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The US Congress has released a draft bill that would provide tax credits for manufacturers of renewable energy equipment and funding for other sources of clean energy. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin, D-Mich., unveiled the draft legislation which aims to encourage domestic manufacturing of energy equipment and renewable fuel development. The proposed legislation would modify the Section 48C advanced manufacturing tax credit to provide an uncapped 30 percent investment tax credit... (more...)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SE-500X is First CPV Product to Receive New SU 8703 Standard from Esteemed UL Laboratories Monrovia, CA – July 12, 2010 — Soliant Energy, the leader in concentrated photovoltaic solar energy systems for commercial rooftops, today announced that the SE-500X, its flagship product, has officially received the highly-esteemed UL Listing from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Additionally, the SE-500X is the first product certified under the SU 8703 UL draft standard, a new comprehensive... (more...)

California, United States — Rosendin Electric will break ground this week on a new photovoltaic power installation project for the Antelope Valley Union High School District. This 9.4-megawatt (MW) installation spans 10 schools and is the largest school solar project undertaken in California to date. The Rosendin Electric Solar Division has been contracted to support engineering for the US $50 million Antelope Valley UHSD solar project, as well as assuming full responsibility... (more...)

By: Eric Wesoff VC heavyweight Vinod Khosla and Bill Gates get behind a wildly unorthodox nuclear reactor design. “[It's like taking] the entire nuclear infrastructure and collapsing it into one vessel.” — TerraPower’s John Gilleland at an April 2009 presentation at UC Berkeley Can nuclear power be considered green? Greentech Media has been on the forefront of covering nuclear power as a potential clean energy source for several years now.  We have taken detailed looks at small modular... (more...)

Global Solar Technology by Debasish Choudhury After its best year ever in 2008, the world solar market struggled to survive a tumultuous 2009. What looked like a yawning drop for the photovoltaic (PV) market in the first half of the year turned into a solid gain in total amount of systems installed on the strength of strong German sales in the fourth quarter. But despite annual worldwide PV installations rising from 5.8 GW in 2008 to 6.6 GW in 2009, the PV market value dropped by 15.8% to $17.0... (more...)