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In the News

Town Looks to the Sun to Power Utility
01/26/2012

Rob Busler of Standard Solar, at the Monday town council meeting, described the benefits of a solar power installation at the wastewater plant.

Read TheKentCountyNews.com article here.

Standard Energy Solutions Earns Angie`s List Super Service Award
01/17/2012

Standard Energy Solutions, the energy efficiency division of Standard Solar, Inc. specializing in energy audits and home energy improvements, has been awarded the prestigious 2011 Angie’s List Super Service Award, an honor bestowed annually on approximately 5 percent of all the businesses rated on the nation’s leading provider of consumer reviews on local service and health providers.Read the Reuters.com article here.

New Solar-Energy System Generating Power at W&L
01/16/2012

Virginia's largest solar-energy system is now up and running at Washington and Lee University, and visitors to the University's website can watch it working in real time.

Read the Washington and Lee University article here.

How You Can Store Electricity Rather Than Sell It
01/05/2012

Recently introduced government Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) have proved to be a great success and offer golf clubs a fabulous opportunity to reduce their electricity costs. Two of the most popular types of payment have been for the installation of wind turbines and photovoltaic panels. 

 

Read the GolfClubManagement article here.

Insight: More solar firms set to burn up as prices sink
12/23/2011

Only four years ago, hundreds of start-ups optimistically built factories and churned out solar panels to meet rising demand. Now, closures and failure loom for many.

Read the Reuters.com article here.

Bright skies for solar today, looming clouds tomorrow if 1603 isn’t extended
12/22/2011

Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research on Dec. 14 unveiled their latest report on the solar industry “The U.S. Solar Market Insight: 3rd Quarter 2011,” showing the industry saw explosive year-over-year growth of 140 percent. But the sunny news was clouded by the looming expiration of the Department of Treasury’s 1603 grant program, which unless Congress extends, expires Dec. 31.

Read the CleanEnergyAuthority.com article here.

The Real Story on Solar — Growth, not Solyndra
12/14/2011

The Solar Energy Industries Association and GreenTech Media released their quarterly report on solar development in the U.S. today, and the one word notably absent from all 22 pages of the executive summary was—wait for it—Solyndra.

Read the MyDesert.com article here.

Federal grant to move region's solar power forward
12/08/2011

A $315,697 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, announced at a news conference Wednesday, will be used to remove barriers and reduce costs through PennFuture's Three Rivers Solar Source project and a coalition of commissions and environmental and business development organizations, Allegheny County and 23 municipalities.

Read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article here.

2 Maryland Schools To Be Powered by Solar Energy
11/07/2011

The Kent County, MD Board of Education, in partnership with the Kent County Commissioners, is building a 1,579 kW solar array to power two schools and a community center.

Read TheJournal.com article here. 

Clifford helps Rockville’s Standard Solar convert sunlight into cash
11/04/2011

Profile of Standard Solar CEO Tony Clifford

Read the Gazette.net article here.