Smart brokery business for solar cell economy


	Smart brokery business for solar cell economy

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d232a261-dc1e-422d-8fcb-fa92a25eff18/CCF16379-896F-41FE-AC68-2D350E301EBF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/san-francisco-solar-project-may-pave-the-way-for-more-municipal-developments/" href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/san-francisco-solar-project-may-pave-the-way-for-more-municipal-developments/" style="font-size: 11px;">venturebeat.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/san-francisco-solar-project-may-pave-the-way-for-more-municipal-developments/"><H3><A title="Permanent Link to San Francisco solar project may pave the way for more municipal power plants" rel="bookmark" href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/san-francisco-solar-project-may-pave-the-way-for-more-municipal-developments/">San Francisco solar project may pave the way for more municipal power plants</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/san-francisco-solar-project-may-pave-the-way-for-more-municipal-developments/"><DIV> The idea of small municipal power plants, built on unused land within cities and thus lowering transmission costs for the power, is quickly <A href="http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/san-francisco-solar-project-may-pave-the-way-for-more-municipal-developments/../2008/04/23/small-municipal-plants-could-be-the-future-for-solar-power/" title="gaining popularity across the solar industry" id="qbzq">gaining popularity in the solar industry</A>. Electricity utilities are also in favor of the idea, because it could save them from the need to build more costly power plants. However, cities and solar panel manufacturers face a challenge in getting projects going, because installations are expensive.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/15/san-francisco-solar-project-may-pave-the-way-for-more-municipal-developments/"><DIV><A href="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/recurrent.jpg"><IMG width="165" height="51" alt="" src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/recurrent.jpg" title="recurrent" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-92457" /></A> San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission has nimbly avoided that problem by leaving the financing to <A href="http://www.recurrentenergy.com/">Recurrent Energy</A>, a solar services firm that essentially acts as a go-between, contracting out the installation of panels and arranging for funding from outside sources like Morgan Stanley. SFPUC, which provides power to city-owned buildings, will only need to sign a contract to buy energy at a fixed, incrementally increasing rate for the next 25 years.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CCF16379-896F-41FE-AC68-2D350E301EBF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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