Solar
Technology for solar energy production including arrays of photovoltaic cells and concentrating solar power (CSP). Issues include solar’s role as a renewable technology and integrating it into the electric grid; the need for grid expansion to connect remote solar resources with load centers, and the need for improved grid technology to manage variable solar output; leading solar energy corporations, marketing, regional issues, and the cost of solar production.
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- 03/23/10
- Clean Skies News
Ritter Signs RES Bill; Fuel Switching Advances
Colorado now has the Rocky Mountain region's highest renewable energy standard.
- Amanda Little's "Power Trip"
- Ernie Moniz on the Future of Energy and Climate
- Groups Call for Changes in Transmission Title
- Study: China Leapfrogs U.S. in Renewable Investment
- Schwarzenegger Signs Energy Law
- LA Officials Approve Carbon Surcharge
- Governors Seek Nationwide Renewable Energy Standard
- Chu: Carbon Pricing Needed to Jump Start Clean Tech
- EIA Shares Energy Outlook at CERAWeek 2010
- Giant Solar Plant Planned for New Mexico
- CA 'Green Transmission Line' Shelved
- Chu: U.S. Lags in Clean Tech Race
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