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NREL: Photovoltaic Research - NCPV Hotline - Archive for October ...

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10-23-2009 Jobs Impact of Tackling Climate Change<br />

ASES and Management In<strong>for</strong>mation Services, Inc. released “Estimating the Jobs Impact of Tackling<br />

Climate Change”. Press at: http://tinyurl.com/yfn4fs2<br />

10-23-2009 Expedited Permit Process <strong>for</strong> Small PV Systems, Webinar<br />

IREC’s Webinar “Expedited Permit Process <strong>for</strong> Small PV Systems” takes place 12 November.<br />

In<strong>for</strong>mation at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/285945075<br />

10-23-2009 Tampa Bay Green Business Summit<br />

The Tampa Bay Green Business Summit is set <strong>for</strong> 27 <strong>October</strong> in St. Petersburg, Florida. In<strong>for</strong>mation,<br />

including the agenda, at: http://greenbusinesssummit.org/Home_Page.php<br />

10-23-2009 <strong>Research</strong> and Markets Reports<br />

<strong>Research</strong> and Markets announced the addition of several reports to their offering:<br />

Nanopillars Making Solar Cells More Efficient, http://tinyurl.com/ygp99az<br />

Analysis of Plastic Solar Cells, http://tinyurl.com/yg8lc4q<br />

Thin Film Solar Cells, http://tinyurl.com/ykmafjy<br />

In related solar news…<br />

10-23-2009 Abengoa Mojave Solar Project<br />

The Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Energy Commission has <strong>for</strong>mally started the review of the Abengoa Mojave Solar Project<br />

near the town of Hinkley in San Bernardino County, Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. Press at: http://tinyurl.com/yguwqtz<br />

http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/abengoa/index.html<br />

http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/<br />

10-23-2009 Renewable Energy Incentives, CSP<br />

See “US Renewable Energy incentives: Breathing life into CSP project financing” at<br />

CSP Today: http://tinyurl.com/ykzwvxz<br />

10-26-2009 SunPower 20.4% Solar Panel Efficiency<br />

SunPower Corp. announced that it has produced a world-record, full-sized solar panel with a 20.4% total<br />

area efficiency. Press at Solarbuzz: http://www.solarbuzz.com/news/NewsNAPT206.htm<br />

SunPower: http://us.sunpowercorp.com/<br />

10-26-2009 Solar-powered Community at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona<br />

Actus Lend Lease, SolarCity(R), Tucson Electric Power, and financing parties National Bank of Arizona<br />

and U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation are working together to develop a distributed,<br />

community-wide solar power system at Soaring Heights Communities at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,<br />

which is expected to include 6 MW of total solar capacity.<br />

Press at Solarbuzz: http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsNAPR1732.htm<br />

SolarCity: http://www.solarcity.com/<br />

Tucson Electric Power: http://www.tep.com/<br />

10-26-2009 Masdar PV Shipments<br />

The Masdar PV facility in Germany has begun shipments of its first 5.7 m2 a-Si thin-film solar modules,<br />

and production will ramp up to 3 MW by the end of 2009. Another manufacturing plant in North America<br />

is being considered subject to market demand, and not be<strong>for</strong>e the end of 2010.<br />

Press at PV-Tech: http://tinyurl.com/ykuc9sw<br />

MASDAR PV: http://www.masdarpv.com/<br />

10-26-2009 PV Plant in Jordan<br />

Shams Ma’an Power Generation PSC is a consortium of local and global companies established to build<br />

a PV plant in the southern part of Jordan with an initial capacity of 100 MW, expandable to 200 MW.<br />

More on the project at SolarPlaza: http://tinyurl.com/yzwxglc

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