Solar Power From The President

This is great news. It looks like the current administration is giving green energy two thumbs up. Solar power is the future and it seems the movement is now taking a closer looks at the benefits of alternative energy.

President Announces $117M for Solar Projects the Administration's vision for the energy future of America continues to brighten the solar world. On May 27, 2009, President Obama announced more than $467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) to accelerate the growth of solar and geothermal energy in the United States. Of this amount, more than $117 million is dedicated specifically to solar technologies:

Photovoltaic (PV) - $51.5 million o Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) - $25.6 million

High Penetration Solar Deployment - $40.5 million ARRA solar funding announcements are posted on the Web site of the Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP) at www.eere.energy.gov/solar/recovery.html

Current opportunities include funding in the following areas: o PV Technology Incubators - focuses on solving technical challenges to scaling up manufacturing and commercializing new products by 2012. o Foundational PV and CSP Research and Development (National Laboratory Call) - complements ongoing SETP-funded private sector research and is restricted to DOE national labs. o Solar Market Transformation - funds different Solar America Cities Special Projects which help the 25 Solar America Cities scale-up innovative programs and concepts and provide solar installer instructor training in PV and solar heating and cooling systems. o High Penetration Solar Deployment - accelerates the placement of high levels of PV penetration into existing or newly designed distribution circuits.