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- Kohl's Paints the Northeast Green
- Kohl's Department Stores, which has already converted more than 25 of its 88 California locations to solar power, announced plans to convert more than 50 East Coast locations to solar power before year's end as well. From recycling to cutting energy consumption by using energy-efficient lighting and...
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Energy Roundup: Canadian Gas Pipeline Attacked, Toshiba Goes Solar and More
- A "deliberate explosion" struck a gas pipeline operated by Canadian oil company Encana in western Canada over the weekend, police said yesterday. There were no injuries or gas leakage, but this was perhaps the fourth attack on the Encana property in the Tomslake area of British Columbia. Investigations are ongoing...
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Energy Roundup: Europe's Solar Play, Offshore Wind Flies, Climate Vote Approaching and More
- Europe plans massive solar power project -- If $555 billion can be raised for construction, Europe could someday have a massive electrical network sending solar power from Northern African deserts to the chilly states of the EU. The Desertec consortium of 20 companies, with support from national governments, will hold...
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
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- California Residential Solar Energy Case Study
- A solar energy system was designed for a 4,000 square foot house in Saratoga. This system included eighteen 165 watt, solar energy modules installed on the south roof. This system provides about 4,064 kwh per year, after taking into account various real-world efficiency losses. To install this particular solar energy...
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- Major New Solar Energy Project Announced by Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems, Inc
- ROSEMEAD, Calif. -- Edison International (NYSE:EIX) subsidiary Southern California Edison SCE, the nation's leading purchaser of renewable energy, and Stirling Energy Systems today announced an agreement that could result in construction of a massive, 4,500-acre solar generating station in Southern California. When completed, the proposed power station would be the...
- Research articles 2005-08-09
- USACE takes a shine to solar energy
- HENDERSON, Nev., Oct. 16 UPI -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the selection of a team of ACCIONA Solar Power and Clark Energy Group to build its largest solar energy project. The Department of the Army signed a memorandum of understanding with a joint venture formed by ACCIONA...
- News items 2009-10-16
- Clear Skies Solar, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent to Install $750,000 Solar Energy System on Historic Susanville, California Hotel
- Solar System to Deliver 164,316 Kilowatt Hours of Electricity Annually NEW YORK -- Clear Skies Solar, Inc. (OTCBB:CSKH), a leading developer of solar energy products and a full-service integration company specializing in the turnkey installation of commercial photovoltaic PV solar systems, today announced a Letter of Intent with Hotel...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Week in Renewables: Obama vs. Public Opinion, and New Energy Bets
- To commercialize renewable energy technologies, must we first believe in climate change? The question deserves closer examination after this week's Presidential address and the concurrent release of a major study. "The naysayers, the folks who would pretend that this is not an issue, they are being marginalized,"...
- Blog posts 2009-10-25
- 622 Kilowatt DC Solar Photovoltaic System Sewerage Commission-Oroville Region Oroville, California and England
- The Sewerage Commission-Oroville Region (SC-OR) is online night and day, with a mission to provide sanitation services to over 15,000 families and businesses in its area. In California?s 2001 energy crisis, the state experienced rapidly rising energy prices followed by power outages. SC-OR sought energy sources that would stabilize its...
- Case studies
- GE's Ecomagination Helps Drive Development of New Solar Energy Products for Home Builders
- ATLANTA -- GE's ecomagination is creating a new awareness of energy-efficient homes and solar electric products for the new home construction industry. The company's commitment to ecomagination is already evident in its development of solar products specifically for new homebuilders and in its involvement in more than 55 solar-housing communities...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- US aims for top solar slot: Neil Eisberg reports from the largest ever annual Solar Energy conference and exhibition, when 17,000 delegates gathered this year in San Diego, California
- It takes 20 years to make an overnight success, at least that was what the famous US comedian, singer and actor Eddie Cantor once said. For solar power, it has taken even longer--about 50 years--according to many industry experts gathered in San Diego. A surprising comment as solar energy has...
- Research articles 2008-11-10
- Friedman's Home Improvement Selects SolarCraft as Exclusive Contractor to Offer Customers Solar Energy Systems
- SolarCraft & Friedman's Join Forces to Green Northern California NOVATO, Calif. -- Novato-based SolarCraft announced today a partnership with Friedman's Home Improvement to offer residential and small commercial solar energy systems through an in-store program. The program will incorporate solar kiosks at the Friedman's Santa Rosa, Sonoma &...
- Research articles 2008-03-26
- GE Energy to Study Impact of Wind Power on CA Grid
- GE Energy recently announced it has signed a contract with the University of California to study the impact that higher levels of intermittent renewable power generation will have on the state's power grid. According to GE Energy, goals for the 16-month project include ensuring grid reliability and quality and...
- Research articles 2006-05-10
- Stock Watch: Emerging Public Company Acclaims Passing of California Million Solar Roofs Bill SB1! August 29, 2006
- Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this morning are: Solar EnerTech Corp. (OTCBB: SOEN), Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) and Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK).
- Research articles 2006-08-29
- NRG and eSolar Join a Growing List of Utility-Scale Solar Projects
- Plans to create massive solar farms in southwestern states are multiplying, with companies that were tiny startups only a year or two ago promising to supply electricity for tens of thousands of homes and businesses. The latest, announced yesterday, is NRG Energy, a New Jersey-based utility, making a deal for...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Water Use by Solar Projects Intensifies
- The West's water wars are likely to intensify with Pacific Gas and Electric's announcement Monday that the utility will buy 500 megawatts of electricity from two solar power plant projects to be built in the California desert. The Genesis Solar Energy Project would consume an estimated 536 million gallons of...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Solar Tax Credit Hooks Another Major Utility
- The solar investment tax credit is turning out to be the bait the industry needs to keep money flowing in an economy running short on investors willing to fund renewable energy projects. When the federal tax incentives package was passed last October, which included the solar investment...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- China Solar Panel Maker Sets First U.S. Plant
- By Adam Aston President Barack Obama at the Nellis Air Force Base solar power site, with Col. Howard Belote and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) John Locher-Pool/Getty Images China's Suntech Power Holdings STP is no newcomer to the U.S. Last May, President Barack Obama toured the U.S.'s largest solar...
- News items 2009-11-16
- California gives green light for space-based solar
- California regulators on Thursday approved an ambitious project to beam solar energy from space starting in 2016.Under a power purchase agreement approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, utility Pacific Gas & Electric will purchase electricity from technology provider Solaren if it successfully deploys its space-based solar collectors, which would...
- News items 2009-12-04
- Bill Gross's Solar Breakthrough
- "We are producing the lowest cost solar electrons in the history of the world," Bill Gross is telling me. "Nobody's ever done it. Nobody's close." Bill Gross is nothing if not an enthusiast, which makes him a great salesman for whatever it is he happens to be selling. A lifelong...
- News items 2009-08-07
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