Interesting and sometimes amazing alternative energy information (Source: enerG magazine)

• The U.S. Interior Department has launched initiatives to speed the development of solar energy on western lands. These “Solar Energy Study Areas,” located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, encompass 670,000 acres.
• Xcel Energy and SunPower Corp. have signed an agreement to build a 17-MW PV Solar Power plant in Colorado.
• Global clean energy investment reached $24.3 Billion in the second quarter of 2009, up 83% relative to the first quarter, according to New Energy Finance.
• The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $52.5 million for research, development, and demonstration of concentrating solar power systems that provide low-cost electrical power both day and night.
• Siemens Energy will supply 175 SWT-3.6-107 turbines to the London Array offshore wind project, which will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world, with a capacity of 630 MW.