special series Wednesday's Child, a weekly feature that helps recruit families who can provide permanent and loving homes for NYC foster children. WNBC came to Solar ... http://solar1.org/2010/03/10/tonight-solar-one-and-sarah-pidgeon-on-news-4-ny/ The ins and outs of tomorrow's energy grid will be tested on an unprecedented scale in Chicago. Local utility ComEd, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation, will use $5 million in Recovery Act funding to institute the program, which will initially outfit 8,000 homes with advanced smart meters in order to ... http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/news/chicago-to-launch-nations-largest-smart-grid-energy-pilot-program/ Just a few days ago, the $41 million Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental & Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE), a 55,000 square-foot building designed to LEED Platinum certification, was dedicated.  The facility was built to be a living laboratory and platform to showcase technological innovation.  Currently, the south facade of the ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jetson_green/~3/tBzjM-QTv5I/testing-a-new-dynamic-solar-facade.html SARASOTA, Fla., March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunovia Energy Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: SUNV) and Fifth Third Bank announced today that they have finalized a partnership whereby eligible customers can now finance the costs of purchasing and installing Sunovia's LED products.By installing Sunovia's LED Light Fixtures, which are sold under ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NrBn/~3/4gc0rMfcjh4/sunovia-energy-technologies-partners.html KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With solar panels and wind turbines popping up across the region, the Tennessee Valley Authority's homegrown renewable energy program, Generation Partners, now has enough power to meet the annual electricity needs of a fairly large subdivision. ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NrBn/~3/XzAahS3PrRQ/tva-incentives-fuel-homegrown-power.html MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Soliant Energy™, the leader in concentrated solar energy systems for commercial rooftops, today announced that Ben Jamison has joined the company as vice president of marketing, reporting to Terry Bailey, chairman and CEO. Jamison, a seasoned marketing executive with over 30 years of experience with leading companies in ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NrBn/~3/R2a3uxxlDg4/soliant-energy-adds-veteran-marketer.html MERRIMACK, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On March 9, 2010, GT Solar International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOLR), priced the secondary offering of 25 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $4.85 per ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/NrBn/~3/5YcCQ96wp_E/gt-solar-international-inc-announces_10.html