Green Options » pv solar http://greenoptions.com/tag/pv-solar Posts tagged 'pv solar' Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:51:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en PV Solar “Energy” at Intersolar North America http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/15/pv-solar-energy-at-intersolar-north-america/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/15/pv-solar-energy-at-intersolar-north-america/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:51:20 +0000 Leah Edwards http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/15/pv-solar-energy-at-intersolar-north-america/ No recession in evidence here.  Yesterday’s opening session of Intersolar North America was packed and full of energy. The solar trade show almost tripled its exhibition space and more than doubled the number of exhibitors from last year, when the first North America Intersolar show was also hosted in San Francisco.

Intersolar Show in San FranciscoAs far as I can tell, there won’t be any major news coming out of the conference and show. Intersolar’s growth and popularity shows that this is still a young industry and more and more people want to learn about the technology and products available–as well as participate in discussions about how to grow the industry and influence public policy. Organizers say that there are 17,700 registered attendees from 79 countries and 333 exhibitors from 23 countries.

The primary “news” is a continuation of increases in PV efficiency and the lowering of costs of production for equivalent units of electricity. It’s good news but not new news.

Keynote Address by Mayor Gavin Newsom

In this blog network, you’ve probably read posts furthering the friendly rivalry between the cities of San Francisco and Portland (and now Seattle). San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and mayors of these other progressive cities blog about their communities’ challenge to each other to be more green and to claim leadership in electric car usage, solar installations and more.

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/07/15/pv-solar-energy-at-intersolar-north-america/feed/ Spain Tracks First Solar Plant With Mixed Technology http://ecoscraps.com/2008/10/24/spain-tracks-first-solar-plant-with-mixed-technology/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/10/24/spain-tracks-first-solar-plant-with-mixed-technology/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:30:15 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://ecoscraps.com/2008/10/24/spain-tracks-first-solar-plant-with-mixed-technology/ Two Spanish Solar companies - Concentrix Solar and Abengoa Solar - announced they’ve connected a 2 Megawatt solar power plant to the public utility grid under Spain’s feed-in tariff law. The plant will supply 300 MW for around 153,000 homes. The companies say the plant is the first to combine silicon flat modules and concentrator PV modules mounted on tracking systems.

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