table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFLkvqfnBj_odQsg-TdluP0iGK15Qamp;url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2012/02/02/mit-makes-solar-panels-from-plants.htmlbMIT makes bsolar panels/b from plants/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fBoston Business Journal/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Researchers at the bMassachusetts/b Institute of Technology say they have come up with a way to make photovoltaic bpanels/b from plant material as an inexpensive and easy alternative to traditional bsolar/b cells. Andreas Mershin, an MIT researcher working on b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d2ZVOAHCnAgDlsMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE0wVG2ymZPOp-WRIqNWLLVuV7lNwamp;url=http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/02/if-solar-is-contagious-can-utilities-help-spread-the-bugbIf bSolar/b is Contagious, Can Utilities Help Spread the Bug?/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fRenewableEnergyWorld.com/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1By Meg Cichon, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com You may have heard it before, but it is worth mentioning again: In residential communities, bsolar/b is contagious. But a recent study, quot;Peer Effects in the Diffusion of bSolar/b Photovoltaic bPanels/b,quot; b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dRsGJrhDBmnpFVMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHdHEDnl9WnX0WYpJkXwaHENnrzfgamp;url=http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/ElectricPower/6901723bTariffs on bsolar panels/b from China would raise prices, cut demand: study/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fPlatts/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1The Brattle Group, a Cambridge, bMassachusetts/b-based economic consulting and analysis firm, modeled the impact of tariffs on Chinese PV modules at the request of the Coalition for Affordable bSolar/b Energy, a group mainly composed of bsolar/b power b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d-hPim7Ze1Ct6fMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEXvfIgXigY0TfHhM5lGu0FqGXQ-Aamp;url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/norwell/news/x870490338/Norwell-Middle-School-touts-the-bright-idea-of-solar-panelsbNorwell Middle School touts the bright idea of bsolar panels/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fWicked Local/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1By Anonymous Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held recently for the bsolar panel/b installation atop Norwell Middle School. The 192-panel PV (Photovoltaic) project represents a collaboration among Norwell Public Schools, the bMassachusetts/b Department of b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=djERckXpKpQQPGMamp;ned=usnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEw3aXFcWloYu0NTxTtcD29eoNanAamp;url=http://www.sunjournal.com/node/1134387img src=//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/vcJRPgJbKvbE0M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Lewiston Sun Journal/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEw3aXFcWloYu0NTxTtcD29eoNanAamp;url=http://www.sunjournal.com/node/1134387bLet the sun shine: Lewiston roofing company to receive chamber award for bsolar/b b/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fLewiston Sun Journal/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1IRC recently installed a sea of 778 bsolar panels/b at a bMassachusetts/b school and, through an innovative arrangement, the Lewiston company will own the panels and charge the school for electricity, enough to power one-fifth of its athletic complex, b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZp8NBiB59vy9nMamp;ned=usnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table