Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

ICP Solar Technologies Extends Partnership in Canada with Atlas
CNW Group - Partnership will Expand Opportunities for RV Owners to Embrace Solar Products MONTREAL, March 26 /CNW/ - ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of solar cells and products, announced today that it has

Newfound Data Could Solve NASA’s Great Gravity Mystery
FOX News - An artist’s interpretation of NASA’s Pioneer 10 probe looking back at the Sun as it leaves the Solar System. It’s been years since NASA last heard from either of its two Pioneer probes as they hurtle out of the solar system, but scientists are still

The Tower Companies Sets Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goal 
[Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Mar 22 5:00 AM
The Tower Companies has pledged to reduce its total U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2008 and maintain that level through 2012. The company has committed to the reduction goal as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Climate Leaders program, which The Tower Companies joined in November 2006.Save

More on the global warming front 
Paradise Post - Mar 20 1:12 AM
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who has not distinguished herself in any way since her original election has come onto the world stage and declared, “The debate about global warming is over, and we have won!” Won what? Who elected Boxer to oversee a scientific debate in the first place?Save

Meyer installs Solano County’s largest solar system
MSN MoneyCentral - Meyer Corp. of Vallejo has completed installation of a 580 kilowatt solar power system that it says is the largest in Solano County. Meyer said the system, which was designed by Berkeley-based Powerlight Corp., a subsidiary of San Jose-based SunPower

Solar World: Silicon score for ersol
Monsters and Critics - HAIFA, Israel (UPI) — Germany`s ersol scored another silicon supply deal this week, in the latest development in a global struggle for solar energy`s scarce main ingredient. ‘This contract (with the German supplier Wacker Chemie AG) will take effect

Christian Science Monitor
News Busters - Mike Strizki lives in the very first solar-hydrogen house in the U.S. and according to The Christian Science Monitor , “It that under the Bush administration, Americans have seen wages remain flat, also high health care costs and high heating oil

Scientists: Sunlight alters asteroids’ spin
CNN - WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Sunlight can cause asteroids to spin more quickly, scientists said Wednesday, showing anew just how dynamic a place our solar system can be. International teams of scientists studying two asteroids, one about a mile wide and

Breaking: Warming On Jupiter, Mars, Pluto, Neptune’s Moon & Earth
Canada Free Press - The new storm — Red Spot Jr. — is thought to be the result of a sudden warming on our solar system’s largest planet. Dr. Imke de Pater of Berkeley University says some parts of Jupiter are now as much as six degrees Celsius warmer than just a few

Solar’s Sunny Day 
The Motley Fool - Mar 09 1:12 PM
Thirteen companies received government grants to develop solar technology. Save

Wireless, flexible solar technology gets White House backing 
WPRI 12 Providence - Mar 08 2:25 AM
BOSTON A Lowell company trying to harness energy from sunlight and interior light gets financial backing from the White House.Save

Sierra Crest fundraiser to benefit model solar system project 
The Record-Courier - Mar 07 10:40 AM
Staff Reports Sierra Crest Academy students are raising money to help create the world’s largest scale model solar system. Save

Electric bills could grow
Record Searchlight - The utility also would demonstrate solar water heating and air conditioning on public buildings under its Solar Thermal Program. Solar water heaters are more cost-effective than photovoltaics, preliminary studies at the utility have found, Feider said

Lighting Up Rural India
CNN Money - It plans to become a one-stop energy shop providing services such as solar heating and cooking options to bank members. Here are some lessons from the company’s experience in tapping a market that many believed to be untappable. 1. Teach customers.