"Clean future." from South China Morning Post

"Workers in Yulin, in Shaanxi province, check solar panels. The city is turning to wind and solar energy as its new pillar industries."

"Beijing to encourage usage of solar power via subsidies" from South China Morning Post

" 'Higher tariff needed' for solar panel projects to make money" from South China Morning Post

"The low power tariffs offered recently by mainland developers of solar power projects are loss-making and unsustainable, according to Trony Solar Holdings, a panel maker based in Longgang, Shenzhen.

The company is the world's fourth-largest thin-film solar panel maker, making 90 per cent of its revenues from the "off-power-grid" market. Trony will not get involved in developing solar farms unless it can earn a sufficient profit margin, said chairman Li Yi during a media plant visit."

"Beijing wants the nation to have 20,000MW of solar power generation capacity by 2020.

"Scouring the Globe For Emerging Risks" from Bloomberg Businessweek

"Vinay Mistry, a member of the Lloyd's of London Exposure Management team, talks about anticipating risks in some very unusual places

Among emerging natural risks, what are you focusing on?

There's space risks. There is a solar cycle, which is a period of about 11 years. It's the sun having a cycle in terms of how much electromagnetic radiation is emitted. We're entering a period of slightly elevated activity. The peak activity will be seen between 2011 and 2013. Electromagnetic radiation in space could impact satellites, but there are also "on earth" risks to ground stations, in terms of providing electricity for networks or grids that supply power to cities. A widespread, prolonged failure of electricity transmission grids would feel like going back in time to the 17th century."

"Solar power generation is taking two major steps forward this week, with the US approving construction of the world's biggest solar plant and South Africa about to unveil plans for a project that it hopes will eventually have five times the output of the American plant." from South China Morning Post

"A farmer from Jingjiang has spent eight years and half a million yuan building a solar-powered vehicle that can run for 35 kilometres on a sunny day, Xinhua reports." from South China Morning Post

"Suntech Power Holdings Co. and Infigen Energy propose building four solar energy farms in Australia's New South Wales state that would cost A$780 million ($792 million), documents filed with the government show."

"The Chinese solar-panel maker and the Sydney-based renewable energy company have applied for funding from the Australian government's A$1.5 billion Solar Flagships program. Infigen expects a decision on that funding in the first half of 2011, spokesman Richard Farrell said by phone today." from Bloomberg

"Mainland solar firm GCL-Poly Energy Holdings said it has agreed to supply Taiwan's Neo Solar Power with 350 megawatts of solar wafers." from South China Morning Post