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Boulder, CO 2008 - Bella Energy, a solar energy company that designs and installs renewable energy systems in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region, has installed unique solar roofing tiles on a Boulder family home. The big 7kW solar roofing tile system is a local example of the many building- integrated solar equipment products increasingly making their way from the successful European solar industry.."I was surprised by the breadth of solar products available," said owner Danny Hassan. "We purchased Open Energy SolarSave TM roofing tiles instead of panels. I didn't even know roofing tiles were an option. They blend in beautifully with the roof."

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First of its Kind: Hybrid SolarWall PV/T System in Olympic Village
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The Beijing Olympic Village is now home to cutting-edge solar technology, one of the world's first SolarWall photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) hybrid systems.

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Town of Kent Goes Green
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Solar PV Builds Momentum Across Europe
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After years of being labeled a German phenomenon, the solar photovoltaic (PV) sector is building momentum across Europe, particularly in Spain. Catalyzed by newly adopted feed-in tariffs, PV development activity in Europe is booming and project size is scaling - causing shifts in competitive positioning along the project development value chain, according to a recent study from Emerging Energy Research, a leading research and advisory firm analyzing clean and renewable energy markets.

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Heat is Power. Let's Stop Throwing it Away!
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High gasoline prices have forced us to make painful adjustments, which may, unfortunately, be just the beginning. The world's dramatically growing energy demands are affecting all energy prices. Coal, Uranium and natural gas prices have all risen dramatically in the past few years and will continue to grow in the future as more and more of the world's population adopts our energy-wasting lifestyle. We are straining the limited resources of our planet.

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London Array Now A 50/50 Joint Venture
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E.ON and Dong Energy are to become 50/50 partners in world's largest offshore wind farm, the 1-gigawatt (GW) London Array project after they agreed to buyout the stake previously owned by Shell, for an undisclosed sum. The move follows Shell's announcement that it is withdrawing from the project saying that it could gain a better return on its renewable energy investments in the U.S. market.

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PSE&G's Solar Loan Program Now Available to Residential Customers
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New Jersey's Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) announced that it will begin offering its solar loan program to residential customers. The company officially launched the residential program after making a compliance filing with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. The program, one the first of its kind in the country, will help homeowners install solar energy systems on their homes by giving them up 60 percent of the cost for the system.

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Texas PUC Approves Wind Transmission Plan
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The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) has selected to pursue a transmission scenario that will eventually transmit a total of 18,456 megawatts (MW) of wind power from West Texas and the Panhandle region to metropolitan areas of the state.

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