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By Grace on January 13, 2010
ESolar, a Pasadena-based company, lands a deal that will have it provide technology and assistance in putting up several solar farms in China.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Broad Scale Clean Energy, Clean Energy, Clean Power Plants, Photovoltaics, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Solar Power Plants, Wind Power | Tagged California, China, electric power, electricity, energy, eSolar, First Solar, Google Inc., heliostats, Idealab, Mongolian Desert, Nuclear Power, photovoltaic, photovoltaic panel, photovoltaic panels, power plant, Renewable, renewable energy, Shaanxi Yulin Huyayang New Energy Co., Shandong Penglai Electric Power Equipment Manufacturing Co., Sierra SunTower, solar, Solar Farm, solar photovoltaic plant, Solar Power, Solar Power Plant, Solar Power Plants, solar thermal, solar thermal power, Southern California Edison, Technology, wind energy, Yulin Energy Park |
By Grace on December 10, 2009
Solaren hopes to raise enough money to develop a solar farm that will orbit in space. That’s just a portion of the total budget that runs in the billions of dollars, as a single rocket costs $150 million.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Solar Energy, Solar Power | Tagged California, California Public Utilities, California Public Utilities Commission, electricity, energy, gas, generator, Japan, JAXA, Pacific Gas and Electric, PG&E, Public Utilities, solar, Solar Farm, Solar Power, solar power generator, solar power system, solar power systems, Solar Space, Solaren, Space, space solar farm, space solar unit, sustainable, Sustainable Energy, Technology, UB |
By Grace on November 23, 2009
Great things are happening in Inner Mongolia when it comes to solar power. This Mongol autonomous region located in northern China is becoming a powerful player in the alternative energy sector, and as such China wants to use the region to house various solar farms.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Photovoltaics, Solar Electric, Solar Energy, Solar Heating, Solar Panels, Solar Power, Solar Power Plants | Tagged alternative, Alternative Energy, bio, biomass, Business, California, China, electricity, energy, First Solar, Government, hydro power, Inner Mongolia, Mongolian Desert, Ordas City, photovoltaic, photovoltaic panel, photovoltaic panels, power plant, Renewable, renewable energy, solar, solar cell, solar cells, solar energy, Solar Farm, solar panel, solar panels, Solar Power, Solar Power Farm, solar thermal, Suntech, sustainable, Thin Film, wind energy |
By Grace on November 5, 2009
The days of coal being used as the main power source in Upper Kittitas County are coming to an end, thanks to plans for a large solar installation just four miles northeast of the Cle Elum city limits.
Posted in Broad Scale Clean Energy, Clean Power Plants, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Plants | Tagged Business, Businesses, California, Cle Elum, Eastern Washington, energy, Environment, environmental, Green, Howard Trott, Incentives, Installation, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Obama, photovoltaic, photovoltaic panel, photovoltaic panels, Renewable, renewable energy, solar, Solar Farm, solar panel, solar panels, Solar Power, tax credit, tax credits, Tax Incentives, Teanaway Solar Reserve, United States, University of California, Upper Kittitas County, Utility Companies, Washington |
By Grace on October 16, 2009
Colorado residents can now enjoy cheaper solar power, with the entry of SunRun Inc. in their area. SunRun is a company that allows homeowners to use solar energy, without having to shoulder heavy start up costs.
Posted in Solar Energy | Tagged Arizona, Business, California, Colorado, energy, energy security, Government, Green, Installation, Massachusetts, solar, solar energy, solar panel, solar panels, Solar Power, solar power system, solar power systems, SunRun, sustainable, Sustainable Energy, UB |
By Grace on September 23, 2009
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to make his city the greenest and cleanest in the United States, but that goal could be jeopardized, after several environmental groups have protested against the plan to install a power line that would bring power from the desert into the city. This issue has been one of the major headaches of desert solar development groups.
Posted in Broad Scale Clean Energy | Tagged alternative, Antonio Villaraigosa, California, Clean Energy, conservation, Conservationists, Desert Debate, energy, Environment, environmental, geothermal, Green, Green Path North, green power, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, oil, power plant, Renewable, renewable energy, renewable energy sources, Resources, solar, Solar Power, solar systems, Southern California Edison, sustainable, United States, Villaraigosa, Wildlife |
By Anna on August 22, 2009
The news on solar power in use around the world continues to pour in. Increasingly, individuals, companies, and governments are turning to the sun’s clean energy source for solutions to problems ranging from financial, to environmental, to logistical. Here are just a few of the recent items in the news.
Posted in Alternative Energy, Solar Energy | Tagged Archives, Arizona, Around the World, California, Car, China, Clean Energy, Colorado, Denver International Airport, electrical, electricity, emissions, energy, Environment, environmental, eSolar, fuel, Germany, Government, Green, photovoltaic, power plant, Renewable, renewable energy, renewable energy sources, solar, solar energy, Solar News, Solar Power, Solar Power News, Solar Power Plant, Solar Powered, Solar Tower, Southern California Edison, Technology, Texas, UB, United States |
By Grace on August 7, 2009
Environmental advocacy groups are voicing their concerns against the proposed Mojave Desert solar farms. They state that solar energy projects are harming the endangered species in the area.
Posted in Broad Scale Clean Energy, Clean Energy, Clean Power Plants, Solar Energy, Solar Power | Tagged alternative, Alternative Energy, Arizona, California, Car, Congress, conservation, Conservationists, energy, Environment, environmental, environmentalist, Environmentalists, gas, Government, grid, Legislation, Mohave Desert, natural gas, power plant, solar, solar energy, Solar Farm, Solar Power, Solar Power Plant, Solar Power Plants, tax credit, tax credits, Wildlife |
By Grace on July 18, 2009
Solar projects are feeling the heat from labor unions, pressuring them into using union workers to build solar farms.
Posted in Clean Power Plants, Events & Celebrations | Tagged California, energy, Environment, environmental, environmentalist, Environmentalists, fuel, Green, green energy, green power, photovoltaic, power plant, solar, solar energy, Solar Farm, Solar Power, Solar Power Plant, Solar Power Plants, sustainability, UB |
By Grace on June 30, 2009
A number of companies and research teams are developing on the possibility of harnessing the sun’s energy from space. One of these companies is PowerSat.
Posted in Broad Scale Clean Energy, Clean Energy, Solar Energy | Tagged BrightStar, California, California Public Utilities, electricity, energy, fuel, oil, PG&E, PowerSat, PowerSats, pv, Satellites, solar, solar energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Orbital Transfer, Solar Space, solar systems, Solaren, Space, Space Energy, SPOT, sustainable, Technology |
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