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Ausra Named to Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies List 
Earth: The Sequel: The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming
Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, and Miriam Horn write a book on how to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe.
3.14.2008
NPR's Science Friday
Solar Power Scales Up (interview with Dr. David Mills)
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3.10.2008
Greenbang
Solar: The answer to 90 percent of energy needs
3.8.2008
Las Vegas Review Journal
Sun (power) will rise tomorrow
3.7.2008
Cleantech.com
Solar thermal could supply most of the U.S. grid, says Ausra
3.6.2008
Wired
Solar Company Says Its Tech Can Power 90 Percent of Grid and Cars
3.6.2008
New York Times
The Energy Challenge: Turning Glare Into Watts
2.29.2008
MIT Technology Review
Solar without the Panels
2.21.2008
CNET News
Solar-power upstart Ausra bags more dough
2.17.2008
New York Times
Silicon Valley Starts to Turn Its Face to the Sun
2.11.2008
Las Vegas Business Press
Powering Up
2.1.2008
New York Times
A Green Energy Industry Takes Root in California
1.27.2008
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Public can tour site of proposed solar power plant
1.24.2008
Renewable Energy Access
CSP: Market Trends and New Technologies
Podcast summary
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1.22.2008
Earth2Tech
Solar Thermal Race Heats Up in the Desert
1.22.2008
Green Wombat
Clock ticking on crucial solar investment tax credit
1.21.2008
Financial Times
US threatens to take Europe's 'clean' lead
1.12.2008
The Denver Post
Colorado harnesses the sun
1.4.2008
In Business Las Vegas
Renewable energy efforts gather momentum
1.3.2008
KQED Quest Community blog
The New Clean Tech
12.27.2007
Nevada Appeal
Solar company sees potential in north and south
12.21.2007
In Business Las Vegas
Solar panel plant on tap
12.20.2007
Green Wombat
Another California solar power plant clears hurdle
12.20.2007
San Luis Obispo Tribune
Solar plant planned for California Valley clears a hurdle
12.19.2007
KSBY 6 Action News, NBC (San Luis Obispo)
Application for solar thermal power plant approved for San Luis Obispo County
12.14.2007
Las Vegas Review Journal
Letting the sunshine (industry) in
12.14.2007
San Francisco Chronicle
Palo Alto firm to build solar thermal equipment factory in Nevada
12.14.2007
ZDNet: Green Tech Pastures blog
Ausra: Hey Nevada, here comes the sun
12.13.2007
Cnet News
Solar thermal company Ausra christens huge plant
12.13.2007
Reuters
RPT_Ausra to open first U.S. solar manufacturing plant
12.13.2007
Green Wombat
Nevada gets nation's first solar power plant factory
12.13.2007
Earth2Tech/Giga Om blog
Ausra Building Solar Thermal Factory in Vegas
12.13.2007
VentureBeat
Ausra moves to mass-produce solar thermal
12.13.2007
Greentech Media
Ausra to Build World's Largest Solar-Thermal Factory
12.13.2007
Palm Beach Daily News.com
Ausra Inc. to build Las Vegas plant for solar thermal power systems
12.9.2007
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
Sun to bring power, jobs to Central Coast
11.28.2007
TC Palm
Ausra exec says solar power for good of Florida
11.28.2007
Palm Beach Daily News.com
Ausra energy exec John O'Donnell touts solar's potential in Florida
11.19.2007
Newsweek
It's all about energy, stupid!
11.17.2007
ZDNet: Green Tech Pastures blog
Another step forward for solar up-start Ausra
11.12.2007
Fortune
Al Gore's Next Act – Planet-saving VC
11.05.2007
KSBY 6 Action News Central Coast
Solar power plant project proposed near Carrizo Plain
11.05.2007
KTVU Fox 2 News: The Ten O'clock News
Proposed PG&E solar power plant
11.05.2007
Reuters
PG&E signs Ausra to build 177-MW Calif. solar farm
11.05.2007
San Francisco Chronicle
PG&E embraces solar thermal power technology
11.05.2007
Greentech Media
Ausra to Build 177-Megawatt solar-thermal plant
11.05.2007
Earth2Tech
PG&E and Ausra partner on solar thermal power
11.05.2007
Green Wombat
PG&E's latest Big Solar power deal
11.05.2007
C|NET News.com
PG&E links with Ausra for 177 megawatts of solar thermal power
10.26.2007
U.S. News and World Report
Power Revolution
10.22.2007
Newsweek International
Saving Sunshine
10.15.2007
BusinessWeek
Solar's day in the sun
10.5.2007
Palm Beach Post blog
Ausra: The crown jewel?
10.3.2007
Las Vegas Review Journal
Doing a Little Sol Searching
10.2.2007
My Talk Radio 2UE 854 (AU)
David Mills Interview by John Stanley
10.2.2007
ABC News (Australia)
Solar takes off with US power supply deal
10.1.2007
Cleantech.com
Ausra, FPL, PG&E heat up solar thermal
10.1.2007
Toronto Star
Turning sun's rays into gold
9.27.2007
Technology Review
Storing Solar Power Efficiently
9.27.2007
Reuters
FPL and PG&E team with Ausra on solar projects
9.27.2007
St. Petersburg Times
FPL unveils plans for a solar plant
9.27.2007
CNET
Ausra goes for a gigawatt
9.26.2007
Business 2.0
Green Power: How California's PG&E is transforming itself into the very model of a modern utility company
9.26.2007
Central Florida News 13
FP&L Plans Solar Power Plant
9.26.2007
Palm Beach Post Online
AUSRA: Soon to be a household name
9.20.2007
Bloomberg
Ausra, Solar Power Company, Hires Calpine's Fishman as Chief
9.20.2007
Financial Times
Solar start-up lures top energy exec
9.20.2007
Green Wombat blog
Solar Startup Ausra Names Energy Industry Vet as CEO
9.19.2007
Green Wombat blog
Solar Nation: Can the Sun Power the U.S.?
9.19.2007
Scientific American
Sunny Outlook: Can Sunshine Provide all U.S. Electricity?
9.14.2007
Motley Fool
Baby Breaker Birth Announcements
9.13.2007
Fortune (CNNMoney.com)
Investors bask in solar power's sun
9.12.2007
Melbourne Herald Sun
Oz solar secures funding from Silicon Valley
9.12.2007
earth2tech/GigaOm
Ausra Chairman: Solar Thermal Industry Needs Loan Guarantees
9.11.2007
C|NET News Blog
A little bit of desert to light up the entire U.S.
9.11.2007
ZDNet blog
Green money finds home in green tech: forty million for solar thermal
9.11.2007
Greentech Media
Ausra Raises $40M for Concentrating Solar-Thermal
9.11.2007
Deal Book - NY Times blog
V.C.s Power Up $40 Million Round for Ausra
9.11.2007
Renewable Energy Access
Solar Companies Secure Large Investments
9.11.2007
Green Wombat blog
Ausra's Big Solar Plans
9.10.2007
Venture Beat
Ausra aims to build biggest solar thermal plant, raises $40M
9.10.2007
Melbourne Herald Sun
Industry should push for policy action
9.10.2007
CNET/ZDNet
Solar thermal plants go back to the future
9.10.2007
earth2tech/GigaOm
Solar Thermal Startup Ausra Secures $40M
6.21.2007
UPI
Analysis: Door open for West renewables?
6.15.2007
New Mexico Business Weekly
Future looks sunny for renewables
6.10.2007
Associated Press
Western governors seek to make region leader in clean energy production
5.16.2007
CNET
Start-up Ausra thinks big with solar storage
5.14.2007
Fortune
Innovators at the Gate
3.28.2007
Alarm Clock
Q&A with Vinod Khosla
12.6.2006
Denver Post
Colorado solar tech shows promise
11.13.2006
BusinessWeek
Coal: Could be the end of the line
Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy
New book by Rep. Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks ties together the concepts of economic growth and greenhouse gas reductions.
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