Solar Power Rundown for Monday, April 5

(GetSolar.com, April 4, 2010) - Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend. Today’s rundown of solar energy news will be short, sweet and informative — just like Reporter Kermit.

Arizona Public Service (APS) gained approval to install its own solar panels on about 200 homes in Flagstaff, via Solar Industry. The systems — which will also include 50 solar water heating systems — are part of the utilty’s Community Power Project, a pilot aimed deploying utility-owned panels on customers’ roofs.

In related Arizona solar news, Tucson Electric Power (TEP), another Arizona utility, got the go-ahead to add more than 3 megawatts of solar power to its energy mix through power purchase contracts and new company-owned projects.

SignOnSanDiego today has an interesting Q&A with Joshua Weinstein, managing partner of AMSOLAR, a Solana Beach company that aims to install solar panels in educational settings. Does Mr. Weinstein offer any words of wisdom when it comes to getting solar projects done? A few. Among them: “the conversation should start with the bottom line, not end with the bottom line. And when you believe the conversation starts with the bottom line, everyone in the room agrees they’re there to save money. And once you can agree you’re in the business of saving money, the question is what else are you going to do?”

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