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Wednesday March 15th, 2012
‘Solar installers built 1,855 megawatts of photovoltaic projects in 2011 for a total of $8.4 billion, up from 887 MW in 2010, according to a report released by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)…”The U.S. was a strong market in 2011 and we expect it to be strong again in 2012,” said GTM Managing Director Shayle Kann.”’
From Reuters | Read More…
Friday, March 9th, 2012
“The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on an amendment to resurrect the Section 1603 Treasury Grant Program (TGP) until March 13th, 2012. The amendment has been proposed for a transportation bill currently in the U.S. Senate.”
From SolarServer | Read More…
Monday, March 5th, 2012
“A year and a half after first announcing plans for solar power at the Eagles’ stadium, the franchise announced Thursday that it had teamed up with a new partner – solar giant NRG of Princeton.
NRG will design, build, and operate an array of more than 11,000 solar panels and 14 micro wind turbines that, over the course of a year, will provide six times the power used during all Eagles home games at Lincoln Financial Field, the team said.”
From Philly.com | Read More…
SEI is pleased to announce that John Hanger will be presenting “The Truth and Nothing but the Truth on Marcellus Shale and America’s Energy Choices” on April 19th, 2012, at the CCEDC.
John served as both the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (2008-2011) and Commissioner of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (1993-1998). Between 1998 and 2008 John was the Founding President of Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future. John was an instrumental force behind Pennsylvania energy legislation including the 1996 Electricity Generation, Competition and Customer Choice Act; the 2004 Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act; and the 2008 Act 129.
Click here for more info.
Friday, February 24th 2012
SEI has scheduled 2012’s Smart Energy Tour for Saturday, April 21st. The Smart Energy Tour, or SET, is SEI’s signature youth event providing high school students with exposure to the technology and careers in energy efficiency, solar, geothermal, bio fuels and wind energy.
This event is free but registration is required; Click here to register.
Check out the flyer for more information: SET 04-21-12
Tuesday, February 14th 2012
The Smart Energy Initiative has partnered with Philadelphia’s Infinite Solar to offer a number of solar-related training at unbeatable prices this spring. This is made possible through SEI’s Incumbent Worker Training Funds, received from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry and the Chester County WIB.
Courses include:
Friday, February 13th 2012
From Clean Technica:
“US solar energy industry participants are having to rely increasingly on private sector capital to meet their project and longer term financing needs. The Treasury 1603 grant program for solar photovoltaic (PV) energy expired at year-end 2011, leaving equity issuance and a very limited market for tax equity transactions as the only real “staples” for raising capital.”
Check out the story here.
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