Sharp Corp., Japan’s biggest solar- panel maker, agreed to buy California’s Recurrent Energy for as much as $305 million to expand into building power plants as it faces more competition from Chinese panel manufacturers. Share and Enjoy:
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–REC Solar, a leading solar electric system provider in the U.S., has announced the completion of a 1.1 MW system for Castle Rock Vineyards, located in Delano, California. The premier grape grower’s ground-mounted system, utilizing 5,400 Kyocera 210 Watt modules, covers approximately four acres to become one of the largest installations for an … Share and Enjoy:
By Elisabeth Parker, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Jon Butts rolls out a grill that uses the sun’s heat. He has spent $31,500 on the solar system that helps to run his Plant City farm. Jon Butts harvests all the energy he can from the sun. He uses it to heat his water, cool his food, power his golf carts and run an irrigation pump on his 54-acre farm in Plant City. He recently … Share and Enjoy:
Years ago, I travelled to Arizona to attend solar home tours. First it was Tucson, then a year or so later, Flagstaff and Prescott. Each one was a great experience. I met homeowners who benefitted from doing things differently. Best of all was their willingness to share their experiences with others. Share and Enjoy:
APS is installing solar panels for free on 200 Doney Parkhomes. Share and Enjoy:
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) held a public hearing at the end of August for the Conservation District Use Application for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST), the largest solar telescope in the world. Share and Enjoy:
Solar City, a company that designs, installs, and leases out solar power systems to home and business owners, announced that it will bring renewable electricity to some 30 Wal-Mart stores in California and Arizona. Chief executive and founder of Solar City, Lyndon Rive [pronounced like “five”] spoke with TechCrunch about helping Wal-Mart go greener, what his company looks for in solar technology … Share and Enjoy:
A supermarket chain has announced plans to install solar panels on the roofs of up to 30 stores to generate renewable power. Share and Enjoy:
Arizona’s renewable energy industry could be busy over the next 18 months since deadlines are looming to spend $499 million in federal stimulus funds for energy programs. Arizona governments and companies have been awarded the funds from the U.S. Department of Energy for a total of 81 projects. Share and Enjoy:
More home builders are putting solar panels on new homes and have come up with a novel way of making solar more affordable for buyers. Share and Enjoy:
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to expand the use of renewable energy in its stores by installing thin-film solar panels in up to 30 of its locations. Share and Enjoy:
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Sept. 20 (UPI) — As many as 30 Walmart stores in California and Arizona will be outfitted with solar panels, many using a new thin film technology, the retailer said Monday. California – Arizona – Technology – Retailing – Business Share and Enjoy:
Boeing is developing an amazing new plane — an unmanned, solar-powered aircraft that can fly for five straight years without stopping. Share and Enjoy:
Shopping for discounts at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is about to become even more of a sunny activity. The world’s largest retailer is pairing with SolarCity Corp., the country’s market leader in solar installations, to add panels to 20 to 30 stores in California and Arizona. That’s in addition to the 31 Wal-Mart locations, all in California or Hawaii, that already have solar rigged up. That leaves … Share and Enjoy:
We’ve watched with increasing interest in recent years as Walmart works to shed its image as a heartless corporate behemoth and makes a legitimate attempt to embrace sustainability. The company has impressed us with its sustainability consortium, progressive recycling policies, and now a thin film solar initiative that will see panels installed on up to 30 Walmart sites in California and Arizona … Share and Enjoy:
Candidates for Arizona House District 16 offering their views on issues. Share and Enjoy:
TUCSON – A new piece of technology at the University of Arizona is turning heads and literally slowing traffic. This summer, a solar lighted crosswalk was installed at First Street and Mountain Avenue, believed to be the first of its kind in the region. Share and Enjoy:
Retail giant expands its solar program with panels from First Solar and MiaSole, giving a boost to thin-film technology at businesses. SolarCity will install, finance, and own the panels. Share and Enjoy:
A bright idea saves one valley school hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. FOX 10′s Alexis Vance has more on what the change meant for students. Share and Enjoy:
The stimulus act hasn’t created an army of ”green-collar” workers in Arizona, yet, but most of the money for energy projects hasn’t been spent. Share and Enjoy:
Here are three examples of stimulus grants for energy projects in Arizona, what the projects aim to accomplish, and what has been accomplished so far. Share and Enjoy:
It’s Hotter in Phoenix: Arizona’s Capital As a Gay Travel Destination? Share and Enjoy:
A New Jersey-based power company will invest $100 million or more in solar projects for Arizona schools, allowing districts to cut their utility bills without paying anything up front for their power systems. Share and Enjoy:
PRINCETON, N.J. & PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As students attend classes in several Arizona school districts this fall, the schools will be featuring on-campus solar arrays specially designed to meet their own electricity needs while providing the school’s faculty with new teaching tools. This clean solar energy program has been conceived by Arizona’s Kennedy Partners, LLC and co-developed by … Share and Enjoy:
PINAL COUNTY – Central Arizona College has received a three-year, $2,182,003 federal grant to provide training in certificate and degree programs in biofuels production and solar installation. Share and Enjoy:
The solar services provider SunEdison had a few big announcements recently. This week, the company said it was awarded a contract to build a 14.5 MW solar PV plant at an Air Force Base in Arizona, as well as a contract to deploy 2.2 MW on rooftops in the province of Ontario. Share and Enjoy:
A 140% run-up in shares of a solar company can only mean one thing: profit-taking and shorts swoop in likes vultures on shares of Power-One. Share and Enjoy:
SAN FRANCISCO & HONOLULU—-SunRun, the nation’s leading home solar company, today announced that its solar power service is now available in Hawaii. The company allows homeowners to have rooftop solar panels installed for as little as $0 down and pay monthly for solar electricity. Share and Enjoy:
Prices for photovoltaic panels that convert sunlight into electricity may fall about 10 percent next year, less than analysts had previously forecast, as European demand increases. Share and Enjoy:
A consortium wants to invest $560 billion in Sahara solar panels Share and Enjoy:
SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. , was awarded a ground-mounted 14.5 megawatt solar service contract with Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. Share and Enjoy:
Martin Giff/The Times of TrentonFile photo of NRG Energy at 211 Carnegie Center in West Windsor on Wednesday, July 08, 2009. NRG Energy announced today that together with Kennedy partners they are building 12 large solar pavilions on schools in… Share and Enjoy:
Editor’s Note: Scientific American ‘s George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels and taking other steps to save energy in 60-Second Solar . Read his introduction here and see all posts here . At the rate things are going, the sun is going to become a red giant and engulf the inner planets before we ever get our solar panels. It took us months to navigate the … Share and Enjoy:
Spanish solar energy heavyweight Abengoa recently won a commitment of $1.45 billion from the United States’ Department of energy to construct what will be the world’s largest solar plant, a 280 MW behemoth in Arizona state. Share and Enjoy:
The deal may lead to a new bidding consortium, after a previous one involving Solar fell apart. Share and Enjoy:
( Arizona State University ) Arizona State University will combine expertise in electrical and materials engineering, bioengineering and physics in a new center to pursue discoveries and broaden education in the expanding field of photonics Share and Enjoy:
Beyond the orbit of Neptune reside countless icy rocks known as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). One of the biggest, Pluto, is classified as a dwarf planet. The region also supplies us with comets such as famous Comet Halley. Most TNOs are small and receive little sunlight, making them faint and difficult to spot.Now, astronomers using clever techniques to cull the data archives of NASA’s Hubble … Share and Enjoy:
The Sahara gets twice as much sunshine annually as most of Europe. The European Union wants to get 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources within a decade. So why not build solar power plants across North Africa and ship the electricity north via… Renewable energy – Energy – European Union – Renewable – Power station Share and Enjoy:
With more than 300 days of sunshine a year here, it’s not surprising that the solar energy business is gaining a foothold. We met a Peoria man who’s just started using solar power in his home and he’s happy with the results. Share and Enjoy:
An Arizona website reveals household solar-power prices. Share and Enjoy:
The four candidates in the race for two Arizona House seats for legislative District 16 argue their work experience will lead to improvements in the economy, jobs and education for south Phoenix. Share and Enjoy:
Number of homeowners installing solar panels, water heaters has skyrocketed in past three years. Share and Enjoy:
A California company that makes electrical components for rooftop solar-power systems will bring 350 jobs to Phoenix starting next month, economic-development officials said Wednesday. Share and Enjoy:
State regulators unanimously approve the 250-megawatt project, to be set up in San Bernardino County. The go-ahead brings the state closer to approving 4,300 megawatts of solar power by the end of 2010. State regulators on Wednesday unanimously cleared the Abengoa Mojave Solar Project for construction, pushing California closer to approving 4,300 megawatts of solar power by the end of the year. Share and Enjoy:
Loading list… Kelly LoCascio, left, Tracy Rhoderick and Jeremy Freer, with Angel MedFlight, worldwide air ambulance, stand next to a Lear 35 in the Maintenance Handger at the Air Center in Scottsdale. Share and Enjoy:
For the next ten days Challenger Center will be reporting live from NASA’s Desert RATS in Arizona as humans use robots and rovers to learn what it would be like to live and work on another world. Share and Enjoy:
With great fanfare, an Arizona-based energy company signed a preliminary agreement with China last fall to build the world’s largest solar power plant in the Mongolian desert. China – Energy – Solar energy – Renewable – Solar Share and Enjoy:
Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres (hectares) of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground. Share and Enjoy:
With great fanfare, an Arizona-based energy company signed a preliminary agreement with China last fall to build the world’s largest solar power plant in the Mongolian desert. China – Energy – Renewable – Solar energy – Business Share and Enjoy:
Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Share and Enjoy:
Solar recharge products solve real problems, provide freedom for customers Share and Enjoy:
Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground. Share and Enjoy:
ROACH DRY LAKE, Nev. — Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground. Instead, five years after federal land managers opened up stretches of the Southwest to developers, vast tracts still sit idle. Share and Enjoy:
PHOENIX — On Wednesday, the Arizona Corporation commission launched “Arizona Goes Solar”, a new website that will serve as a one-stop shop for homeowners and businesses who want to learn more about how to adopt solar energy and technology. Share and Enjoy:
PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Arizona Public Service Co. has issued a request for proposal that seeks solar electric systems for five high-profile government and non-profit organizations. Share and Enjoy:
Los Angeles Angels 3B Brandon Wood, who has been unable to show any consistency at the Major League level, will play for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League (AFL). Share and Enjoy:
PHOENIX (AP) — Electric utility regulators in Arizona will launch a website Wednesday aimed at helping the owners of homes and businesses learn more about solar technology. The project by the Arizona Corporation Commission and a dozen utilities that operate in Arizona will contain information about incentives and other efforts to encourage renewable power use in the state. The website also will … Share and Enjoy:
Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground. Instead, five years after federal land managers opened up… Solar power – Energy – Solar – Business – Renewable Share and Enjoy:
Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it…. Share and Enjoy:
What’s Your Reaction? File-This Sept.3, 2008 file photo shows high-voltage power lines cross adjacent to the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the eastern Mojave Desert several miles from an old mining and railroad townsite called Ivanpah, Calif. Share and Enjoy:
Not a light bulb’s worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground. Share and Enjoy:
Arizona and other Rocky Mountain states should host new alternative-energy research centers, according to a report from Brookings Mountain West. Share and Enjoy:
