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Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits

March 2010, Volume 1, Issue III

By Jennifer Dockery, Staff Writer, Novogradac & Company LLP

In January, residents of three affordable housing complexes in San Francisco began benefi ting from a solar power system installed through California Solar Initiative’s Multi-family Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) program. Plaza East Apartments and Hayes Valley North and South are part of an 11-site renewable energy project being developed by Sunwheel Energy Partners (Sunwheel), an affiliate of McCormack Baron Salazar (MBS). Residents at each property will receive 50 percent of the energy produced by the solar system free of charge. As an added benefit, Sunwheel’s partner in the project, Real Goods Solar (Real Goods) hired residents to install the solar panels. To celebrate a project that reduced energy costs and provided jobs, Sunwheel, Real Goods, the city of San Francisco, funding partners and residents held a ceremonial ribbon cutting at the Plaza East Apartments on January 25.

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ABC News in Fresno recently featured Real Goods Solar and Sun Run on their newscast. Watch the video here!

Photon: The Photovoltaic Magazine

November 2009

By Chris Warren

The unlikely, and still unfinished, story of PV in America, and what it says about the future. Don't let the buzz fool you. While photovoltaics may be a hum of activity these days—with big and small companies scrambling to grab a slice of the growing domestic market and government spending big to help solar expand—that hasn't always been the case. After predictions that the Bell Labs-invented solar battery would transform the world in the 1950s proved wildely off the mark, the PV industry has survived for decades as a niche market, sustained by unlikely patrons such as the space program, Big Oil and pot growers. With the promise of PV more real than ever today, PHOTON looks back at the people and events that have shaped the industry and what guidance those experiences provide for the future.

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Green Compliance Plus

November 6, 2009

By Rebecca Firestone

Green Compliance Plus spoke with Vice President of Sales, Kent Halliburton, about the state of the art in solar technologies, focusing on products that are available today and the extent to which consumer demand is driving the need for more affordable solar options. Click HERE to read the full article.

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