- New Jersey Adopts New Solar Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards, www.mondaq.com, February 24, 2010. This is the most forward thinking state in regards solar as both an industry and as a solar user. [I'd be very interested in finding out the economic impact of solar advancement in the state from the standpoint of new jobs and new revenue for the power industry. If you know of anyone interested in pursuing this question, please let me know as it is critical to selling solar to both the utility (TVA) and to the state of Tennessee. -S. Levey]
- Confluence Solar CEO is in Sales Mode, www.knoxnews.com, February 15, 2010
- US Solar Market to Double in 2011, Technology Review, February 8, 2010
- Excess German PV Panels to Ship to US, TN Solar Startups, PV-Tech.org, February 5, 2010. Tennessee is poised for explosive growth in solar farming once the proposed manufacturing plants begin production. With or without the influence of TVA and its solar PV policies, Tennessee and the other TVA regions are ideal for new opportunities. Unless TVA has special rules that prevent the wheeling of electric power from solar farms to other utilities interested in purchasing RECS, farms can be created in the state and the power exported to other regions. After all, is not TVA buying windpower in the Midwest? But what about foreign imports of panels from Europe? Spain, Germany, Italy have lost their appeal and the European manufacturers are looking for new markets for their products. USA looks like the place where the action is just beginning and the buying power of the euro can reduce the prices of panels below what is presently predicted for domestic production.
- Solar Power Challenges in CA, Photovoltaics World, January 22, 2010. This article contains great ideas and lessons in creating and advancing the solar climate in California, the state with the most solar experience.
- Germany Looks At Its Feed-In-Tariffs, Renewable Energy World, December 15, 2009
- Solar Cell Demand to Overtake 2009 Overcapacity, Photovoltaics World Online, December 11, 2009
- Tennessee's First USDA-supported Solar PV System Goes Online, December 9, 2009
- The Next Solar Frontier: Hybrid PV/Thermal Systems, December 7, 2009
- Senator Alexander Introduces Clean Energy Act of 2009, December, 2009
- Duke Energy 25 MW Wind Power Project, Clean Edge News, November 30, 2009
- Forget Efficiency, Solar Chases $1 Per Watt, R&D Magazine, November 19, 2009
- TN Developers Hope to Capitalize On Solar Projects, November 11, 2009
- TN Recovery Act Selections for Smart Grid Grants, October 27, 2009
- Battery Makers Can Lower Costs, October 24, 2009
- TN Congressman Gordon Votes for Solar Tech “Roadmap” Bill Passed by the House, October 22, 2009
- Nissan Puts Electric Car Charging Stations Across Tennessee, October 11, 2009
- National Survey Shows 92 Percent Favor Solar, October 8, 2009
- DOE Creates Private-Sector Partnership for RE Development, October 7, 2009
- DOW’s Integrated Shingles, October 5, 2009
- Tennessee 2009 Solar Tours, October 2, 2009
Links to articles posted on other websites:
- Going green: UT directing energy into courses on sustainability, from knoxnews.com, Knoxville News Sentinel, November 1, 2009
- UT aims to “make orange green”: Zero net greenhouse gas emissions is school’s goal, from knoxnews.com, Knoxville News Sentinel, November 1, 2009
- Tennessee Governor Says China Trip Has Green Energy Focus, by Erik Schelzig (AP), October 27, 2009
- U.S. H.R. 3585: Text of “Solar Technology Roadmap Act” Legislation, 111th Congress, First Session, 2009
- Push for solar, renewable energy needed in Tennessee, from The Daily Beacon, by Claire Quinn, September 22, 2009
- Bredesen: State to get $62.5M stimulus grant for solar initiative, from knoxvillebiz.com, by Rick Locker, September 16, 2009
- What do former auto & solar plants have in common: green jobs, from examiner.com, by Brian Coppa, August 30, 2009
- Tennessee: Automotive and Alternative Energy Stimulate Economic Optimism, from Area Development Magazine, by Mali R. Schantz-Feld, Aug/Sep 2009
- Tennessee officials look to solar projects as economic engine, from the Memphis Business Journal, by Toby Sells, July 31, 2009