The Daily Sprout

Leading Silicon Producer to Double Production: Hemlock Semiconductor says that they will double their output of silicon this year for both semiconductors and solar in a $1.5 billion expansion – Cleantech.

DOE Expects More Wind than Coal: A new report form the U.S. Department of Energy enumerated 225 gigawatts of proposed wind projects, far more than all the coal and natural gas power plants in the pipeline – Wired.

$1 Per Watt Wind?: Dallas, Texas-based BroadStar Wind Energy came out of stealth at the WINDPOWER 2008 with a bold claim – their AeroCam Turbine can achieve $1 a watt, installed – Cleantech.

EDP Renovaveis Has $2.4 Billion IPO: The Portuguese utility EDP raised €1.57B (~$2.4B) in the IPO of its renewable energy arm – Clean Edge.

“The Future Is Now?”: Ray Kurzweil, one of the world’s most optimistic and credible futurists, sees a sunny future. Solar power will be cost competitive with fossil fuels in five years and in 20 years all our energy will come from clean sources, he claims. Make sure to check his graphsNYTimes.

SF Solar Incentive Inches Toward Law: The full San Francisco board of supervisors voted today to pass the solar incentive program, but it will need a final reading next week when a competing, scaled back solar incentive proposal will also be voted on. So, still in limbo.

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