UC San Diego and UC Davis team to boost solar power in California

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Apr 15 2009, 5:05 PM EST
EUREKALERT
Contact: Andrea Siedsma asiedsma@soe.ucsd.edu 858-822-0899
University of California - San Diego

The University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with UC Davis will use a two-year, $700,000 grant from the California Energy Commission to expand the development and use of solar energy in the state. The new California Solar Energy Collaborative will collect and critically analyze existing solar research; facilitate research in gap areas where existing data are insufficient; and develop consensus among key solar stakeholders based on this research by tracking the evolving landscape of solar technology development and use in California. This new collaborative is also intended to help California achieve an ambitious target of installing 3,000 megawatts of solar in California by 2017.

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