Solar Energy News August 15th

by Editor

Ontario backs off on solar energy rate cut
London Free Press
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) announced Friday that anyone who applied to install small ground-mounted solarpanels under the province's micro-FIT ...

Waldwick reaps benefits from solarpanel installation
NorthJersey.com
SRECs can be sold or traded separately, giving owners of solar energy systems a source of revenue to help offset the cost of installation. ...

Hundreds turn out for solar energy job fair
Poughkeepsie Journal

Between 300 and 500 job seekers were expected to attend by the end of the six-hour event, said Vincent Cozzolino, Solar Energy Consortium founder and CEO. ...

Historic Richmond Plunge Opens as a Solar-powered Pool
EP Magazine
The facility uses solar energy to heat 324000 gallons of non-chlorinated saline water. The heat is provided through 80 Heliodyne Gobi 410 collectors in an ...

Ford to utilize solar energy in Wayne plant to produce Focus ...
Ford Motor Co. is tapping the sun's energy to help power production of the next- generation Focus and hybrid-electric vehicles coming to market in the next ...

Free solar panels sound good, but buying them yourself is better
The Guardian
Solar energy expert, Richard Drinkwater, a director with of Mipower, based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is more robust. He warns that homeowners will lose out ...

Solar Power Transforms Parking Lots into Green Job Generators ...
By Tina Casey

The basic idea behind a solar parking lot is simply to incorporate solar panels into a carport, which is basically an open-sided shed with a roof. Solar carports can be small enough to fit a single car at a residence, or scaled up for ...

Report: Solar Energy
Cheaper Than Nuclear Energy
Consumer Energy Report
"Solar Energy is Now the Better Buy" after reaching a "Historic Crossover" according to a new study. The costs for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems have ...