Headline News: * Prices for German solar power storage systems have reportedly fallen 25% since the spring. According to the German Solar Industry Association, about 15,000 German households now use battery storage combined with solar power, a number has been growing faster and faster as the costs have come down. [CleanTechnica] * Solar power is growing in New York at 63% per year. The figure is not for a single year, but the average for the period of 2010 to 2013, according to a new report titled, "Star Power: The Growing Role of Solar Energy in New York". At this rate of growth, the state could be 20% powered by solar by 2025. [CleanTechnica] * The Cape Wind project planned for Nantucket Sound was dealt a significant setback as Massachusetts' two biggest utilities, Northeast Utilities and National Grid, announced that they are terminating contracts to purchase power from the wind farm because of the project's failure to meet contractual deadlines. [MassLive.com] * California Governor Jerry Brown has announced a goal of cutting California's oil use in half. This may sound like an impossible task in a state famous for freeways and sprawl. But many experts consider the ambitious climate and energy goals Brown spelled out in his inauguration speech difficult but doable. [SFGate] * A report by the Maine Center for Business & Economic Research at the University of Southern Maine says the wind industry will produce 4,200 jobs in 2015 and is poised to double over the next four years to 1,300 MW of power output. The investment is in rural parts of Maine that needed it most. [WCSH-TV] For more news, please visit geoharvey - Daily News about Energy and Climate Change.
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