1 Sahara Solar Energy Could Power Europe Inc.
A consortium wants to invest $560 billion in Sahara solar panels Source: BusinessWeek
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2 Can solar power Tanzania?
Dedicated entrepreneurs are pushing solar power as a cheap, clean and safe alternative to the dangerous and dirty kerosene that powers much of the country. Source: PRI Public Radio International
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3 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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4 Solar savings mount for Highland homeowners
Highland Community News photo by Charles Roberts - Erwin Fogerson stands beside his solar array on the hill behind his home, just above his putting course. Source: Highland Community News
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5 Nevada Power to build solar energy plant at school
CARSON CITY – Nevada Power Co. failed to meet its requirements in producing and buying renewable energy in 2009 and as a result it will build a solar energy plant at a public school in Clark County. Source: Las Vegas Sun
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6 Installing solar power now cheaper
After factoring in rebates and tax credits, a homeowner's loan payments could be less than $100 a month for installing 5 kilowatts of solar power — power that would knock nearly $60 off a monthly utility bill, according to figures Tuesday provided by Solar San Antonio and the San Antonio Federal Credit Union. Source: San Antonio Express-News
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7 U.S. Stadiums Go Solar: Major Pro Sports Leagues Move Together Toward Renewable Energy
The nation’s major professional sports leagues are collectively sending an important cultural message in the battle against climate change by encouraging and endorsing the use of solar power and clean energy in arenas and stadiums throughout the United States. Source: Great News Network
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8 Community Solar - A New Model for Local Ownership
A new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance ILSR, Community Solar Power: Obstacles and Opportunities, examines nine community solar projects, the policies that made them possible, and the substantial barriers that remain. Successful community solar power projects in Colorado, Maryland, and North Carolina are knocking down the price of residential-scale solar photovoltaics PV by 25... Source: PitchEngine
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9 World's Mightiest Solar Boat Unveiled
Nearly 500 years after Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first circumnavigation of the globe using nothing but renewable power, Swiss engineer Raphael Domjan and French sailor Gerard D'Abouville are preparing to repeat Elcano's journey in an all-electric boat powered by the energy gathered by 470 square meters of solar panels. [More] Source: Scientific American
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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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