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Whole Foods Tangos In Court With FTC

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SolFocus Acquires Inspira

SolFocus, Inc. has acquired Inspira, S.L., a privately owned solar tracker company based in Madrid, Spain. Inspira will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of SolFocus and will continue to market products under its own name. With established global supply chain management and low-cost manufacturing facilities, SolFocus will enable Inspira to drive down the cost of solar trackers. “As one of Inspira’s major customers, we have first-hand experience with its tracking technology,” said Gary D. Conley, SolFocus CEO. “SolFocus will provide the resources to move Inspira to low-cost, volume manufacturing with a strong emphasis on reliability to provide the best possible customer value. From an industry standpoint, this move is a major step forward in reducing the cost of CPV and ultimately achieving grid parity for solar.” “We believe this deal, which will provide high-accuracy trackers at a reasonable cost, will be a key element in enabling the anticipated growth of the solar industry,” said Ignacio Luque-Heredia, founder of Inspira. Inspira has developed the industry’s most precise and stable tracker controllers, devices that orient flat-plate and concentrated photovoltaic panels toward the sun. Not only is tracking a key element in CPV systems, flat-plate tracking has also become widely recognized for […]

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Pelosi Gains Support for Energy Bill

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi solidified Democratic support behind her energy initiatives Monday and quieted rebellious party members who feared U.S. energy production would be hurt. Democratic leaders reached agreement on legislation that would impose nearly $16 billion in additional taxes on oil companies over 10 years and use the money to promote renewable energy programs and energy conservation and efficiency. To garner broader Democratic support, Pelosi scrapped proposed changes in the way royalties are collected from offshore federal oil and gas leases. Also dropped was a provision that would have made it harder for the federal government to designate nationally significant corridors for pipelines and electric power lines. Pelosi, bowing to Democratic lawmakers in oil-producing regions, agreed to some changes in the way permits are issued for energy leases on federal land. Congress two years ago gave new authority for the federal government to designate energy corridors to ease power grid congestion. The House Resources Committee, in its portion of the bill, had put severe restrictions on that authority, provisions the Democrats agreed Monday to scrap. ‘The speaker has sought to bring about Democratic unity’ on the energy package, said a Pelosi spokesman, Drew Hammill. The Democratic bill […]

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