33% of Ireland's el now from wind. 1.4GW capacity. Last year private investment reached ~400M Euro.
Western Wind - WNDEF - has $300M of projects in construction. 165MW. Plus another 130MW due online this year, 40MW more to begin construction this year and ~250MW to start construction in '12.
Denny's Restaurants buying CREE LED lighting. One operator reports >$3k, 6kwh saved/month/store.
The House version of a military authorization bill contained a "buy American" provision for solar panel purchases. Senate version did not. Final bill may not. May just be bargaining chip in China clean E trade disagreements.
China reportedly is moving toward carbon emissions trading to improve E efficiency and competiveness.
Solar Junction, a privately-owned concentrating PV (CPV) solar startup, is soon to announce NREL-verified efficiency of >40% for triple-junction cells. And it's off their production lines, not a lab. Stanford U. tech. Company's aiming for 50%. Estimated CPV '10 shipments 12-15MW. ~8MW installed to date. Projected 100MW shipments in '11, '15 installs estimated ~750MW, to be ~2.5% total PV market. EMKR, SPIR, JDSU also in this market, among others.
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