Top 10 Solar Energy Stories {Weekly Round-Up}

July 25th, 2011 by Zachary Shahan

Here are some of the top solar energy stories of the the week or so (other than what we’ve already covered). Enjoy!

Let Them Eat Cake and Build a Solar-Powered Recording Studio [Green Building Elements]
California solar development gets $77 million loan [Cooler Planet]
50 MW of Solar? Make that 400 MW [Renewable Energy World]
BP Solar to stop panel sales, focus on projects [Reuters]
Where to Build in New York City? Team New York Looks Up [DOE]
Exclusive: Flurry of solar farms rush to meet looming FiT deadline [Business Green]
And the Award Goes to… Silicon Ink Solar Technology Supported by SunShot’s PV Incubator [DOE]
Nissan using old Leaf batteries in new solar charging stations [cnet]
Soitec Raises More Than $100M for CPV [Greentech Media]
Britain’s Biggest Solar Field (5MW) Built in Just 6 Weeks! [TreeHugger]

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And the 2011 ‘Best Soundtrack for a Solar Panel Installation’ award goes to….Cake!
- Anonymous
  
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