April 2012 — Solar Tribune

Sunrun: 97% of Americans overestimate cost of solar

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CASM: solar manufacturing spurs U.S. jobs and innovation

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Survey: utilities doubled solar power capacity in 2011

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First Solar to lay off 30% of workforce

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California regulator proposes change to net metering program

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Tier 1 PV Equipment Spending (c-Si ingot-to-module and thin-film) Credit: NPD Solarbuzz PV Equipment Quarterly

Report: PV equipment spending will bottom out in Q2 2012 after sustained negative growth

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BrightSource Energy's Solar Development Center. Credit: BrightSource Energy

BrightSource Energy cancels IPO

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Pew: U.S. is ‘winning clean energy race’

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A solar installation at a Walmart store in Mountain View, CA. Credit: Walmart

Walmart to install 100th solar power project

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Estimates of the Direct and Indirect Jobs, Earnings, and Economic Output Supported by PV and Large Wind Projects Funded Under the §1603 Grant Program. Credit: NREL

NREL: Treasury 1603 supported up to 75,000 jobs

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Credit: "Clean & Green: Best Practices in Photovoltaics" As You Sow

Report lauds PV industry environmental and social responsibility practices

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LA to develop feed-in tariff system

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Treasury: review of Solyndra loan was “rushed”

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White House announces public-private partnership to reduce energy consumption

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Cell sorting at a Trina Solar facility. Credit: Trina Solar

Worldwide PV cell production rose to 37 GW in 2011

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