America’s projections in turning sunlight to energy
Even though the United States is behind Germany, Spain and Japan in turning sunlight to energy, clean technology research group Pike Research reported that the US could outshine Spain this year, top Germany in 2013, and lead the solar industry by 2014. (Source : Ecoseed)

Solar Energy R&D Seminar in The Netherlands, 29 September
The global PV market has grown strongly in the last years; there is a huge potential for the Dutch industry. To keep up with the global growth we need to invest in the knowledge infrastructure and domestic market for PV in the Netherlands. Knowledge sharing and cross-fertilisation among the various R&D areas are essential components, and play an important role during the Dutch Solar Energy R&D Seminar 2010. You are warmly invited to attend this seminar on Wednesday 29 September 2010 in Utrecht. (Source : ECN)

Feds fail to use land for solar power
Not a light bulb's worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground.
Instead, five years after federal land managers opened up stretches of the Southwest to developers, vast tracts still sit idle. (Source : AP)

Solar power at a tipping point - now cheaper than nuclear
A new study from Duke University concludes that, "solar photovoltaics have joined the ranks of lower-cost alternatives to new nuclear plants." (Source : Energy Boom)

U.S. Navy gets solar power for Slow Moving electric Vehicles
The U.S. Navy has been roaring into the sustainable future with test flights for a biofuel-powered fighter jet, and now it's going to the opposite end of the speed scale with a fleet of solar powered vehicles in the "Slow Moving Vehicles" category, meaning they have a top speed of 25 mph.  The SMV's, as they are affectionately known, are being deployed through the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast in Jacksonville, Florida. (Source : Tina Casey, Clean Technica)