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DERBY — It doesn't look like a million dollars. Just stacks of plastic tubs, sheets of plywood and rows of red-ribboned surveyor stakes — all tucked away in the former landfill on Pine Street. But beginning Monday, the tubs are to be cut open, filled Hawaii has frequently been cited as a laboratory for renewable energy and these days the same can be said for storage on the island state. Last month SolarCity announced plans for what it says is the first fully-disptachable solar-plus-storage project on Soitec's concentrated solar technology, which differs from the common silicon panels seen on residential rooftops and big solar farms, showed such promising advances in efficiency during laboratory tests that its solar factory in San Diego was underwritten Pedernales Electric Cooperative has announced plans to service loans of up to $20,000 for residential and commercial accountholders developing solar projects. The Johnson City-based co-op is also streamlining its interconnection application and offering Think you're saving money and helping the environment by putting those solar panels on your house? Maybe not saving as much money--thanks to Southern California Edison, which told its utility users this morning that it will soon be charging a minimum of $ “Full speed ahead” is what everyone seems to be saying about solar energy right now. From Hillary Clinton’s presidential energy blueprint to America’s general appetite to go green and, of course, President Barack Obama’s recently released Clean .

Dubai: Solar power for homes and buildings has been made available in Dubai since March. Although demand for it has doubled since March, industry experts say it is still low compared with other countries. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa In “This Child Doesn’t Need a Solar Panel” (op-ed, Oct. 22), Bjorn Lomborg, a political scientist by training, presents readers with a false choice that pits investment in climate security against investments in food, water and health security. The World Solar Challenge rules and regulations were inspired by the original idea that a 1000 Watt car could complete the journey from Darwin to Adelaide in 50 hours. Ten percent of that energy projection is allotted to solar cars in the challenge There is something big happening in solar. This fact is becoming more evident every day. Regardless of one’s view on renewable energy overall and whether mankind will ever truly be able to stop using fossil fuels, it’s indisputable that solar power has .