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Created on Friday, 24 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Tesla, electric vehicles, solar
May 24 -- If you want a glimpse of what the nascent new energy economy looks like, pull off Interstate 5 in Southern California just before the steep climb through the Tejon Pass. There amid a cluster ... [ +++ ]
May 24 -- If you want a glimpse of what the nascent new energy economy looks like, pull off Interstate 5 in Southern California just before the steep climb through the Tejon Pass. There amid a cluster ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 24 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Energy standard, solar, Minnesota
May 24 -- Minnesota’s investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5 percent of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov. Mark Dayton. >>View Article [ +++ ]
May 24 -- Minnesota’s investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5 percent of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov. Mark Dayton. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Renewable Energy, Solar, Policy
May 22 -- A broad group of consumer and environmental advocates, business officials and nonprofit leaders urged Georgia Power to add more renewable energy to its electricity mix over the next two ... [ +++ ]
May 22 -- A broad group of consumer and environmental advocates, business officials and nonprofit leaders urged Georgia Power to add more renewable energy to its electricity mix over the next two ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Solar Energy, military, clean power
May 22 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association released a report Friday detailing the military’s recent commitment to power 25 percent of its electricity intake with renewable energy by 2025. So ... [ +++ ]
May 22 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association released a report Friday detailing the military’s recent commitment to power 25 percent of its electricity intake with renewable energy by 2025. So ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Solar energy, costs, clean energy
May 22 -- The total solar energy hitting Earth each year is equivalent to 12.2 trillion watt-hours. That's over 20,000 times more than the total energy all of humanity consumes each year. >> ... [ +++ ]
May 22 -- The total solar energy hitting Earth each year is equivalent to 12.2 trillion watt-hours. That's over 20,000 times more than the total energy all of humanity consumes each year. >> ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Solar power, Climate Change, Winter, ski resort
May 22 -- Now that it's almost summer, snow might be a diminishing thought on most people's minds, but as Jeremy Jones recently pointed out to the U.S. Senate and President Barack Obama, the state of winter ... [ +++ ]
May 22 -- Now that it's almost summer, snow might be a diminishing thought on most people's minds, but as Jeremy Jones recently pointed out to the U.S. Senate and President Barack Obama, the state of winter ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Landfill, solar energy
May 21 -- Many states and cities have long been turning trash into treasure by burning garbage to create heat and electricity, or by harvesting the methane gas that is released as junk decomposes. But ... [ +++ ]
May 21 -- Many states and cities have long been turning trash into treasure by burning garbage to create heat and electricity, or by harvesting the methane gas that is released as junk decomposes. But ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 20 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Goldman Sachs, SolarCity, solar energy, solar panels, clean energy, renewable energy
May 20 -- Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) is investing in a $500 million fund from SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY ) that will in help the company install 110 MW of solar. This is the latest in a growing ... [ +++ ]
May 20 -- Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) is investing in a $500 million fund from SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY ) that will in help the company install 110 MW of solar. This is the latest in a growing ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 17 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: California, Texas, clean energy, renewable energy, solar, wind, green energy
May 17 -- California and Texas might be leading the nation’s rollout of solar and wind power, respectively, but Washington, where hydroelectric dams provide over 60 percent of the state’s energy, ... [ +++ ]
May 17 -- California and Texas might be leading the nation’s rollout of solar and wind power, respectively, but Washington, where hydroelectric dams provide over 60 percent of the state’s energy, ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 17 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Illnois, poll, clean energy, renewable energy, Zogby survey, Solar Industry Magazine
May 17 -- Wide majorities of likely Illinois voters believe it is important that the state maintain its commitment to increase its use of renewable power and support legislation that would achieve this ... [ +++ ]
May 17 -- Wide majorities of likely Illinois voters believe it is important that the state maintain its commitment to increase its use of renewable power and support legislation that would achieve this ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Arizona, solar, clean energy, net metering, renewable energy, APS, utilities
May 15 -- Net metering of rooftop solar creates value for society and the utility. Every dollar invested by Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s dominant utility, in its net metering program will ... [ +++ ]
May 15 -- Net metering of rooftop solar creates value for society and the utility. Every dollar invested by Arizona Public Service (APS), the state’s dominant utility, in its net metering program will ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: SolarCity, solar power, renewable energy, military, rooftop solar, clean energy
May 15 -- SolarCity and Forest City Communities announced last week the start of a project providing solar energy for 6,500 military homes at the Marine Corps Base and the Navy Region in Hawaii, located ... [ +++ ]
May 15 -- SolarCity and Forest City Communities announced last week the start of a project providing solar energy for 6,500 military homes at the Marine Corps Base and the Navy Region in Hawaii, located ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Elon Musk, SolarCity, renewable energy, clean energy, solar power, solar energy
May 14 -- Sun Concept, Ampulse, Evergreen, Solyndra: the long list of defunct solar companies is enough to give pause to anyone trying to enter the business. But at least one company, SolarCity, has ... [ +++ ]
May 14 -- Sun Concept, Ampulse, Evergreen, Solyndra: the long list of defunct solar companies is enough to give pause to anyone trying to enter the business. But at least one company, SolarCity, has ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: LA, Los Angeles, renewable energy, clean energy, solar power, solar energy
May 14 -- Los Angeles’s power utility, which serves about 1.5 million customers, will seek bids from developers for 250 megawatts of solar power to comply with a California requirement to get 25 percent ... [ +++ ]
May 14 -- Los Angeles’s power utility, which serves about 1.5 million customers, will seek bids from developers for 250 megawatts of solar power to comply with a California requirement to get 25 percent ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Oregon, solar energy, solar power, renewable energy, clean energy, OSEIA
May 8 -- The Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association has just published a major new peer-reviewed study, Vision to Integrate Solar in Oregon (VISOR). Bonneville Environmental Foundation was the ... [ +++ ]
May 8 -- The Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association has just published a major new peer-reviewed study, Vision to Integrate Solar in Oregon (VISOR). Bonneville Environmental Foundation was the ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 08 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: MLP Parity Act, renewable energy, clean energy, Senator Chris Coons, solar, wind, Master Limited Partnerships
May 8 -- In what is the second bill introduced recently to reinforce the idea of energy efficiency in the last few weeks, a major financial breakthrough could clear a path towards substantial renewable ... [ +++ ]
May 8 -- In what is the second bill introduced recently to reinforce the idea of energy efficiency in the last few weeks, a major financial breakthrough could clear a path towards substantial renewable ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 06 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Colorado, renewable energy, RES, clean energy, Denver, solar, coal, wind, oil, gas
May 6 -- Located 200 miles and two mountain passes northwest of Denver, the town of Craig was rocking and rolling in the late 1970s as two coal-fired power plants were being completed and a third was launched. ... [ +++ ]
May 6 -- Located 200 miles and two mountain passes northwest of Denver, the town of Craig was rocking and rolling in the late 1970s as two coal-fired power plants were being completed and a third was launched. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 06 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Churches, solar power, St. John's Lutheran Church, Texas, renewable energy, clean energy, environment
May 6 -- St. John's Lutheran Church constructed its towering sanctuary nearly a century ago when congregations spent money to build grand, impressive structures for worship services. Modern heating and ... [ +++ ]
May 6 -- St. John's Lutheran Church constructed its towering sanctuary nearly a century ago when congregations spent money to build grand, impressive structures for worship services. Modern heating and ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 03 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Duke, Jim Rogers, North Carolina, Renewable Portfolio Standard, renewable energy, solar, clean energy
May 3 -- Duke Energy Corp. CEO Jim Rogers on Thursday put himself squarely on the side of the North Carolina's law promoting the use of renewable energy sources, as the law remains under attack in the ... [ +++ ]
May 3 -- Duke Energy Corp. CEO Jim Rogers on Thursday put himself squarely on the side of the North Carolina's law promoting the use of renewable energy sources, as the law remains under attack in the ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 02 May 2013 / Industry News
Tags: renewable energy, North Carolina, RPS, REPS, clean energy, solar, biogas, renewable energy standards
May 2 -- Amid protests from some members seeking a show of hands for a vote, Senate Finance Committee Co-Chairman Bill Rabon quickly adjourned a Wednesday meeting after declaring that a bill to freeze ... [ +++ ]
May 2 -- Amid protests from some members seeking a show of hands for a vote, Senate Finance Committee Co-Chairman Bill Rabon quickly adjourned a Wednesday meeting after declaring that a bill to freeze ... [ +++ ]
