2010July3: President Barack Obama announces that about $2 billion will be awarded to Abengoa Solar and Abound Solar Manufacturing, two solar energy companies, in order to support the use of solar power in the United States and increase domestic employment. Abengoa Solar will construct a 280-megawatt generating station in Arizona and Abound Solar Manufacturing will produce advanced solar panels in Colorado and Indiana (Xinhua).
Reference: Xinhua http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/03/c_13382598.htm
Watch the Presidential Address: A Solar Recovery http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/03/weekly-address-a-solar-recovery
Image Description: From NASA: “A full-disk multiwavelength extreme ultraviolet image of the sun taken by SDO on March 30, 2010. False colors trace different gas temperatures. Reds are relatively cool (about 60,000 Kelvin, or 107,540 F); blues and greens are hotter (greater than 1 million Kelvin, or 1,799,540 F). Credit: NASA/Goddard/SDO AIA Team” Image Location: NASA http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/first-light.html Image Permission: This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA.
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