
DENVER RECOGNIZED AS FIRST SOLAR FRIENDLY COMMUNITY (Press Release, Nov 27) The City and County of Denver is the first municipality to be recognized as a Solar Friendly Community under an innovative new program designed to help bring down the costs of solar energy. Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock accepted the award at a ceremony [...]

LONDON, 12 November – The global energy map is changing in dramatic fashion, the International Energy Agency said as it launched the 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO). The Agency’s flagship publication, released today in London, said these changes will recast expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the [...]

CRYSTALLINE SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND MODULES FROM CHINA INJURE U.S. INDUSTRY, SAYS USITC (ITC press release, Nov. 7) The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined [...]

SOLAR TODAY magazine announces that its 2012 Tour Guide bonus issue has been shipped to Solar Tour organizers across North America, and is now available on line. Read the Tour Guide, or download it for printing, at http://ases.org/solar-tour/.

Goal is to Cut Solar Costs in Half by Eliminating Paperwork and Red Tape Orlando, FL, September 7, 2012 – The American Solar Energy Society’s new campaign, Solar Freedom Now (SFN), is taking on the biggest cost hurdle for solar power – the paperwork and red tape that doubles installation costs. The organization’s goal is [...]